CuriousCate
Proud Parent
So my DD (7 1/2 yo, lvl 4) has been doing pretty well this season...scores from mid 35's to mid 36's first few meets. Then yesterday at her first "big" meet (ie best gyms in the state there, HC from her gym came, and her actual coach did not), she totally tanked and ended up with just over a 34! She went down between .4-.7 in EVERY event. She is now so discouraged and freaked out. No falls, nothing left out, I guess just didn't perform well? Can you all share stories of support I can share with her? I think she doesn't believe that you can have a bad day and then come back and crush it next time. She seems to feel that this is more representative of her actual skill set. Especially bc for many kids on her team, this was their best meet to date, and they earned their first 36+ for the season, so I think she expected to be up there. I just don't want her to carry this weight with her. I'm hoping that she can adopt the "on to the next" attitude and just move on. I think it would almost be better if she could pinpoint what made her scores so universally low compared to normal, but she couldn't. We asked the coaches, but they were pretty vague... telling a 7 year old that she needs to pay attention to the details doesn't help much... She needs them to detail the details for her!
TIA!
TIA!