Never Let the Fear of Falling Keep You from Flying
Never let the fear of falling keep you from FLYING!#MotivationalMonday Most times, failure is a much better teacher than success. Gymnasts and coaches need to have the courage to [...]
Is Being a Creature of Habit Good for Athletes?
Over time, when it comes to our athletic training, we all tend to develop the mindset of, "this has always worked for me, so there's no reason to change it." [...]
Change Your Life With a Paper Clip
We all tell ourselves at some point that we are going to get in the habit of doing something consistently that is beneficial to our health, sport, fitness, career or life. [...]
Is it Normal to Dread Your Workout?
If you are involved in some form of athletics, whether it be gymnastics, crossfit, triathlons or even just working out, it's quite possible you love the competition or results aspect [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Helping Gymnasts Overcome Mental Blocks
I remember back when I was training, I ran in to a major issue with a skill that I had already acquired and was performing well. It was a dismount [...]