By Robert B. Andrews MA, LMFT

With gymnastics and cheer seasons up and running I thought it timely to re-publish this article on understanding mental blocks to tumbling and backward skills.

Stress + More Stress = No Tumbling
When an athlete cant do backward skills or tumble it is not because they don’t want to. It is because their brain won’t let them.

Help I Can’t Tumble! Working Through the Mental Blocks to Tumbling