Anon Troubles and ease

[Anonymous (2fbf)]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could share some thing in gymnastics that is troubling (skill progressions, strength, cost, bulling, stress) and things that make life easier (self love, determination, making friends, being a part of a community). Outside of gym and in. I would appreciate the parents and athletes of MAG to share their input, but also WAG and T&T.

 

[Anonymous (94e6)]

Kinda hard to answer because ALL of those things are both troubles and eases, sometimes even at the same time. Life is just kinda like that.

 

[Anonymous (b0d0)]

From what we've see - the things that ease: truly trusting coaches and enjoying teammates as friends, having natural talent/no fear, being willing to stretch and consider conditioning at home, learning to deal with disappointment and defeat without wanting to quit, working really hard at practice literally every single practice. Things that are troubling: PUBERTY (no control over that!), having to give up other things outside of the gym.

 

[Anonymous (d0b1)]

The most troubling thing is when the kids start to develop bad attitudes either to each other, coaches, or competition. Really hard seeing previously sweet kids, good teammates, good people, start saying nasty things especially about others on the same team.

Things that make life easier: Good communication between families, especially for traveling, what hotels have they found, is there a good deal on airfare, good places to eat, etc. Bonus points if we can coordinate and do things as a group.

Far as gymnastics itself, stay out the way, let the coaches coach, don't get involved, you don't have to.