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Is there anything much a parent can do or say to help a gymmie who is consistently at one end of the skill spectrum in their training group? I'm talking about either girls who struggle to keep up with their own group but are too advanced to fit the next group down - or (vice versa) girls who are consistently ahead of their own group, but not advanced enough to fit with the next group up?
I guess in a perfect world there's always someone to chase so you don't get unmotivated, or something you can do better than someone else so you don't get defeated. Or else there's exposure to higher/lower groups so you get to see things to aspire to, or remind you how far you've come. But what about the girls at the top/bottom of their group who really need to stay in that situation for a lengthy period (I'm talking months rather than years) and whose training times don't coincide with the next group up/down so they just don't get that perspective?
Is there anything you could reasonably hope a coach might do in this situation? I guess many girls have this experience at some point or other - so I would love to hear.
Or is this even a "problem"? Are there advantages that I don't see that I should be helping DD to absorb??
I did try searching for "best/worst in traning group" as a topic but didn't see anything there.
PS: Although these things are hard to predict, the gap DD's experiencing seems unlikely to reduce any time soon?
I guess in a perfect world there's always someone to chase so you don't get unmotivated, or something you can do better than someone else so you don't get defeated. Or else there's exposure to higher/lower groups so you get to see things to aspire to, or remind you how far you've come. But what about the girls at the top/bottom of their group who really need to stay in that situation for a lengthy period (I'm talking months rather than years) and whose training times don't coincide with the next group up/down so they just don't get that perspective?
Is there anything you could reasonably hope a coach might do in this situation? I guess many girls have this experience at some point or other - so I would love to hear.
Or is this even a "problem"? Are there advantages that I don't see that I should be helping DD to absorb??
I did try searching for "best/worst in traning group" as a topic but didn't see anything there.
PS: Although these things are hard to predict, the gap DD's experiencing seems unlikely to reduce any time soon?
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