The Original AcroDude
Two decades of elite coaching and a formal education in Cognitive Psychology and Physics, has proven to Erick that every person has untapped potential with the right Input. Whether he is helping a child or adult build a foundational acrobatic movements, or assisting an athlete in dismantling a Performance Plateau, Erick’s methodology ensures every individual is seen, supported, and never restricted by an arbitrary ceiling.
Forget the "try harder" motto; instead, get the real help you need.
How is Erick different?
He empowers through science & personal-connection
Imagine two identical twins attend their first Training. Naturally with equal genetic potential, and so similar they complete each other's sentences. However, unbeknownst to their new coach, one twin has just finished healing from a minor injury. Physically, their body is 100% repaired, but their Nervous System is still firing "caution" signals. This twin appears hesitant, quiet, and doesn't have the words to explain the invisible wall they’ve hit. The other twin appears bold, vocal, and confident in their movements (as the other twin was before).
Statistically, more often than not, the coach’s will unknowingly make a split-second judgement-call, subconsciously labeling the bold-twin as "talented" and the hesitant-twin as "not a natural," which then dictates the amount of resources that coach will give each twin. Fast forward a few weeks, months, or years, that split-second judgment has now dictated which twin succeeded in the sport. This is the Pygmalion Effect in its deadliest form: a psychological phenomenon where a leader’s internal expectations act as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Because the coach expects less from the hesitant-twin, they provide fewer resources, less attention, and less encouragement, eventually "proving" their initial bias.
What would Erick do?
He would start with the unwavering assumption that they both have equal potential to be great, and it is his job as their coach to help them discover their potential. With his years of experience, he would ensure the hesitant-twin got a variation of the same resources, allowing them to feel seen and supported through their journey. Never once placing a ceiling on their potential.
Teaching Styles
Teaching Adults | Teaching Kids
Erick’s expertise lies in dismantling both educational and performance obstacles through a lens of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology. He recognizes that while the Nervous System of an adult requires the same foundational "safety signals" as a child’s, the adult mind possesses a unique capacity for additional-levels Reasoning.
Erick specifically rejects the outdated coaching model of blind obedience or demanding that students follow his lead without question. Instead, he acts as a Translator for the laws of Physics. He nurtures Curiosity and Introspection, transforming the training floor into a laboratory where athletes develop the Critical Thinking and instincts necessary to make Split-Second Decisions with absolute confidence.
His role is not to dictate, but to provide a Map toward the "Safest choices" that can be mathematically proven if necessary. Erick doesn't claim to be the author of any Physics Textbooks; he simply happens to preach the Physics-Gospel with the ultimate goal of allowing his students to remain life-long-athletes.
Hands-free Learning
Online Sessions; learn from anywhere
Hitting a wall in training can happen when the nervous system acts like a stubborn gatekeeper, refusing to let the limbs do what you want them to. But just as frequently, the roadblock isn't physical at all; it's the act of trying to follow instruction that isn't backed by physics, blindly following unverified, traditional wisdom just because it's "always been taught that way".
Through online tutoring sessions, Erick pinpoints the exact issue at hand, while bullet-proofing your future learning. With this hands-free targeted guidance, athletes breeze right past physical/mental roadblocks and rewrite muscle memory, and skip the frustration.
