Mental Blocks  
One Of The Most
Insidious Challenges
A Gymnast Will Face

On average, 80% of competitive female gymnasts get a mental block at some stage of their career, and often will get multiple blocks. 

If you are a gymnast, acrobat, tumbler, trampolinist, diver, cheerleader, ice-skater – or in-fact any acro based sport – then you’ll most likely know that debilitating FEAR that is a mental block, that feeling of utter helplessness and vulnerability that sees not only our career but also our confidence come to a grinding halt.

And it is estimated around 80% of all elite female gymnasts will experience at least one major recurring mental block in their career – so it is something that affects every gym. 

Despite that overwhelming sense of fear that grips us when a mental block hits, it’s important for us to understand that our brain has not turned against us or sold us out. It is actually doing exactly what it has been designed to do and that is protect to us… by any means necessary. It’s our brains visceral reaction to the data we feed it – a bit like an overprotective big brother – and often that data is highly emotive, often negative, and incredibly inconsistent. And so our brains natural reaction to this volatile data is to go into damage control, by switching off our performance blueprint and protecting us from making ourselves feel any worse, or do something silly to hurt ourselves.

So if you are a gymnast, or dealing with a gymnast who is feeling this right now, it is important to understand that all humans are born with only two primal fears:

1.  The fear of loud noises, and
2.  The fear of falling backwards

For most people, once they are up and walking they do not experience the fear of falling backwards. However for gymnasts and the aerial skills we are constantly developing and building upon, are experiencing this daily. So gymnasts are frequently exposed to this primal trigger, and its consequences.

• This course will walk you through exactly what a mental block is and what it isn’t.
• It will unpack how we learn, retain and perform skills,
• We will look at the most common triggers to a mental block
• Show how we beat the block; and
• How to future proof ourselves against further blocks.

So click on the button and arm yourself with the most cutting edge strategies in the mental performance game.

“Mental training is so important in an elite athletes life –⁠ when you get out there and perform it’s not just the physical, it’s mental as well.” 
Emma Nedov – World Cup Gold Medalist, Beam