gymhorsemom
Proud Parent
Sometimes I feel that my gymmie can do a skill if she really puts her mind to it and on occasion I have offered her an incentive to get the skill. For example, I've seen her do a mill circle, I've also seen her climb to the top of the rope. But I watched part of practice today and she barely made it off the floor during the rope climb and couldn't hit a mill circle (yes I know some days they just fall on a skill). After practice I told her that if she can do both of those things in the next practice I will buy her a little things she's been asking for (it's a very small item). Thoughts on this? I know that gymmies tend to put a lot of pressure on themselves and in general I do think mine works very hard at gym. But sometimes I think she could be doing better -she sometimes kind of laughs and has an "I give up" kind of expression when somethings not working out for her. I even heard her say to a team-mate after she "couldn't" climb the rope today "we are opposites -I am flexible and not strong and you are strong and not flexible." Hopefully the other girl didn't take offense to being called not flexible. It seemed to me that DD was giving up on rope climb (which I know she can do) and using her lack of strength as an excuse. I want her to want to do well at gym for herself but at the same time it's frustrating to watch her not always try her best. Any thoughts on offering incentives? I will know tomorrow if it worked or not -in the past it has.