Parents: Help Strengthen Your Gymnasts’ Mental Game Parents and coaches, your gymnasts most likely have mental game strengths whether they have had any mental training or not. It is helpful to identify and encourage those strengths in your gymnasts. This will help your gymnast to boost their performance, by focusing on those mental game skills that they have already developed. … Boost Confidence>>
Improving Consistency in Gymnastics The sign of an elite gymnast is the ability to perform consistently despite the pressures of competition and physical demands of constant training. Gymnastics is a mentally challenging sport because it requires strength, coordination, courage, focus, and confidence. Gymnasts need to have a high level of confidence to take risks that can improve their score, but … Boost Confidence>>
What to Consider Before Moving Up A Gymnastics Level When a gymnast meets certain requirements, they can be offered the opportunity to move up a level. Moving up a level can have great advantages and also some disadvantages. Deciding whether or not to allow your gymnast to move up a level can be a difficult decision for parents. Some advantages for … Boost Confidence>>