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I have not yet read the whole thread, but I have several thoughts after reading your first post:
First, it sounds to me like your DD is not ready for that particular workout group. Maybe the coach is being to harsh, maybe it's too intense for her at her age, maybe she doesn't work well with the style of that particular coach, maybe she doesn't get along with other girls in that workout group or maybe it's any number of other things. Perhaps the coach overestimated her readiness to be pushed. But at any rate, I would probably look for a way to pull her out of that group, and perhaps put her in something less intense until she matures a bit.
I do not believe that public shaming is ever an appropriate response to a kid misbehaving. However, when you have a group of 5-8 year olds to try to train and one of them is disrupting workout, you can't really take the time to think through all the possible options of how you might deal with it; you have to deal with it then and there and get practice moving again. So while I don't think the coach handled it as well as he/she could have, I'd say it's a forgivable mistake.
First, it sounds to me like your DD is not ready for that particular workout group. Maybe the coach is being to harsh, maybe it's too intense for her at her age, maybe she doesn't work well with the style of that particular coach, maybe she doesn't get along with other girls in that workout group or maybe it's any number of other things. Perhaps the coach overestimated her readiness to be pushed. But at any rate, I would probably look for a way to pull her out of that group, and perhaps put her in something less intense until she matures a bit.
I do not believe that public shaming is ever an appropriate response to a kid misbehaving. However, when you have a group of 5-8 year olds to try to train and one of them is disrupting workout, you can't really take the time to think through all the possible options of how you might deal with it; you have to deal with it then and there and get practice moving again. So while I don't think the coach handled it as well as he/she could have, I'd say it's a forgivable mistake.