Parents Mental block/fear of jumping to high bar

[NP73]

My daughter fell off the bars during a squat on last April and dislocated and fractured her elbow. Despite this she moved up to excel gold and has gained new skills but is still unable to jump to high bar. Private lessons didn’t help. She says in her head the bar is farther away than it really is. She can hit it with her hands but can’t/wont grab it. She is having to scratch on bars with every meet currently. Her coach won’t let her compete until she can jump to high bar. I want to help but don’t know what else to do.

 

[NP73]

I have considered mental performance coaching but it’s expensive for 1:1. Has anyone used Perform Happy with Rebecca Smith?

 

[Coach Kate]

A couple things, mostly highlighted by the fact that it sounds like her coach is either unsupportive, unwilling, and or has given up.

First off, gold only requires a high bar dismount. I have seen athletes mount directly to the high bar and do their entire routine there. It's possible. Not common, but possible.

Secondly, there are a number of things that can be done. The bars can be brought closer together to make it more of a lean than a jump. We've done this for different reasons for different athletes. Mats can be stacked all the way under the bars and then one removed at a time until that confidence is built. I have had athletes jump down onto the mats, grab the high bar and just lift their legs to hang in quick succession just to get used to it. It can be spotted. Does she wear grips? I've even don toe tape grips for athletes who just needed to feel more comfortable.

When she had privates what did they look like? I have done privates for this and typically do the mat stack set up and spotting and every three catches we take a mat off the stack.

This is almost impossible to get over without the support of the coach.

 

[NP73]

A couple things, mostly highlighted by the fact that it sounds like her coach is either unsupportive, unwilling, and or has given up.

First off, gold only requires a high bar dismount. I have seen athletes mount directly to the high bar and do their entire routine there. It's possible. Not common, but possible.

Secondly, there are a number of things that can be done. The bars can be brought closer together to make it more of a lean than a jump. We've done this for different reasons for different athletes. Mats can be stacked all the way under the bars and then one removed at a time until that confidence is built. I have had athletes jump down onto the mats, grab the high bar and just lift their legs to hang in quick succession just to get used to it. It can be spotted. Does she wear grips? I've even don toe tape grips for athletes who just needed to feel more comfortable.

When she had privates what did they look like? I have done privates for this and typically do the mat stack set up and spotting and every three catches we take a mat off the stack.

This is almost impossible to get over without the support of the coach.

They have stacked mats and she has jumped from there and grabbed the bar. I’ll ask about moving the bars closer together. She actually has asked about that. Grips seemed to make things worse and she was peeling off the bar. She’s always done well so this is hard for her.