Losing tricks you had on lock all of a sudden

i don't know how to deal with it. but every time i have lost a trick/tricks i have learned something new. it's kinda like i don't have enough space in my trick bag to have all of them

usually the answer is you’re overthinking it for me

just a part of progression lots of ups and downs

^^ he right.

kinda like how baseball players go thru slumps where they just can’t put the bat on the ball. You’ll bounce back buddy.

Gotta do a confidence trick and you’ll get it back

Have you tried not being a bitch?

Its like when i learn misty to the right on tramp and did a couple then forgot how to do it a cople seconds later

Don't think I've done a cork 7 in a decade. Time to end the drought!

ski_salmon69Gotta do a confidence trick and you’ll get it back

whats your confidence trick? mines easily front flip. i feel like the man when i hit a good one

this happened to me cliff diving when I kept overthinking front half and baranis and the direction I spin. I could do the trick pretty much eyes closed and without thinking about it one time before my jump I tried to fully visualize the trick and was just lost. Tried it and then fully flopped from 10m

Didnt regain a new trick, but now i almost land my cork 7s (having problems with rotating after the tuck at the end) and do them perfectly in the center of the tramp.

Also when i get the courage to do a misty i finally do it not like a bio, even tho its the shittiest misty ever.
So yeah you’re completely right!

lil.Boyei don't know how to deal with it. but every time i have lost a trick/tricks i have learned something new. it's kinda like i don't have enough space in my trick bag to have all of them

**This post was edited on Oct 25th 2024 at 12:39:27pm

Not sure if it translates to Freeskiing. I suck at jumps, but I know that feeling from juggling. When I work for too long on one specific "trick" at some point it gets worse and worse (which is super frustrating because I dedicated so much effort in it). Then I focus/work on something else, and when I come back to the original trick it works better than it has ever before.

I'm not sure why, but it feels like the brain needs a break sometimes and somehow learns while not actively physically practicing one skill.

Also, in my opinion, learning/working on similar tricks at the same time can sometimes be beneficial, and both tricks progress/improve faster, but sometimes it is also counterproductive, and the brain gets confused about the nuances between both, and when initiating the trick, muscle memory gets confused which one to activate. Just from my experience, no clue if it is somehow true.

So I'd just try some other tricks you enjoy for a while, go back to those later, and don't focus too strongly on the difference between the 3 axes as maybe the brain overthinks the differences, what leads to a delay while setting the trick which might be the cause of feeling not being able to commit.

I'm sure soon you'll be sending those tricks again, no problem. What you practiced for the last month isn't lost, it's stored somewhere. You just need to find a way to make it surface again. Good luck :)

ahh a case of the yips. sometimes taking a break from it and coming back to it after a few weeks helps. sometimes repetition helps. i struggle a lot with the yips for baseball, and those are the best ways that I find help. the last thing you want to do is overthink. you already have the muscle memory, so just don't think and do it.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1099039/--YouTube

KilaTsunamiwhats your confidence trick? mines easily front flip. i feel like the man when i hit a good one

either lip on blind 2 or bs to switch

FreeFeelersNot sure if it translates to Freeskiing. I suck at jumps, but I know that feeling from juggling. When I work for too long on one specific "trick" at some point it gets worse and worse (which is super frustrating because I dedicated so much effort in it). Then I focus/work on something else, and when I come back to the original trick it works better than it has ever before.

I'm not sure why, but it feels like the brain needs a break sometimes and somehow learns while not actively physically practicing one skill.

Also, in my opinion, learning/working on similar tricks at the same time can sometimes be beneficial, and both tricks progress/improve faster, but sometimes it is also counterproductive, and the brain gets confused about the nuances between both, and when initiating the trick, muscle memory gets confused which one to activate. Just from my experience, no clue if it is somehow true.

So I'd just try some other tricks you enjoy for a while, go back to those later, and don't focus too strongly on the difference between the 3 axes as maybe the brain overthinks the differences, what leads to a delay while setting the trick which might be the cause of feeling not being able to commit.

I'm sure soon you'll be sending those tricks again, no problem. What you practiced for the last month isn't lost, it's stored somewhere. You just need to find a way to make it surface again. Good luck :)

as a trampoline coach, i agree with that 100%

I’ve always spun left but now on trampoline I’m way better spinning right. Will see if it translates to snow

i feel like that happens on trampoline way more often than on skis.

Update: Im so fucking back, got the cork 7, did a 9 too, did it flippy like a tucked full, subsequently got confidence and now im not scared to off axis 540 anymore. Keep grinding and at some point you will actually make it.