You said it was a good lesson for your daughter. So stick to that. It was. She learned that stuff happens at meets and hopefully next time something weird happens she won’t let it shake her and lose her focus.
At the Developmental levels, where gymnasts are there to learn, there is not a scoring consequence. They just change the order. These kids are 8! They are learning lots of things. Flexibility, sportsmanship, the ability to hold their bladder, AND gymnastics. Grace is important in this sport.
You want scoring consequences for an 8-year-old that had to use the bathroom?
Coaches should manage this as it sounds like they did. I’m sure you could look this up in the usag developmental program rules and policies.
My daughter went out of rotation and her score was given to someone else. Yes I want to know why and how this is not caught and corrected before score was posted. A judge has said you lose points and team points can suffer. Do you know? Or are you just giving YOUR opinion. I want structure and protocol not a mess at comp. Are you a judge? Do you know the consequences of this? Scorewise? The judges didn't seem happy so there was some issue, and an obvious consequence may have been given. How do we know if team loses points for this? I mean if they don't salute they lose points clearly this is bigger than that. I care about scores not opinions.
And the score was changed to the appropriate gymnast, so there was no issue.
Feel free to read through this:
Who changes the order? Who informs judges? Is this done before or after a gymnast competes? Who ensures gymnasts get the correct scores not someone else's? Yes grace but fairness is also key.
Scores being flashed under the incorrect name and subsequently corrected happens all the time. Competition orders getting shuffled for whatever reason happens all the time. Kids needing to use the restroom at inconvenient times happens all the time.
Having read many of your posts including your abusive coaches, I would suggest a few things. Yes, talk to your coaches about trying to mitigate those things but as many have said, these are little kids. I definitely don’t know the rules when it comes to this despite having had two daughters in gymnastics and now a 10 year old currently a level 7. I get that it may have affected your daughter’s score but I know as a team we cheer each other on and help wherever we can. Your daughter is at the very early part of her gymnastics life and one score at one meet is not going to determine her future success. Just keep a healthy perspective on things.
