Canadian_gym_mom
Proud Parent
This is the way we have always approached things with her, at home and how I have encouraged them to do at gym. "Either you do the shuttle run, or you do 5 rope climbs." "If you don't get up on the beam and try the back handspring again, you will have to go sit in the changeroom." Clearly state the expectations, and the consequence for not doing it.
As I type this stuff, if I was someone who didn't know my dd, it might sound like she doesn't want to even do gym, or that she's some out of control kid. She really does love gym, and she is a really great kid. She just needs specific direction in a lot of what she does.
And to clarify, the coaches did not send her home from the meet. My dd refused to do anything stood there crying in the corner and then when anyone went to her she ran away. I was so pissed at the coaches, mad at her (at that point I only knew what the coaches had told me) that it was my choice to take her out of there. In my opinion she was so upset that taking her in to watch her event would have been pure torture on her.
I am going to make a new post with the update on how the meeting went and the outcomes. It was positive.
As I type this stuff, if I was someone who didn't know my dd, it might sound like she doesn't want to even do gym, or that she's some out of control kid. She really does love gym, and she is a really great kid. She just needs specific direction in a lot of what she does.
And to clarify, the coaches did not send her home from the meet. My dd refused to do anything stood there crying in the corner and then when anyone went to her she ran away. I was so pissed at the coaches, mad at her (at that point I only knew what the coaches had told me) that it was my choice to take her out of there. In my opinion she was so upset that taking her in to watch her event would have been pure torture on her.
I am going to make a new post with the update on how the meeting went and the outcomes. It was positive.