Moving Past Mistakes in Gymnastics Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce-Martin discuss the top mental game challenges for gymnasts. Learn how perfectionism can be an asset and a problem for competitive gymnasts. This week Dr. Patrick Cohn and Wendy discuss why gymnasts dwell on mistakes and how they can move on after making mistakes in competition. Perfectionist gymnasts have … Boost Confidence>>
Overcoming Perfectionism One of the biggest issues with gymnasts today is their expectation of performance when competing. They expect for their performance to be perfect, even though this is an unreachable expectation. Although there are some advantages to perfectionism, there is also a major downside. Perfectionists tend to have a willingness to learn and improve, a strong work ethic, commitment … Boost Confidence>>
Letting Go of Mistakes in Gymnastics During practice or competition, do you have a hard time forgetting and bouncing back from mistakes? Do you find yourself dwelling on what you did wrong and how you could have done better? Does this dwelling cause you to make more mistakes or have a bad practice? Many gymnasts struggle with letting go of … Boost Confidence>>
Do You Overthink When Performing? Over-thinking in competition can completely impair a gymnast’s performance. Gymnasts are coached everyday to think about form and technique, but there’s a difference between improving your technique in practice and over-analyzing while performing. Over-thinking is an unproductive process, which is exacerbated during stressful competitions. Over-thinking creates a lack of trust in your skills, which physically … Boost Confidence>>
How to Overcome Mental Blocks One day you are tumbling and learning new skills and the next day you find yourself suddenly not throwing your round off back handspring. You become anxious and wonder if this is the start of a mental block. You have seen other gymnasts in your gym have mental blocks and you know how challenging they … Boost Confidence>>
Maintaining a Positive Perspective Do you rise up to overcome obstacles or do you allow those challenges to block you from future success? Perspective is the tool all athletes use to interpret their experiences. The word ‘perspective’ is derived from the Latin ‘perspicere’ which means ‘to see through.’ Perspective is the lens through which a gymnast views his or her … Boost Confidence>>