Beetle is having a pretty good summer so far. She is training 5 days a week and showing some progress on L9 skills. We are still up in the air if she will compete L8 or L9 ( I think we will do another year of L8 but dont want her to stop uptraining)
She is stumped on BHS BHS on high beam. She will do them all day on the low beam. Put her up on the high beam and she does bhs, (swing arms) bhs. She will lose the connection bonus. We both know it is a mental challenge, not a physical challenge. She just needs to 'go for it'.
She 'refuses' to work progressions. She just wants to DO IT.. Her coaches and other teammates are trying to help her and telling her to put big blocks under the high beam, then work the skills there. Once she gets the connection she can remove the blocks.
It seems logical to me... but she said "I hate progressions, I know I just need to do it, so why would progressions help - at some point I am going to be right back here on high beam in the same position?" I can see her point, but it is very frustrating to see her get upset because she wont 'just go for it'. I feel like she needs to have some small victories to gain confidence. But I dont know what those would be without progressions.
She is getting more and more stubborn about the whole thing. To the point where she doesnt even want to warm up on low beam any longer. She just does the same thing over and over on high beam. BHS.. swing arms... BHS... I think it is almost getting worse since she has been doing this for 2 weeks now. I think the muscle memory is kicking in..
Anyone have any thoughts on how I can help her see progressions as a good thing? That she isnt giving in, or moving backward?
Thanks in advance!
She is stumped on BHS BHS on high beam. She will do them all day on the low beam. Put her up on the high beam and she does bhs, (swing arms) bhs. She will lose the connection bonus. We both know it is a mental challenge, not a physical challenge. She just needs to 'go for it'.
She 'refuses' to work progressions. She just wants to DO IT.. Her coaches and other teammates are trying to help her and telling her to put big blocks under the high beam, then work the skills there. Once she gets the connection she can remove the blocks.
It seems logical to me... but she said "I hate progressions, I know I just need to do it, so why would progressions help - at some point I am going to be right back here on high beam in the same position?" I can see her point, but it is very frustrating to see her get upset because she wont 'just go for it'. I feel like she needs to have some small victories to gain confidence. But I dont know what those would be without progressions.
She is getting more and more stubborn about the whole thing. To the point where she doesnt even want to warm up on low beam any longer. She just does the same thing over and over on high beam. BHS.. swing arms... BHS... I think it is almost getting worse since she has been doing this for 2 weeks now. I think the muscle memory is kicking in..
Anyone have any thoughts on how I can help her see progressions as a good thing? That she isnt giving in, or moving backward?
Thanks in advance!