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Within the Stick It Woman Mother Squad Fb group, a lot of you could have shared your gymnast’s latest struggles.
One of many largest buzz phrases that got here up was CONFIDENCE.
From “her coach believes in her however she does not imagine in herself” to “my gymnast simply wants confidence to do her expertise” it is clear that your gymnasts are lacking an vital component to assist them succeed.
However I might wish to set the report straight.
I will argue that it isn’t confidence your gymnast wants proper now.
It is TRUST.
Now I am not saying her confidence is not low too. When belief is low, confidence can be low.
But it surely’s TRUST that your gymnast must construct first.
And it isn’t belief with coaches.
It is TRUST WITH HER OWN BRAIN.
When your gymnast goes via a psychological block, she’s unknowingly lowering belief together with her mind each time she makes an attempt her talent.
Here is why…
When your gymnast’s mind is placing the brakes on (my time period for what it looks like when your gymnast has a psychological block) or stopping her from going for her talent, it’s a sign from her mind that her mind does not really feel belief.
This may be as a result of her mind acknowledges that her ideas have been in all places, questioning her talents. Or it may be as a result of her mind is feeling the super strain she is putting on herself to do nicely or get sure expertise in time.
When her mind feels these items, her mind is aware of your gymnast is not in the correct mindset to throw these exhausting and doubtlessly harmful expertise.
So it stops her.
However…being a gymnast, your gymnast will maintain pushing via.
She’s taught to maintain attempting her expertise till she will get them.
And this would possibly imply her standing on beam for minutes at a time attempting to throw her sequence. Or doing cross after cross on ground attempting to attach her spherical off to her again handspring. Or making an attempt her push away flyaway with out letting go.
And but, each single time she tries to do her talent unsuccessfully, her belief stage goes method down and her mind ultimately learns to not belief her in any respect.
Why?
As a result of by inflicting your gymnast to cease or balk, her mind is telling her it does not belief her in that second. That is why to your gymnast it looks like somebody has placed on the brakes. Her mind is actually stopping her from doing her expertise.
However then when your gymnast ignores this message and continues to attempt her talent time and again, her mind learns that she will be able to’t be trusted.
Her mind now realizes that it has to take much more drastic measures to get her to pay attention. And that is when her psychological blocks turn into even worse and/or she begins “shedding” expertise on different occasions.
So how does your gymnast develop belief together with her mind?
That is the million greenback query!
The purpose is for her to offer it what it is asking for.
And the best way she does that is by asking her mind what it feels it will possibly efficiently do in every second.
That is the identical factor as your gymnast deciding which development of her talent she may be profitable at in that second.
If she’s attempting to do her forged away flyaway on the pit bar and he or she’s not letting go, she will be able to ask herself what would possibly assist her go for it.
Does she want a spot?
Does she have to do faucet swing flyaway as an alternative?
Does she have to do flyaway drills into the pit?
Determining what she CAN do is the most important factor your gymnast can do to construct up belief together with her mind.
Then when she discover the development she is ready to try this day, she ought to do rep after rep so her belief and confidence begin to develop.
Over time her mind will really feel “secure” and can give her the sensation {that a} tougher development is feasible.
And that is when your gymnast can attempt to do the subsequent tougher development.
Construct belief is a gradual course of that may appear painstakingly sluggish.
But it surely’s the ONLY course of that may get your gymnast’s mind to belief her once more.
And when your mind looks like your gymnast is listening to it and giving it what it must really feel “secure” then your mind stops attempting to manage her expertise. That is when your gymnast then is ready to do her full expertise once more.
Under is Stick It Woman’s Psychological Block Belief Course of worksheets. Obtain them now to assist your gymnast work via her psychological blocks.
One random be aware about psychological blocks…
The large false impression is that psychological blocks come on all of the sudden and with out warning.
The reality is, getting blocked on a talent is a gradual course of.
It builds up after many, many cases of belief fading between your gymnast and her mind till ultimately her mind has to take large motion to get your gymnast to pay attention.
Due to this fact, it is vital that you just and your gymnast have endurance when attempting to regain expertise.
Belief re-building takes time and constant effort. Hold in there! Keep hopeful. Hold doing the psychological work. And most significantly, maintain increase belief day after day.
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When you or your gymnast wants assist, along with the assets beneath I additionally supply one-on-one teaching periods through Zoom.
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