Women I have an interesting fear...

[Flipomaniak]

You know how it's common to have a fear of going backwards? Well, I'm scared of sideways skills... I used to have a side aerial on the competition height beam and a side summi. I slowly started to get scared because I would have those "that was close" moments when my feet would barely get on or I would miss my feet. It was a tiny fear though and I still did them everyday. Since I was scared I would fall (safely) more often than make them so my coach decided to take them out of my routine since I start from a 10.0 without them.

So season started and we worked only on perfecting our routines and skills in our routines... I didn't work any side summis or side aerials for like 2 months... Now that it's near end of season my coach said I need to work them when we do upgrades. I found myself with a big mental block. It's so bad that I won't go on the beam that's so low that it touches the floor and has panel matts on the side... It's so ridiculous that I just can't make myself go. It's just like the floor! I know all this and I still can't get myself to go. Ugh I had these skills on a high beam 2 months ago!

The fear is for anything sideways, side aerials, side tuck summis, side piked summis and even side aerials to 2 feet that I used to work...

Help?

 

[Gymrat18]

Read the book mind games or watch the movie peaceful for a little inspiration. Both great mental fixes if you apply them but that's about all the help I can give you if your physically in shape and its just a mental thing. And also do a ton on a straight line on the floor!

 

[Gymrat18]

Sorry the movie is called a peaceful warrior

 

[Deleted member D3987]

so i guess we can call that sidestibular?

 

[iwannacoach]

so i guess we can call that sidestibular?

Hey flippo, sorry for straying off the thread as I'm about to, but hey, how often do I get a chance to top dunno on a thread. I mean this guy is everywhere. Just this morning I broke a few eggs into the frying pan, and I'd swear they took the form of a human face with little gaps near the edge of the egg white that clearly spelled dunno....

So dunno, maybe I can intimidate you with this far better twist of the word you've quite rightly made famous at chalkbucket.

When things are going right ................. It's vestibular

When things are going wrong................ It's messdibular

I hope that clears up any confusion.