How to help your gymnasts stop comparing.
Channel: Gymnastics Mindset Academy
Date: 09/02/2023

When coaching a gymnast, I can't tell you how many times they say that a certain score or place will make them "feel happy" or "feel proud".

This sounds nice, but that also means that the score has the POWER to make them feel a certain way... and that just isn't true.

They believe if they get a score of a 7.5, they will automatically feel disappointed. But the reason they are actually feeling disappointed is because they are THINKING that they will never be good enough to (fill in the blank with whatever their goals are here).

Why does that matter?

Because when it is the thought that creates the feeling and not the score, they get to CHOOSE if they want to continue to think that. I am not saying they have to be happy about getting a 7.5, maybe they want to be disappointed. The point is, they gets to decide.

Is this thought serving me? Is it generating an emotion that helps me reach my goals?

If the answer is no, then maybe your gymnast wants to consider new thoughts that might give them a little more energy.

For example: I really want to work on my cast height and shapes in order to improve my score!
- motivated
- encouraged
- optimistic

These will all give your gymnasts much more energy than disappointment.

Leave a 👍 if you tried this!