Perhaps the most frustrating thing in a gymnastics gym are weird mental blocks.
Every coach has a dozen stories about inexplicable aversions.
Balking on skills can start at a young age. But it’s more often a problem with older gymnasts.
Most often on backwards skills: backward handspring, flyaway, backward tumbling on beam.
eHow posted an article with a few ideas: How to Deal with Gymnastics Mental Blocks
It’s worth clicking through. Each mental block is different. We handle them each individually.
Leave a comment if you have any strategies that work more often than not.
One odd thing … mental blocks are very rare for male gymnasts. Very common for female. I’ve never understood why.
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