My daughter is also 11 and has recently started having some issues on her beam connection. It is frustrating when they develop a fear with a skill they have had for a long time but I try to remember how frustrating it must be for her as well. She will do her BWO very slow and stop. Over and over...
Thanks for that. She likes several of those foods so I will try to add more of them to her diet. Just making some healthier choices and we had 3 much more positive days in the gym in a row!!!
I really appreciate all the replies. Glad my daughter is not the only one. I am trying to make some dietary changes and see if that helps. She is very irritable when she's hungry and bc she is naturally very small I am very lenient with her diet. I am thinking that although I have no worries...
That makes sense. I think my daughter feels she is "bad" when she is corrected. I also feel like her and one of her coaches just have a bit of a personality clash. She thinks the coach does not like her and takes every thing she says as validation of that. It is very frustrating for her and me.
It is very frustrating! Especially when I am not sure what the best way is to handle it. I honestly don't think she realizes how bad it looks. I am happy for the coaches to handle it however they see fit but when I am asked all I can do is tell them what works for me. When my daughter was really...
Thanks. I do want this nipped in the bud. I had one of the coaches ( she is young) ask me if I had any advice in dealing with her. I do think at times she will walk away if she is trying not to cry. She has also told me she does not feel this coach likes her so I think that makes her take any...
My daughter is an 11 year old who just moved to optionals at the beginning of the summer. She will compete level 7 in the spring.
My daughter has always been a little hard to figure out. She is very sweet but also very touchy. She is very hard on herself and gets frustrated at herself quite...
All I can say about this is you never know when one little comment can have a horrible impact on a child. My youngest daughter was only 6 when she overheard a story I was telling. An acquaintance of mine had a 5 year old who choked on a raw carrot. The carrot got lodged in her throat and her...
A friend of mine from our gym was wanting us to take our girls to one and I kept putting it off. I've heard a lot of horror stories and my daughter broke her ankle on a trampoline when she was younger so I think it's a bad idea. One of those things that's just not worth the risk.
My daughter is training optional and we pay 320 per month for 16 hours a week. Our meet fees are around 1,000 per season. That includes the coaches fees. Out team leo is a little less than 200 and they get new ones every other year. Warm ups are around 100 and I'm not sure how often they are...
My daughter has really long legs but her torso has not grown much in over 3 years. She has GK shorts she has worn since she first started gymnastics and they are still in great shape. We have a couple colors that she mixed and matches with different leos. As they get older it seems they feel...
Is it just instinctive that a good coach knows how far to push a gymnast to challenge them but not break them down? This is interesting to me and something I've wondered. It seems we all want our kids pushed to excel but not to the point of tears or at least not on a regular basis. Would love to...
My daughter is 10 and had the same issue until very recently. Our old gym did not work vault much and our new gym is very strong on vault. It has taken 7 months but she is finally getting over that fear and not slowing down as she gets closer! My daughter is also small for her age and her run is...
Our team girls have weekends off as well. Friday practices are a little more "fun" with them getting a few minutes to do what they want at the end . My daughter is a level 5. Our optional girls practice Monday through Friday. Coach is ok with the girls taking a day off now and then for special...
Other than carrying mats around out gymnasts do not do the cleaning. The gym is closed once a year for deep cleaning and I see our coaches cleaning and vacuuming when they have spare time.
The kip was the first skill my daughter had a hard time getting and I found myself getting very involved in it without really meaning to!! I would watch you tube instructional videos to see if I could figure out what her problem was! LOL! I don't think she had any idea how over involved I was...
I don't know who would have been the best choice but I really wish Alicia would have been picked. I really wanted her to have a chance to redeem herself. I can't imagine how she must have felt after her beam incident. I think she is a strong and amazing gymnast. I wish she would have had the...