My daughter fell on her double BHS and is now struggling with it, again. She previously lost it about 1 1/2 years ago but gained it back through persistence. She also recently lost her BWO on beam due to a fall. Can a coach switch up routines during competition season to lighten the pressure? The past practice before competition coach scratched my daughter from the entire meet because she wouldn't throw her skills during a certain time frame. Is it normal practice to scratch a gymnast from an entire meet? When a coach scratches someone do they just tell the athlete or do they also have a conversation with the parent? In my case, her assistant called me and when I came in to speak with coach she was busy on vault with other girls and couldn't come out. She seems to always avoid parent communication.
My daughter, btw she's 10, tells me her coach scares her. She told me that she doesn't like when her coach embarrasses her in front of others. Particularly when she scream out at her from across the gym calling her out. My daughter doesn't respond well to that type of pressure. She actually shuts down. I had to once practically beg the coach to have a conversation with her and my daughter to work things out which we did and everything was fine until this past weekend. My daughter is still having trouble with her BWO on beam and hr double BHS. I tried to have a speak with her and she told my daughter that she shouldn't talk to me about gymnastics and that she has nothing to say to us (her parents).
A few weeks ago, when my daughter was doing really well with her skills, I asked about the path to college gymnastics. My email went unanswered and when my kid was having trouble on beam she told my daughter "You can't even do a BWO on beam and you mom is asking about college gymnastics". How could you tell a kid that? I do know that she also makes some of the girls on my daughters bronze team cry.
This all has me so furious but my daughter doesn't want to quit. I don't think any child's sport should be this stressful and I am thinking about moving to another gym after finishing out the season. I'm so tempted to write to the owner and complain but I'm afraid it'll make matters worse while my daughter finishes out the season.
What would you do? Sorry for the book
My daughter, btw she's 10, tells me her coach scares her. She told me that she doesn't like when her coach embarrasses her in front of others. Particularly when she scream out at her from across the gym calling her out. My daughter doesn't respond well to that type of pressure. She actually shuts down. I had to once practically beg the coach to have a conversation with her and my daughter to work things out which we did and everything was fine until this past weekend. My daughter is still having trouble with her BWO on beam and hr double BHS. I tried to have a speak with her and she told my daughter that she shouldn't talk to me about gymnastics and that she has nothing to say to us (her parents).
A few weeks ago, when my daughter was doing really well with her skills, I asked about the path to college gymnastics. My email went unanswered and when my kid was having trouble on beam she told my daughter "You can't even do a BWO on beam and you mom is asking about college gymnastics". How could you tell a kid that? I do know that she also makes some of the girls on my daughters bronze team cry.
This all has me so furious but my daughter doesn't want to quit. I don't think any child's sport should be this stressful and I am thinking about moving to another gym after finishing out the season. I'm so tempted to write to the owner and complain but I'm afraid it'll make matters worse while my daughter finishes out the season.
What would you do? Sorry for the book