Hi! Welcome to another Canadian! I am from BC and my daughter is Prov. 3 this year. We are doing physical testing this year, and it really shows who has had the physical grounding that gymnasts need... anyway - Good luck and have fun at your meet on the weekend!
So my DD has been battling her way through some major fear issues - lost all her back tumbling in Dec. and I am sooo proud of her for just keeping on keeping on and working through it. She is an amazing kid with great determination and I DO tell her that. But tonight, the night she nails her...
Thanks for the good luck!
She will be competing P3 for this meet, but at this point she doesn't have any back tumbling on floor. She deals with fear issues quiet often but this time is the worst and longest lasting. She went from working P4 routines in Nov. to loosing pretty much all "back"...
GJM,
What an awefull situation for you to be in as a parent! It is hard enough to watch your DD go through something like this without adding an overbearing, unsympathetic coach. My daughter also deals with some very big and real fears that have, at times, set her back substantially, but...
so, my DD first meet of the year is coming up in 2 weeks. Her coach was going to compete her level 4 (canada) this year - but that was back in Sept. Something happened in December (and we can't figure out what) and she was back to wanting spot on a back walkover?! We have registered for the meet...
Hi, new to The Chalk Bucket, I live in Northern BC in Canada where we currently have 35 below and sideways snow:). I started out knowing nothing of gymnastics when I enrolled my girls in rec classes at ages 5 and 3. Now, my oldest is competing, and I find myself president of the club, level 1...