Parents Struggling with ROBHS

[laolao]

Hi everyone,

My almost 8 year old daughter is struggling to get her ROBHS. I can see her becoming very demoralised in her classes and she's starting to dread going to gym.

She cracks her knuckles or bites her nails constantly when she's anxious and every time they do floor now she's chewing or crunching away. I think her coach says she's jumping up rather than up and back after her round off but it just seems like she can't get whatever it is that's wrong.

She's started missing turns in classes now and going behind everyone else so she doesn't have to do it which I know is counterproductive, but I understand it is an avoidance tactic.

Most of the group are doing them fairly confidently now so she is pretty much the last to get it which I think is exacerbating her worry about it. Any words of advice?

Obviously I can't do anything to help her as I know nothing about gymnastics but I am wondering if there is anything I can do from a parent perspective.

 

[supernicegymmom]

Hi everyone,

My almost 8 year old daughter is struggling to get her ROBHS. I can see her becoming very demoralised in her classes and she's starting to dread going to gym.

She cracks her knuckles or bites her nails constantly when she's anxious and every time they do floor now she's chewing or crunching away. I think her coach says she's jumping up rather than up and back after her round off but it just seems like she can't get whatever it is that's wrong.

She's started missing turns in classes now and going behind everyone else so she doesn't have to do it which I know is counterproductive, but I understand it is an avoidance tactic.

Most of the group are doing them fairly confidently now so she is pretty much the last to get it which I think is exacerbating her worry about it. Any words of advice?

Obviously I can't do anything to help her as I know nothing about gymnastics but I am wondering if there is anything I can do from a parent perspective.

My daughter used to struggle so much with round-off back-handsprings until we found what the root of the problem was and now she has it easy peasy. What level is your daughter in? Many things can cause stress over a skill including puberty, stress from school or other sports, general anxiety, fear of not moving up to the next level, or fear of being behind in your skills.