unBlocked: The Walls Come Tumbling Down

by Jeff Benson

The Walls Come Tumbling Down is a book that was written to help cheerleaders, parents, and coaches understand and resolve the mental hurdles that occur in competitive cheerleading. Many athletes allow mental blocks to define them, inhibiting their happiness and success within the sport of cheerleading. Jeff Benson explains how a mental block is just a hurdle in the life of an athlete and one that can be overcome with hard work, determination, and persistence. Author Jeff Benson has designed the system laid out in this book to take anyone in the Triad, aka the athlete, parent and coach, through the process of resolving the athlete's mental blocks in a holistic approach. TEN THINGS YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS This book is frank and to the point, there is no fluff here but Jeff does an excellent job of speaking to you like you're his personal client. The author provides a detailed roadmap to clearing any mental block in a cheer athlete. The book is written in a way that speaks to the athlete, parent and coach so you can have a tailored learning experience. unBlocked also offers multiple scenarios and stories to demonstrate the teachings within in the context of life and test your knowledge throughout the learning process. Much like Jeff's own cheer coaching strategy, he walks you through, incrementally, so that success is more probable and your results are quantifiable. Read The Walls Come Tumbling Down by expert Sports Performance Coach, Jeff Benson today if you're searching for a solution to the sport's most challenging problem.

191 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2016

Reviews

[Devin Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have you ever been a cheerleader or gymnast?Well if so, the book “Unblocked: The Walls Come Tumbling Down” by Jeff Benson is a nonfiction book that toy would enjoy. This book mainly focuses on mental blocks and what they are, and how to overcome them. A mental block for is when an athlete is trying to learn a new skill, such as a back handspring and can't. The athlete may have trouble in one part of the skill or have the fear of doing it. Sometimes a mental block can have to do with spotters. For example, a gymnast could do it if there is a spot is there but without they can't. Overall I did enjoy this read, I learned many new things about meant blocks and the real anxiety that goes into them, as well as techniques to help overcome them. One positive aspect that I liked about this book was that if you are a cheerleader or gymnast you can personally connect to this book and connect your experiences with the authors. Even though I am not a huge reader and don't normally enjoy reading, in this book I enjoyed it since I could connect to it personally and could learn something new while reading. I would recommend this book to any cheerleader or a gymnast. I would also recommend this book to coaches of these two sports or parent. I would recommend it to parents because Benson does talk about what the parents in the situation can do to help their child. Overall, this book did meet my expectations and almost exceeded my expectations. Why I say this is because I learned so much in this book that I can take with me and use when I need to in cheer. This book also made me feel better about cheering, knowing that many people in cheerleading go through mental block and there are ways to cope with them and overcome them with the help of your coaches and parents.

[Jenifer Dosch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeff Benson did a phenomenal job getting my coach eyes to open up to the reasons for behaviors I have witness. It also opened up my Mom of a Cheerleader eyes on what is most beneficial for my child- and boy was I taking some wrong approaches! This is a must read for every coach, athlete and parent!

[Brianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a tumbling coach and cheer mom, this was a book I’d been meaning to read for quite some time. It’s highly regarded among my profession and I can see why. This book gave me great insight into why some athletes obtain mental blocks, and gave me some wonderful tools to use and teach my athletes to use. I will continue to recommend this book to coaches, athletes, and parents.

[S.R. Fabrico · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeff really knows his stuff. This book logically explains how to dial in to the needs of your athlete. Great examples, easy to understand and so helpful!

I highly recommend reading this book if you are coach, parent, or athlete!!!

[coachblondie2015 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a huge Jeff fan! Love the strategies used in here!