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Within the Stick It Woman Mother Squad Fb group, a lot of you’ve 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 consider in herself” to “my gymnast simply wants confidence to do her expertise” it is clear that your gymnasts are lacking an necessary ingredient to assist them succeed.
However I might wish to set the document straight.
I’ll 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.
Nevertheless it’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 along 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 seems 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 skills. Or it may be as a result of her mind is feeling the large strain she is inserting on herself to do nicely or get sure expertise in time.
When her mind feels this stuff, her mind is aware of your gymnast is not in the precise mindset to throw these arduous and doubtlessly harmful expertise.
So it stops her.
However…being a gymnast, your gymnast will hold pushing via.
She’s taught to maintain making an attempt her expertise till she will get them.
And this may imply her standing on beam for minutes at a time making an attempt to throw her collection. Or doing cross after cross on ground making an attempt to attach her spherical off to her again handspring. Or trying her push away flyaway with out letting go.
And but, each single time she tries to do her talent unsuccessfully, her belief stage goes means down and her mind finally 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 seems 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 strive her talent time and again, her mind learns that she will’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 out to be even worse and/or she begins “dropping” expertise on different occasions.
So how does your gymnast develop belief along with her mind?
That is the million greenback query!
The purpose is for her to provide it what it is asking for.
And the way in which she does that is by asking her mind what it feels it might efficiently do in every second.
That is the identical factor as your gymnast deciding which development of her talent she might be profitable at in that second.
If she’s making an attempt to do her forged away flyaway on the pit bar and she or he’s not letting go, she will ask herself what may assist her go for it.
Does she want a spot?
Does she must do faucet swing flyaway as an alternative?
Does she must do flyaway drills into the pit?
Determining what she CAN do is the largest factor your gymnast can do to construct up belief along with her mind.
Then when she discover the development she is ready to do 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} more durable development is feasible.
And that is when your gymnast can attempt to do the following more durable development.
Construct belief is a gradual course of that may appear painstakingly sluggish.
Nevertheless it’s the ONLY course of that may get your gymnast’s mind to belief her once more.
And when your mind seems like your gymnast is listening to it and giving it what it must really feel “secure” then your mind stops making an attempt 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 observe about psychological blocks…
The large false impression is that psychological blocks come on instantly and with out warning.
The reality is, getting blocked on a talent is a gradual course of.
It builds up after many, many situations of belief fading between your gymnast and her mind till finally her mind has to take large motion to get your gymnast to pay attention.
Due to this fact, it is necessary that you simply and your gymnast have endurance when making an attempt to regain expertise.
Belief re-building takes time and constant effort. Hold in there! Keep hopeful. Hold doing the psychological work. And most significantly, hold increase belief day after day.
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For those who or your gymnast wants help, along with the sources beneath I additionally supply one-on-one teaching periods through Zoom.
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