FlippinLilysMom
Proud Parent
So up until a few weeks ago my DD, 11 years old and a level 8 (training level 9/HOPES) was doing great, but these past couple of weeks we've noticed a big change in her attitude. Tonight after dinner (it's also her 11th birthday today) she broke down in tears, saying that she is feeling all of this pressure. I asked her if she wanted to take a break from gymnastics and she said no, absolutely not. But I'm worried that all of this extra training for HOPES and getting ready for her first regionals is starting to wear her down. I tried to tell her that she shouldn't have any pressure regarding regionals, we want her to go into the meet this weekend thinking of it as more of an exhibition, since she can't go any further (can't move onto nationals or anything). That she should just be extremely proud of making it to regionals and to look at this weekend as a fun getaway with her teammates (she and 3 of her teammates made the super 8 team for Minnesota). Anxiety does run on both sides of our family. Going to email the coaches tomorrow and ask them for any advice that they may have for us and also going to look into getting her scheduled with a sports psychologist. Would love to hear any words of wisdom, advice, etc..I did tell her that if she wants to take a few days off from practice after regionals that she could, she has more than earned it. Just so worried about her, I feel like this came out of nowhere.