Ingwe
Proud Parent
I wanted to give a meet report and see if any can offer any advise along the way.
DD had a meet on Saturday (The Gamecock Invite, Level 7) It's been a rough season so far for her with having to deal with disappointment (for the 1st time ever) and not performing the way she always has. A lot of tears have been shed.
1st up was Floor. The Gym changed her routine last week a little bit. they took some things out and added some other stuff. She did a nice routine, she forgot a little part and you could tell that she had to think about it, but ended up with a 9.1.
Next event Vault. She went from scoring mid 9's last year to not even cracking a 9 so far this year. Anyhow, yesterday was no different and she scored an 8.55. I am not sure what is going on with it.
Now its on to bars and here is where the MAJOR frustrations come into play. I truely believe she is having a mental breakdown and I really don' t know what to do or how to help her overcome this. She does 4 amazing warm up routines, she was hitthing her handstand out of the free hip, beautiful Giants etc. Then it's time for the real thing . She starts off good, beautiful cast handstand, nice free hip and then the squat on. Not only does she miss it but she falls off and lands on her back. UGH!! She hops back on and before she's even all the on the bar she is jumping to the high bar. (I know this isn't going to end well LOL) she barely makes her kip up and then doesn't even come close to the handstand. She decides to go for the Giant anyway and somehow manages to make it around (in the sloppiest form I'd ever seen) but peels off the bar on the way down. That' s fall number two!! She stands there for a minute and then salutes. Her coach tells her she has to get back up and do her dismount. She manages to do that without any more disasters. LOL!!! Score....7.9 not really sure how she even mangesd to get that. I really need to find a way to help her get over whatever is going on in her head that makes her fall apart when it's crunch time. I told my friend that from now on I am just going to video her warm ups. LOL!!
Last up Beam. Usually an amazing beam worker. She is going strong and looking great. She goes to do her series/dismount and makes the backwalker and then fall on the connection. I am thinking, it's okay, she'll still get a decent score, until I see her back on beam and doing the series all over from the start. UGH!! It looks great, but she gets no credit since she was repeating the same exact thing. Ends up with a 8.3
She placed on Floor (I am not even sure where, maybe 4th or 5th) and somehow managed to get 7th place all round. (out of 15, so at least she wasn't last LOL)
Another meet on Friday (Charleston Cup ) here's hoping that she can actually put it all together. (or at least not fall on Bars twice. LOL)
Sorry for the novel.
DD had a meet on Saturday (The Gamecock Invite, Level 7) It's been a rough season so far for her with having to deal with disappointment (for the 1st time ever) and not performing the way she always has. A lot of tears have been shed.
1st up was Floor. The Gym changed her routine last week a little bit. they took some things out and added some other stuff. She did a nice routine, she forgot a little part and you could tell that she had to think about it, but ended up with a 9.1.
Next event Vault. She went from scoring mid 9's last year to not even cracking a 9 so far this year. Anyhow, yesterday was no different and she scored an 8.55. I am not sure what is going on with it.
Now its on to bars and here is where the MAJOR frustrations come into play. I truely believe she is having a mental breakdown and I really don' t know what to do or how to help her overcome this. She does 4 amazing warm up routines, she was hitthing her handstand out of the free hip, beautiful Giants etc. Then it's time for the real thing . She starts off good, beautiful cast handstand, nice free hip and then the squat on. Not only does she miss it but she falls off and lands on her back. UGH!! She hops back on and before she's even all the on the bar she is jumping to the high bar. (I know this isn't going to end well LOL) she barely makes her kip up and then doesn't even come close to the handstand. She decides to go for the Giant anyway and somehow manages to make it around (in the sloppiest form I'd ever seen) but peels off the bar on the way down. That' s fall number two!! She stands there for a minute and then salutes. Her coach tells her she has to get back up and do her dismount. She manages to do that without any more disasters. LOL!!! Score....7.9 not really sure how she even mangesd to get that. I really need to find a way to help her get over whatever is going on in her head that makes her fall apart when it's crunch time. I told my friend that from now on I am just going to video her warm ups. LOL!!
Last up Beam. Usually an amazing beam worker. She is going strong and looking great. She goes to do her series/dismount and makes the backwalker and then fall on the connection. I am thinking, it's okay, she'll still get a decent score, until I see her back on beam and doing the series all over from the start. UGH!! It looks great, but she gets no credit since she was repeating the same exact thing. Ends up with a 8.3
She placed on Floor (I am not even sure where, maybe 4th or 5th) and somehow managed to get 7th place all round. (out of 15, so at least she wasn't last LOL)
Another meet on Friday (Charleston Cup ) here's hoping that she can actually put it all together. (or at least not fall on Bars twice. LOL)
Sorry for the novel.