REAL tips for gymnasts

Floor

Ok guys, I don't know about you but floor is my favorite thing of all to do in gymnastics. It can also cause some of the worst injuries though besides beam. It's so fun and you can just be free. Unfortunately that's not always how it works unless your doing really simple skills like cartwheels and handstands. The tips in this chapter are gonna be on fear and mind blocks.

This one for fear is gonna be pretty short. Ok so to get over the fear of doing a skill, have your coach give you a heavy spot on the first couple of times , which they're probably gonna do anyway when your doing a new skill but just in case your like me and you need to make sure that they do, TELL THEM, anyway then when you get used to the motion, tell your coach that you can do the skill with the standard spot.

Mind Blocks are a little bit harder to get over. Once again I speak from personal experience. I had a major mind block from back handsprings because I hurt my shoulder when I was doing it by myself, and now I have a minor mind block of round off backhand springs because I got over confident one day in my front yard and I dislocated my left ring finger, but while it's healing, I'm always watching videos of myself doing them as well as watching other people on YouTube. It's really helping me and it did help me with getting over first mind block and I would most definitely recommend this to someone because it really works. By watching yourself doing the skill that you have a mind block over, it helps you realize that you did and you still can do it and that you made a mistake. Hey guys it's gymnastics, mistakes and injuries are bound to happen. So watching videos, working on skills that relate to your mind blocked skill, and going back to having spots and heavy spots are the way to go when it comes to mind blocks. Always remember to not get over confident because yes it most definitely can lead to injury. Have confidence but don't be cocky.(pictures of my dislocated finger above)
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-TumblinDB