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Mental Toughness · December 2016 · 1 min read

Understanding Mental Tumbling Blocks

By Robert B. Andrews, MA, LMFT

Understanding Mental Tumbling Blocks

With gymnastics and cheer seasons up and running, it is timely to republish this article on understanding mental blocks to tumbling and backward skills.

Stress + More Stress = No Tumbling

When an athlete can't do backward skills or tumble, it is not because they don't want to. It is because their brain won't let them.

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