- Jul 22, 2010
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So, all this discussion about vestibular and fears and such, and how it is often tied to growth spurts... do these things actually lessen if a kid sticks with it until they're done growing? My daughter is 12, a level 8, growing (and not just up either), and has been plagued by fears for the past couple of years. She always manages to overcome them (once meet season starts and she "has" to), but new ones crop up. For example, last year she wouldn't do her BHS on high beam (though she could do them all day long on low beam) till her 2nd meet of the level 7 season. Now, going into her level 8 season, she's in exactly the same place with her BHS BHS. She is so slow to get these "scary" skills that it is hard to imagine her ever getting level 9, much less level 10 skills. But then I think, maybe she'll develop fewer fears once she stops growing? Or is that just wishful thinking?