Your gymnasts are afraid to mess up in a meet. Here's how to help them.
Channel: GMA Replays
Date: 17/01/2023

Everyone gets nervous from time to time. Most of our nerves surround how we are going to feel about a certain thing. Nobody wants to fall off the beam, but if you can go into your beam routine calm and unafraid of what you’ll feel if it doesn’t go well… the odds are, you’ll do much better. When we spend all of our energy focusing on NOT feeling a certain emotion, we box ourselves into an emotional trap. We don’t want to feel sad that we fell, or disappointed we missed a connection, or angry that our foot slipped on our dismount. Those feelings aren’t fun. However, if you can maintain an attitude of, “feelings are just vibrations in my body,” and know that feelings are meant to be felt, the feelings won’t FEEL so strong and powerful. You’ll take that power back and find more peace and more success.