kandkfunk
Proud Parent
- Aug 7, 2012
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Going through this right now. The main reasons for my DD are:
1. Injuries and pain. For her, what she is seeing in rewards as far as skill improvement (which have always been very slow for her) are not worth the pain she endures to continue the sport.
2. Fear is a huge one. She can see the potential consequences of the skills she is being asked to do. She is not confident in her ability to do those skills, so her brains tells her not too. She has been blocked on BHS on beam for a year. This was a skill she had successfully competed for two seasons and then all of a sudden she just stopped. She couldn't regain it and that's sort of a gateway skill for advancement.
3. Boys.
4. She is old enough to see where she stacks up against the competition and the slim likelihood that she would progress enough to be competitive. Even without the pain issue, she does not gain skills quickly and good form takes a long time for her. With only two years left of high school, the chances of moving beyond level 8 were very slim. If she were able to only compete floor and vault, the ending may have been different. But, that is not going to happen at our gym. It's all or nothing.
1. Injuries and pain. For her, what she is seeing in rewards as far as skill improvement (which have always been very slow for her) are not worth the pain she endures to continue the sport.
2. Fear is a huge one. She can see the potential consequences of the skills she is being asked to do. She is not confident in her ability to do those skills, so her brains tells her not too. She has been blocked on BHS on beam for a year. This was a skill she had successfully competed for two seasons and then all of a sudden she just stopped. She couldn't regain it and that's sort of a gateway skill for advancement.
3. Boys.
4. She is old enough to see where she stacks up against the competition and the slim likelihood that she would progress enough to be competitive. Even without the pain issue, she does not gain skills quickly and good form takes a long time for her. With only two years left of high school, the chances of moving beyond level 8 were very slim. If she were able to only compete floor and vault, the ending may have been different. But, that is not going to happen at our gym. It's all or nothing.