Articles For Tumbling Athletes
How To Develop Mental Toughness In Sports (w/ Jeff Benson)
Learn why mental toughness is the most important attribute for success… and how it CAN be trained to develop high level athletes!
Learn The Secret To Landing Your Tumbling Skills… Every Single Time!
f you think about it, the only type of skills where landings are important are end skills. I mean sure, a Roundoff Backhandspring is nice to have, and multiple Whips strung together can definitely be a delight to watch. But nothing excites like a...
How To Do A Standing Full – Complete Guide With 10+ Drills!
Forget random tutorials made my amateurs. This guide comes complete with 15 drills developed by a certified tumbling coach to help you learn a standing full quickly & safely!
5 Tips That Will Transform A Bad Tumbling Day Into A Productive Practice!
Bad tumbling days happen. Sometimes the body won’t respond to what your mind is asking of it. But fear not, try these 5 strategies to turn it around!
Avoid These 3 Mistakes To Become A Better Cheerleader & Tumbler
Every season I see cheerleaders making these 3 mistakes which really holds them back from getting new skills and making high level teams.
Como Recuperarse de Lesiones en Cheer o Gimnasia tan Rápido Como sea Posible
¿Esguince de un tobillo? Aquà están los Consejos secretos para que usted consiga en el gimnasio rápido!
How To Get Over Mental Blocks (With Jeff Benson From MindBodyCheer)
Jeff Benson, author of Unblocked, explains the psychology behind mental blocks and how you can get over them without frustration & tears!
The 3 Golden Rules Of Tumbling That Transform Sloppy Passes To Fabulous Works Of Art
While there are are hundreds of corrections you can use, these golden rules of tumbling can transform ANY pass from floppy to fabulous!
Drills To Help Find An Athlete’s Natural Twisting Direction & Teach Them Proper Fulls
An athlete’s twisting direction basically determines the fate of their tumbling because it has a ripple-effect on almost every skill they’ll be working on. Try these drills to see how it’s done!
Why Tumbling Can Be So DAMN Hard Sometimes & How To Get Over It
No two people learn tumbling at the same pace. What’s hard for one athlete may be easy for another. Here are 3 tips to make sure you’re always progressing!
Fixing Bent Arms In A Back Handspring – When You Should And When You Shouldn’t!
One of the most popular “problems” that I get emails about are handsprings with bent arms and how to fix them. But as you’ll see, the answer is not always so simple!
Should Athletes Master The Standing Tuck Before Learning Layouts?
When it comes to the standing tuck, it seems that many coaches and athletes misunderstand where this skill fits in the order of things. So today I discuss when and how it should be worked in relation to more advanced tumbling skills.
Tips & Drills On Keeping Legs Together While Tumbling
Every inch that your legs are apart during tumbling, you lose power. So I talk with my friends at Perfect A Flip on some of the tips and tricks they use to help athletes solve this problem
3 Tips To Help Cheerleaders Rock Their Team Tryouts
It's that time of the year again - where you get to show off the new skills you've learned in the hopes of making a higher level team. But what if you don't? Is the end of your cheer career? Obviously the answer is no, but a lot of you definitely pretend like it...
Interview With Debbie Love On How To Develop World-Class Tumblers
The only thing I love more than coaching (and Nutella on my toast) is learning something new from other experts and coaches when it comes to tumbling. That is why I recently interviewed someone who's been coaching athletes longer than I've been alive. Her name is...
The Complete Guide To Whip-Backs (For Cheer, Gymnastics & PowerTumbling)
There are a lot of tumbling skills that can look elegant and pretty when performed correctly. But above all, I'd say that whip backs take the cake as the prettiest. But only when done right. See, whips are finicky little buggers because they can go from looking...
Why Perfection Before Progression™ is the ULTIMATE Tumbling Formula For Success
Perfection and then Progression: See how these 2 words have produced the BEST cheerleaders and gymnasts in the world.
3 Valuable Lessons I’ve Learnt From The Best Tumblers On Earth
As you can imagine, I get my fair share of questions every week. As of this morning, my inbox is showing 232 unread messages (hopefully by tonight, I aim to cut that number in half!) So why am I telling you this? Because while I make it my mission to reply...
Why You Need To Strive For Perfection (Even Though It Doesn’t Exist)
To the average person, the pursuit of perfection seems like a fool's errand. And who can blame them? I mean, everyone knows "perfection" is an impossible feat, so why bother trying to achieve it? It's like chasing a carrot on a stick that's been duct-taped to your...
The Complete Guide To Learning A Standing Back Tuck (Backflip)
Back when I was a teenager (many moons ago), whenever someone found out I did gymnastics, the very first question they inevitably asked me was:Â "Cool! So can you like, do a backflip?" "Of course"Â was usually my answer, knowing full well that their follow up would be a...