- Jun 13, 2007
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Hi all,
I am a mom of 2 gymnasts. My oldest dd is 9 and is trying to earn her way on to the level 4 team at a new gym. She was on Pre team at her old gym and was supposed to move up to level 4 Jan 1,2007. The coach was horrible to her and embarressed her in front of the entire team several times and she wouldn't go back. (Not that I blame her!!) She took off for 6 months. I had pulled my other dd out of that gym too, and found another gym. My youngest dd is 5 and didn't take any time off, so now she is flying through skills.
My question is has anyone had a younger gymnast catch up to their older sybling? We are geting close to this point and I have no idea what to say to my older dd? She is working so hard but the way she was taught before left her with so many bad habits its taking her a long time to fix them all. I understand it is a process and really she is doing great and is making steady progress weekly.(yeah!) But the little one is being taught the correct form from the begining and is getting new skills by the day. I'm excited for her and at the same time I feel sad for my oldest dd. ( She is starting to notice how quickly my youngest is getting new stuff, and has started to internalize her feelings about it.) HELP!!!!!
I am a mom of 2 gymnasts. My oldest dd is 9 and is trying to earn her way on to the level 4 team at a new gym. She was on Pre team at her old gym and was supposed to move up to level 4 Jan 1,2007. The coach was horrible to her and embarressed her in front of the entire team several times and she wouldn't go back. (Not that I blame her!!) She took off for 6 months. I had pulled my other dd out of that gym too, and found another gym. My youngest dd is 5 and didn't take any time off, so now she is flying through skills.
My question is has anyone had a younger gymnast catch up to their older sybling? We are geting close to this point and I have no idea what to say to my older dd? She is working so hard but the way she was taught before left her with so many bad habits its taking her a long time to fix them all. I understand it is a process and really she is doing great and is making steady progress weekly.(yeah!) But the little one is being taught the correct form from the begining and is getting new skills by the day. I'm excited for her and at the same time I feel sad for my oldest dd. ( She is starting to notice how quickly my youngest is getting new stuff, and has started to internalize her feelings about it.) HELP!!!!!