Instilling Confidence In Your Athletes

10/27/22 • 14 min

This week's mini podcast episode is a sneak peek of our brand new Herolab guest lecture: Instilling Confidence In Your Athletes, which will be released next week.

This month's guest lecturer is Ariana Eydenberg, M.S. physiologist and owner of The Mindful Gymnast

Ariana was a former Junior U.S Elite but struggled with fear which lead her to pursue her interest in psychology.

In this episode Ariana covers:

Building Confidence from the inside out

Learn how to embrace failure
Fostering an Athletes Grown Mindset
Self Talks Role in Confidence

Hopefully, you enjoyed this mini-podcast episode, if you would like to hear the rest of the Instilling Confidence In Your Athletes lecture head over to the Herolab.

https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/

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This week's mini podcast episode is a sneak peek of our brand new Herolab guest lecture: Instilling Confidence In Your Athletes, which will be released next week.

This month's guest lecturer is Ariana Eydenberg, M.S. physiologist and owner of The Mindful Gymnast

Ariana was a former Junior U.S Elite but struggled with fear which lead her to pursue her interest in psychology.

In this episode Ariana covers:

Building Confidence from the inside out

Learn how to embrace failure
Fostering an Athletes Grown Mindset
Self Talks Role in Confidence

Hopefully, you enjoyed this mini-podcast episode, if you would like to hear the rest of the Instilling Confidence In Your Athletes lecture head over to the Herolab.

https://shiftmovementscience.com/theherolab/

Previous Episode

Are Ankle Weights, Oversplits, and Aggressive Hip Flexibility Drills Bad for Gymnasts? Why & What To Do Instead

Today on the podcast is Physical Therapist and former Collegiate gymnast Kaysha Heck, PT, DPT, SCS discussing hip flexibility and injuries.

Kaysha has unfortunately had a lot of hip injuries herself as a result of outdated flexibility methods such as oversplits, using ankle weights and holding splits and stretches for two to three minutes plus.

She is now on the other side of 10 hip surgeries and reflecting back on what can she have changed.

We discuss:

Kaysha’s gymnastics story, 10 hip surgeries.

How does a gymnast atomically get into the splits?

Labrum tears and growth plate related injuries.

Stop using ankle weights.

Is over splits bad for gymnasts?

Why you need to screen athletes who can’t don’t have their splits.

The dangers of 2-minute oversplits.

Is three full over splits realistic and possible for gymnasts?

Is there a magic exercise for getting splits flat?

And...

Should stretching hurt?

Next Episode

Overcoming Mental Blocks, Anxiety, and Low Confidence in Gymnastics with Rebecca Smith

Today on the podcast, I had a great chat with former gymnast, coach, and Gymnastics Mental Skills expert Rebecca Smith.

Founder and CEO of Complete Performance Coaching, Rebecca helps high achievers thrive under pressure allowing kids to reach peak performance as well as maximum enjoyment.

In the last few podcast episodes, we've been dancing around mental blocks, what to do and how to help.

I’ve received countless emails and messages about sons or daughters struggling with back walkovers, back handsprings, and flyaways.

So many parents, gymnasts, and coaches want to know what they can do to help get through freezing up on skills, nerves, anxiety, dwindling confidence, and mental blocks, particularly as season approaches.

Rebecca has worked with 100s of parents, clubs, and athletes on how to help get through mental blocks.

We deep dive into her experience helping people, and what works to overcome these challenges that so many gymnasts face.

We discuss:

Mental blocks are biological.

How to overcome the fear response in your athletes.

Why the brain wrestles between logic and emotion.

How growing can impact fear.

Communication is critical for success.

The relationship you have with yourself is your biggest asset in overcoming challenges.

Parental pressure.

Kids learn more from how you behave than what you say.

Do you really need to post competition results on Instagram?

And...

What to do if your gym is not open to change.

We want to invite you to a FREE training for gymnastics parents that Rebecca is putting on:

http://completeperformancecoaching.com/dave

This free class is next Sunday 11/6 @ 9 am PST / 12pm EST, covering exactly how to help with mental blocks and gymnasts struggling with confidence.

You’ll learn the entire 3-step Mental Block Breakthrough Method that will teach you how to help your athlete overcome fear without being too controlling or too involved.

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If you’ve ever wondered “how can I fix this for her?” This is for you.

If you’ve seen mental blocks making her miserable, then DO NOT MISS THIS FREE TRAINING.

Click here to save your spot:

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