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    Anon Anxiety Medication and Gymnastics

    Hi, my daughter really struggles with anxiety and just started a low dose of Zoloft daily. She is currently competing DP level 5. I know you hear of doping rules and restrictions on medications in the high levels but I wondered if there were any restrictions in these lower levels and also if...
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    Parents Help with gym meet anxiety

    Hoping to get some parent perspective or advice. My two daughters have been doing gym for quite a while now. Both are well into optionals now, and you would think I would be calm at meets after all this time. I am the type of person who has always been pretty anxious at gym meets or just any...
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    Terrible Anxiety and Bad Shaking On Beam... HELP

    I have terrible anxiety, and whenever I get nervous, I shake super bad, and it is very noticeable, I have even been made fun of for it at school. I just began competing, and at a mini-meet, with just my teammates I kept falling on the beam during my routine and my coach yelled at me for having...
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    Parents Transition to New Level Challenges and Anxiety

    My DD is 13 and has generalized anxiety disorder. She tends to get into a heightened period of anxiety during life changes, transitions, etc. She recently moved up to optionals (L6) after completing a year at L5. She is struggling with a new coach who is more intense and the increase in...
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    Parents Performance Anxiety - How to help

    New here, and looking for some suggestions on how to help my nearly 7 year old work through some performance anxiety. He is still early on as he is just entering L3 this summer, but get really nervous in front of crowds. He says that he knows what skills he's supposed to be doing and knows he...
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    MAG Anxiety about Level placement

    Today my son who just turned 14 was told he was moving to Level 9. He is an anxious kid and a perfectionist. Our gym does not do Level 7 and Level 8. Boys go from Level 6 to JD1. He was a late starter and practices with boys 1 and 2 years younger. Since he is 14 he will now leave his group...
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    WAG Good LONG video talk about mental blocks, fears, anxiety etc

    I just came across this video that actually made my day. It's good stuff, mostly things that I already knew and that are repeatedly mentioned on this forum too, but you can never think about these issues too much. I want to be the coach that has the tools to help an athlete to overcome all these...
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    injury anxiety

    I have been a recreational instructor for 20 or so years, with the last 9 or so being full time. Recently, one of my students had a super serious injury. I can't stop thinking about it. Does anyone have any advice for me to feel better, it is hard to keep teaching as I obsess and try so hard...
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    Parents Losing sleep/anxiety

    My daughter can't get out of her own head. I reminded her yesterday that her meet is next week which apparently she forgot. I think it dawned on her she only has a few days to clean up her bar routine and last night she couldn't get to sleep. It was 1am and she was still up, she does this...
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    Parents DD is starting to show signs of anxiety, pressure...

    So up until a few weeks ago my DD, 11 years old and a level 8 (training level 9/HOPES) was doing great, but these past couple of weeks we've noticed a big change in her attitude. Tonight after dinner (it's also her 11th birthday today) she broke down in tears, saying that she is feeling all of...
  11. notthatmom

    WAG A new anxiety I wasn't prepared for...

    DD's first meet is in January, then she has two more in Jan, three in feb and one in March, that doesn't include states which is at the end of March. I am going crazy not knowing the exact date she competes. Holy cow. I'm more worried about when I'm going to find that out than I am how she's...
  12. Lilou

    Parents Anxiety of a young gymnast

    Hi- new to the community. Wondering if anyone has had a young gymnast with selective mutism and how you were able to help her deal with the anxiety? My 5 yr old has been recruited by two gyms for their level 2 developmental program, but her anxiety is holding her back. She tried two classes of...
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    Parents Anyone gone through this...separation anxiety?

    At the age of 9? Tough kid on so many levels. Independent...strong student in school...hard worker in gym. Of course perfect in almost every way :-) (kidding...) But seriously... Starting around March, the kid asks me to please not leave gymnastics. Ok...sure, I'll sit for 12/hrs week. That got...
  14. littlegirlsdream

    WAG Can she move past her Anxiety?

    My DD is a kid who has a certain amount of general anxiety. She is hard on herself and has a lot of negative self talk. So in gymnastics first she will gain new skills then she become anxious, hesitates, gets in her own head and spends a while fighting through it. She worries: what will coach...
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    Parents Teaching your gymnast to control nerves/anxiety

    This season is the first time that my daughter has started worrying about meets. In the past, she was just excited about swimming pools in the hotel and getting her hair "did". The metals were cool but nothing to really stress about. This is her first year as an optional and I was a bit...
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    Parents Anxiety, blocks and fears, oh my!

    Hi all - My 13yo L8 gymgirl has been experiencing various blocks since the end of L5, mostly around reverse skills (bhs, bt). She actually can do the skills very well, but gets blocked off and on. She's been able to work thru the blocks, and still do well in competition (L7 state beam champ!)...
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    WAG Severe State Meet anxiety

    Got an email from one of my parents last night that her daughter has not been herself for about the past week. She is unable to sleep and is really stressed out about States this weekend. I've noticed a difference in practice too. What can I do to help her?
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    Parents Gymnastics, anxiety, and moving up - love to hear from coaches and gymnasts

    Backstory: My DD is L4, age 8, on the small side (2nd smallest on team). She's just about done with her meet season - averaging an AA 36. She's a dedicated bar worker and had a personal best of 9.55. As her mom, I am very proud of her. She definitely has my family's anxiety and tends to...
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    WAG Anxiety before meet

    How do you handle your childs nerves before a big meet. I wonder if my approach is ideal. She has a huge fear of blowing it and feeling embarrassed. I play it off as, "it's no big deal. Do your best. I could care less what your score is as long as you go for it. These are the learning...
  20. DND

    8yo anxiety....what will today hold..crazy long sorry

    Well DD has been dealing with a couple of blocks that may or may not hold her back from competing this year. While working through them she seems to have started to hold back to the points where it really frustrated the coach last week. She was fine in straps and even on a raised low bar, but...

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