mamaplum
Proud Parent
So my lvl 3 8yo is terrified of doing a handstand on the beam. She does it perfectly on the low practice beams but come time to do it on the regular beams it goes like this: 1st time fine, second time she works her self up still fine, by the time she gets to 4 or 5 she has worked herself up it turns into a paralyzing issue and she falls and then she hates gymnastics and wants to quit. We have talked to the more caring coaches about it and they give the same old it's OK to be afraid.blah blah blah. The one very stern coach tells her to just deal with it. Well none of this is helping. I know this is her personality because I have seen this paralyzing fear happen in other parts of her life dealing with uncomfortable situations. But it's getting to the point I can't talk to her at all (about anything) after practice. All I get is that tween angst and her grunting at me and then yelling just don't talk to me. That's not allowed in our world and I tell her not to act that way but on the other side I know it's just her internalizeing that fear. So it's a long quiet 30 min home.
So does anyone have any tips... I want my happy bubbly gymnast back.
So does anyone have any tips... I want my happy bubbly gymnast back.