Selecting the Right Gymnastics Landing Mats
With so many gymnastics mats available, it can become overwhelming in determining which size and style is the right fit for your gym. Gymnastics landing mats in particular take a [...]
What’s the Best Way to Mat Your Balance Beams?
We are often asked "What is the best way to mat my balance beam area?" so we thought it fitting to provide detailed illustrations of some typical setups. Below are [...]
Throw Your Heart Over the Bar…
Self confidence plays a key role in the success of any athlete, especially gymnasts. Since gymnastics consists of high flying, often scary skills, it is so important to possess this [...]
Life Changing Way to Handle Your Critics
One of the hardest things in being a young athlete today is dealing with the harsh criticisms of others. These days are especially challenging with the existence of social media [...]
Competition Day Meals: Don’t Over Think it
After many tireless months of practice, strength training and routine after routine, it's time to get up on the big stage and and see what you're made of. It's meet [...]
Can You Take the Heat in the Big Competitions?
Most of the best athletes in the world have not only developed superior physical skills in their sport, but more importantly, they have developed the ability to perform and display [...]
Important Part of Training You May Not Be Doing
Here is some really good news for you! You are actually capable of performing perfectly every time! Do I have your attention? Great! Now I will finish that statement. You [...]
I Love Gymnastics, But There is That One Thing…
If you are in the sport of gymnastics, I’m going to assume you are sticking to it quite simply because you love it. Let’s face it, gymnastics is not for [...]
One Major Thing That Might be Harming Your Athletic Performance
There are a number of factors that determine how on top of your game you will be while at practice or in competition. Some days you will notice you feel [...]
How to Overcome Fear of Failure
I can't tell you how many times I've talked myself out of something or convinced myself I wasn't able to accomplish a certain goal. This is all chatter in my [...]
Nastia Liukin Balance Beam and Tumbling Mat Make Perfect Holiday Gift
The 8' Junior Balance Beam is meant to mimic a competition beam but on a smaller scale. It's only 8 feet long which is small enough to fit in to any room but long enough for your gymnast to practice their leaps, handstands, jumps, back walkovers etc.
You’re Not Good Enough to Be Disappointed
We are all guilty of this. For some reason, anything short of perfection for competitive athletes is unacceptable. Regardless of how long we have been doing our particular sport, we [...]