A possible explanation for this behavior:
Maybe she is afraid to fail and starts self-sabotaging for lack of other options.
Maybe she's worried about the upcoming meet. And is subconsciously trying to do badly at practice so that however she'll do at her meet will be a success compared to what she is doing in practice.
IMO at that age children become much more aware of how they measure up against their peers. Some are always worried about getting humiliated in front of other kids. They cannot see the bigger picture no matter how often you tell them. They only see the present and feel that they will always be worse than "all" the other kids. Or that if they have a bad result once, they will always be remembered for that failure.
I coach a gymnast (also 10 years old) who is very talented and hard-working. During the weeks leading up to meet season, she forgets how to do skills she's been able to do for months or years and loses form on absolutely everything. Scary crashes become frequent - sometimes it looks as if she wants to get injured. It's been like that for the past 2 seasons. Before that she only competed at some "fun" meets.
I hope it will go away as she gets older and gets more competition experience....until then it's "tough love". No way I'll not let her compete. I take out skills she could get injured on and "threaten" (explain nicely) that she will have to take out even simple skills if she does not perform them with good form and technique (f. ex. switch leaps which usually are textbook perfect and suddenly barely go to 145° with messy form). She also suffers from "amnesia" like your daughter. She can't seem to remember that she was able to do certain skills well before.
My recommendation: Talk to her coach and ask him what he thinks. Tell him what you think and then decide on a course of action. Try to subtly teach her about the value of competition even when winning is not possible. Praise her if she puts in a lot of effort for something.
Maybe she is afraid to fail and starts self-sabotaging for lack of other options.
Maybe she's worried about the upcoming meet. And is subconsciously trying to do badly at practice so that however she'll do at her meet will be a success compared to what she is doing in practice.
IMO at that age children become much more aware of how they measure up against their peers. Some are always worried about getting humiliated in front of other kids. They cannot see the bigger picture no matter how often you tell them. They only see the present and feel that they will always be worse than "all" the other kids. Or that if they have a bad result once, they will always be remembered for that failure.
I coach a gymnast (also 10 years old) who is very talented and hard-working. During the weeks leading up to meet season, she forgets how to do skills she's been able to do for months or years and loses form on absolutely everything. Scary crashes become frequent - sometimes it looks as if she wants to get injured. It's been like that for the past 2 seasons. Before that she only competed at some "fun" meets.
I hope it will go away as she gets older and gets more competition experience....until then it's "tough love". No way I'll not let her compete. I take out skills she could get injured on and "threaten" (explain nicely) that she will have to take out even simple skills if she does not perform them with good form and technique (f. ex. switch leaps which usually are textbook perfect and suddenly barely go to 145° with messy form). She also suffers from "amnesia" like your daughter. She can't seem to remember that she was able to do certain skills well before.
My recommendation: Talk to her coach and ask him what he thinks. Tell him what you think and then decide on a course of action. Try to subtly teach her about the value of competition even when winning is not possible. Praise her if she puts in a lot of effort for something.