What an amazing reply. I truly appreciate it! We have 3 weeks before her next meet so hopefully she can mentally reset before that. I do think it was hard for her as she’s never had that experience before and once she was rattled she didn’t know how to settle her nerves back down. She was...
Yes! I told her one meet does not define her. I’m hoping the coaches have words of wisdom at the next practice bc I know she doesn’t want to hear these things from mom lol
Yes, I’m trying to walk the line of validating her feelings and not focusing on the set backs. I’m letting her take the lead as far as wanting to talk about it. I did tell her I was really proud of how she got right back up after both falls and completed her routine without hesitation. I also...
My 10yo daughter is a first year xcel silver. She just came off an amazing meet where she nailed all her routines and was 1st in the AA. Today she had the complete opposite experience and placed near the bottom AA. Fell off the beam and the bars (which has never happened). She was pretty rattled...
I appreciate your thoughtful and well explained reply! You have given me lots to think about. I scheduled a call with her coach because we haven’t even discussed it with her yet. I hope to hear more about our options soon.
I will definitely look into some 1:1 time for her
I will also back off a...
Hi - new gymnastics mom here. My DD is in the Xcel program (Bronze level) and has always been very confident and motivated. Doing round off BWOs all over the place - around the house, floor, tumble track etc. All of a sudden she has this crazy fear of it and just can’t do them anymore. It came...