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Mental Toughness · December 2016 · 1 min read
Understanding Mental Tumbling Blocks
By Robert B. Andrews, MA, LMFT

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.



