- Mar 2, 2025
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Im so frustrated with my tumbling right now. I'm 16 now but when I was 13 I was on a J5 and S4 team and training all my level 6 skills on the rod/spotted on the floor. On my team I was a main tumbler and center flyer. My coaches started pushing me around February to get all of my level 6 skills so I could be a flyer on the Worlds team the next year (Open Coed 6) and I was training on deadmat because I wanted to join my schools team for sideline too. Everyday after school and practice I would work on my level 6 skills on the spring floor and my level 5 skills on deadmat. By April I had a bunch of overuse injuries (2 bone bruises in my spine and tendonitis in my ankle) but tryouts were coming up and I didn't have my Arabian through to double consistent on the floor yet and that was a skill I really wanted so I pushed through them. In May I had a super bad tumble bust and landed on my head/shoulder working 2springs to full. My elbow bent on my last spring but I still went for my full and didn't have enough power to make it over. The next few weeks My back hurt all the time and I barely got out of bed. When I finally went to the doctor a few days before tryouts I had a stress fracture in my lower spine. I took that season off cheer and went back the next year on a NT 5 team. This year we moved and I tried out late at a new gym and made a J2 team as a backspot because their S2 team wanted flyers that could tumble into stunts.
This season has legit been horrible. I can barely do a BHS. I always throw my head back and arch my back and I feel like I have no control over my tumbling anymore. I have no running tumbling skills anymore because I physically can't force myself to do it. I just got done with a tumbling lesson working on stretching out my spring and getting me to stop looking back and I fell on every rep. It's so frustrating that I used to be capable of so many things and now I can't do anything. I'm always scared of getting hurt even just walking around school. I'm terrified of hurting my elbows or back again
I wanted to go to college at Weber state or Kentucky and now college is 2 years away and I can barely do a spring on the rod floor correctly let alone on dealt and I feel like I have no control over my body and bail out of stunts now too. Everyday feels like a frustrating battle and I just want to quit This is more of a rant but If anyone has any advice on any of this I'll take it.
Tryouts are coming up and I don't want my junior year to be on a S2 team. Even though I had to throw my life plan out the window by this year I wanted to be on Panthers. I can barely tumble and I'm just frustrated with myself all the time. I feel useless and like I can't control my own body.
This season has legit been horrible. I can barely do a BHS. I always throw my head back and arch my back and I feel like I have no control over my tumbling anymore. I have no running tumbling skills anymore because I physically can't force myself to do it. I just got done with a tumbling lesson working on stretching out my spring and getting me to stop looking back and I fell on every rep. It's so frustrating that I used to be capable of so many things and now I can't do anything. I'm always scared of getting hurt even just walking around school. I'm terrified of hurting my elbows or back again
I wanted to go to college at Weber state or Kentucky and now college is 2 years away and I can barely do a spring on the rod floor correctly let alone on dealt and I feel like I have no control over my body and bail out of stunts now too. Everyday feels like a frustrating battle and I just want to quit This is more of a rant but If anyone has any advice on any of this I'll take it.
Tryouts are coming up and I don't want my junior year to be on a S2 team. Even though I had to throw my life plan out the window by this year I wanted to be on Panthers. I can barely tumble and I'm just frustrated with myself all the time. I feel useless and like I can't control my own body.
