Nervousness and anxiety are extremely normal in artistic gymnastics. Especially when it comes to the balance beam. By far, the balance beam is the event almost all gymnasts get the most nervous about. The thought of falling 4 feet above the ground on a 4-inch beam can be very scary. No matter how experienced you are, you’ll still get nervous when it’s your turn to compete with your balance beam routine. There are some things you can do as a gymnast to eliminate anxiety and nervousness.

Reducing anxiety before competing on the balance beam in a gymnastics competition is not an easy thing. It takes a lot of practice! But in the end it’s worth it.

Competing in a balance beam routine is very different from practicing and performing it. You could do your balance beam routine in practice a thousand times and never get nervous and then go to a gymnastics meet and fall apart once you get on the bar. The question is, how can you eliminate your anxiety and nervousness in a gymnastics competition?

You can eliminate nervousness by competing! But the problem is that there aren’t enough encounters in a season to get much experience. This means that you need to create situations that help you train and prepare for a gymnastics meet in addition to practice and competition.

You can start by performing your balance beam routine while there are noisy cheerleading/progressive classes in the gym, or when a birthday party is taking place. You can also try turning up the music while you practice your gym routine. Invite friends and family to watch and encourage them to talk and cheer while you’re on the beam. While all this is going on, you should try to focus and disconnect from everything. Another good way to practice is to go to as many small, fun gymnastics meets as possible.

Just remember that if you fall from the lightning, your anxiety level will increase, this is not a good thing. So don’t rush, take a deep breath and even take a short break if you need to. It’s better to get a small deduction for going over time or taking a break in your routine than it is to get a deduction for a fall. Also, once you fall, it’s much harder to get back up and finish without letting anxiety take over.

The most difficult thing about the beam is not the gymnastic dance, the skills, the turns, the jumps or the jumps that are in the routine, it is the mental inclinations that the gymnast has. The main reason girls shake and get so nervous is because they are head cases. This is by far the hardest thing to beat! The only thing that can help with mental bias is practice, practice, practice.