Assignment 21- Rhyan Lee

There isn’t really one specific time when I faced a set back, but more like just one huge era that I’ve faced a set back. I’m actually still in this era. I have a lot of anxiety especially when it comes to my tumbling and I suffer a lot of mental blocks. It gets to a point that I just start shaking and crying if I have to do a tumbling pass I have a mental block on. I got my first mental block when I was ten over my back handspring. It lasted for a little under a year and eventually I got over it. After that I improved in my tumbling a lot and made new gains, but then I had trouble controlling my power in my tumbling. This led me back into getting another mental block when I was twelve. It only lasted a few months and like the first time I did really well afterwards. Then I fell. I was doing a pass and a landed on my neck causing me develop yet another mental block at the age of 14. This one hit me particularly the hardest and I have yet to fully overcome it. There are some areas of my block that I’ve been able to get over in fits, but they usually end up coming back. So I guess this isn’t the inspiring story how I got over my fear, but it’s still nice to acknowledge that it’s something I still suffer from. I can’t even really say if I’ll get over my block again, but that’s okay. I’m just taking it slow.