- May 26, 2014
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Has anyone got any psychological advice for me on my back handspring?
When I was younger, for whatever reason, the club I trained with didn't value shaping and skill preps/drills for this skill and taught it through just continuous repetition of the skill with support until you got it. Needles to say I fast developed a fear of going backwards as I landed on my head a fair few times (this was quite some years back and I never did get it).
I am now slowly trying to relearn the skill with a lot of preps and breakdowns. I've gotten to the point where on a good day I can achieve it on a fast track, air track or crash mat, and from round off with a slight spot and pause on floor. However that said I keep facing this strange issue where I twist and almost do a sort of Arabian (obviously I don't land it). I'm sure it stems from a psychosocial issue where I unintentionally look over my left shoulder.
It has happened three times now and each time I have to back track to the most simple preps and build up again. It happened on Friday and I asked the coach to step in and spot me on the air track but I just couldn't go for it, it sounds weird but I felt like I didn't even know how to do one, my mind just blanked.
What can I do to sort this problem out once and for all? It's getting frustrating being so close to doing one and then back tracking constantly!
When I was younger, for whatever reason, the club I trained with didn't value shaping and skill preps/drills for this skill and taught it through just continuous repetition of the skill with support until you got it. Needles to say I fast developed a fear of going backwards as I landed on my head a fair few times (this was quite some years back and I never did get it).
I am now slowly trying to relearn the skill with a lot of preps and breakdowns. I've gotten to the point where on a good day I can achieve it on a fast track, air track or crash mat, and from round off with a slight spot and pause on floor. However that said I keep facing this strange issue where I twist and almost do a sort of Arabian (obviously I don't land it). I'm sure it stems from a psychosocial issue where I unintentionally look over my left shoulder.
It has happened three times now and each time I have to back track to the most simple preps and build up again. It happened on Friday and I asked the coach to step in and spot me on the air track but I just couldn't go for it, it sounds weird but I felt like I didn't even know how to do one, my mind just blanked.
What can I do to sort this problem out once and for all? It's getting frustrating being so close to doing one and then back tracking constantly!