- Sep 25, 2007
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My almost 7 DD moved to another gym a few months ago and is repeating level 4 there. She learned the floor (and beam, but so far that hasn't been an issue) routine at her old gym and they had no consistency with teaching it, we had girls doing it different ways and even our best girls didn't get 9s on floor. New gym is very particular with teaching the routines, the coach that teaches it was a professional dancer and she expects a lot, the owner has been a judge and expects a lot as well.
Today my daughter came home very sad because they had split up the girls and those struggling with floor routine stayed with the floor routine coach and the others went to beam. She feels like she already knows the routines and is having a hard time regressing to old habits and re-learning the routine, especially when it comes to arm and hand positions and feet positions sometimes.
Is this normal? I tried to tell her that it is okay that she was with the other group, but she puts extra pressure on herself, trying to be like the other 2 that are repeating level 4 as well (they have competed 3 seasons and mine competed 1 1/2 seasons- we have fall and spring seasons here, so 2 seasons is done in a year). She doesn't realize that they have been taught the way the gym wants things done since the beginning. She is very hard on herself when she doesn't do things as well as they do.
So, is it harder to re-learn routines or the same as learning them from scratch?
Thanks everyone!
Today my daughter came home very sad because they had split up the girls and those struggling with floor routine stayed with the floor routine coach and the others went to beam. She feels like she already knows the routines and is having a hard time regressing to old habits and re-learning the routine, especially when it comes to arm and hand positions and feet positions sometimes.
Is this normal? I tried to tell her that it is okay that she was with the other group, but she puts extra pressure on herself, trying to be like the other 2 that are repeating level 4 as well (they have competed 3 seasons and mine competed 1 1/2 seasons- we have fall and spring seasons here, so 2 seasons is done in a year). She doesn't realize that they have been taught the way the gym wants things done since the beginning. She is very hard on herself when she doesn't do things as well as they do.
So, is it harder to re-learn routines or the same as learning them from scratch?
Thanks everyone!