kayjaybe
Proud Parent
Some of you saw my other post about yesterday's bad meet for dd. One of the things she hates the most after a bad meet is that in the next practice (tonight) each person stands up and tells what they placed on. After each girl's placings, they either clap and go "woo!" or if they didn't place, they do a single clap and go "aww..."
Obviously, this makes the girls that don't place feel TERRIBLE. It is especially hard because in our team, often most of them place on something. Last year, there was a girl in L5 who never got a single medal. She had to stand up and do that after every single meet. (She finally got her first medal yesterday --- SO happy for her!!!)
Is there some motivational thing I'm missing here? I'll tell you that it doesn't motivate my child and I've spoken to other moms that feel the same way. Today, my dd will be one of only two girls out of 18 total on her level 6 team to have to stand up and do this. If it was more like half of them, I think it would be easier.
Obviously, this makes the girls that don't place feel TERRIBLE. It is especially hard because in our team, often most of them place on something. Last year, there was a girl in L5 who never got a single medal. She had to stand up and do that after every single meet. (She finally got her first medal yesterday --- SO happy for her!!!)
Is there some motivational thing I'm missing here? I'll tell you that it doesn't motivate my child and I've spoken to other moms that feel the same way. Today, my dd will be one of only two girls out of 18 total on her level 6 team to have to stand up and do this. If it was more like half of them, I think it would be easier.