Going for Gymnastics Gold

Are your gymnasts hard on themselves when they mess up? Especially in a meet? Does it sometimes ruin the rest of their competition, or their confidence going into the next event and the next meet? They need to learn how to control their self-talk in a way that helps them instead of hinders them. Because the thing it hinders the very most is their confidence.  When your gymnasts can go into a...

Every gymnast wants to compete with confidence. But even when they are totally prepared and ready, they still often don't feel that way. Because the feeling of confidence comes from recent past success doing the same thing. And their brains just usually don't agree that a meet is the same as practice. Or even past meets. Each one feels like a new challenge. So the secret is to teach them how to fe...

Every gymnast wants to compete with confidence. But even when they are totally prepared and ready, they still often don't feel that way. Because the feeling of confidence comes from recent past success doing the same thing. And their brains just usually don't agree that a meet is the same as practice. Or even past meets. Each one feels like a new challenge. So the secret is to teach them how to fe...

It's that time of year... when gymnasts start losing skills and freaking out. Because they are feeling pressure and stress about the start of meet season. Every gymnast wants to compete with confidence. But to do so, they have to face their actual biggest fear. And it's probably not what you think. Tune in to learn more so you can help your gymnasts with performance anxiety, nerves and the fear of...

If you have gymnasts who struggle to think positively, this episode is for you. As a gymnastics coach you know that your gymnast's mindset makes or breaks their gymnastics. You have tried to help them think differently, encouraged them and maybe even done some mindset work. But when you try to help your gymnasts ACTUALLY think positively, they just can't seem to do it.  Just like your gymnast...

The number one mistake gymnastics coaches make is not spending enough time - or bringing in the expertise - to train gymnasts brains. Our brains are the source of everything we do. In gymnastics, we spend most of our time coaching gymnasts on the physical actions they need to be taking. But the source of each and every action, correction and thing they do is their thoughts.  It is critical th...

Gymnastics Mindset Academy helps coaches and parents develop happy, healthy gymnasts who know how to win. Join in on the conversation with our coaches each week as we discuss ways for you as a coach to develop a team full of self-motivated, hardworking gymnasts who hit consistently, so you can all enjoy productive practices and confident competitions.  You will learn tools and techniques base...