Some of you were active in my last thread about L3 YDD developing a fear of her robhs suddenly after she *thought* she heard someone behind her and stopped mid flip and landed on her back. Since then, she's been scared to go for the bhs.
My last thread was about how the coach was willing to let her pause between skills and just do a round-off rebound STOP, standing bhs. Just to get her qualified for State since she has scratched floor at every meet. We did a private with her floor coach 2 days before her meet and I thought it was going really well. YDD did many standing bhs by herself and 3 connected robhs on floor by herself! YDD was so happy and proud of herself. Well, then she was off practice the next day and then the following day was her meet. Got to floor and wouldn't go for it. YDD uses the excuse that her coach wouldn't spot her on any during warm up and so she was scared to do the first one by herself. Anyway, she ended up scratching floor.
We have a meet this Saturday (2/6), and it is her last chance at qualifying for State (her L3 State meet is the first weekend of March). YDD is the ONLY girl on her L3 team who hasn't qualified, and it really upsets her. The problem is, YDD could actually be one of the most competitive girls in her squad because she averages a 9.4 on the other events and continually wins beam and bars at most meets.
I talked her her coach after practice on Monday and she said that she's run out of ideas in what to do, and that's really discouraging to hear. The gym has a "No Spot at Meets" rule, so that is out of the question. Also, the gym has a rule of having every skill in order to compete that event, so she can't just omit the bhs. I asked her coach what would happen next year if she doesn't end up competing the bhs and she told me that she would have to repeat the level. YDD would be CRUSHED if all her friends moved up into another workout group and she was stuck behind with the pre-teamers coming up.
At this point I don't know what to do. Should I just let her go out there and not compete floor and watch her be devastated afterwards when she realizes she's a) not going to State and b) staying behind next season? Or should I try and push her and talk her through it. I don't know what to do . This darn bhs has caused a lot of tears and stress in our household. And lots of tears on the way home from meets after not being in the AA.
My last thread was about how the coach was willing to let her pause between skills and just do a round-off rebound STOP, standing bhs. Just to get her qualified for State since she has scratched floor at every meet. We did a private with her floor coach 2 days before her meet and I thought it was going really well. YDD did many standing bhs by herself and 3 connected robhs on floor by herself! YDD was so happy and proud of herself. Well, then she was off practice the next day and then the following day was her meet. Got to floor and wouldn't go for it. YDD uses the excuse that her coach wouldn't spot her on any during warm up and so she was scared to do the first one by herself. Anyway, she ended up scratching floor.
We have a meet this Saturday (2/6), and it is her last chance at qualifying for State (her L3 State meet is the first weekend of March). YDD is the ONLY girl on her L3 team who hasn't qualified, and it really upsets her. The problem is, YDD could actually be one of the most competitive girls in her squad because she averages a 9.4 on the other events and continually wins beam and bars at most meets.
I talked her her coach after practice on Monday and she said that she's run out of ideas in what to do, and that's really discouraging to hear. The gym has a "No Spot at Meets" rule, so that is out of the question. Also, the gym has a rule of having every skill in order to compete that event, so she can't just omit the bhs. I asked her coach what would happen next year if she doesn't end up competing the bhs and she told me that she would have to repeat the level. YDD would be CRUSHED if all her friends moved up into another workout group and she was stuck behind with the pre-teamers coming up.
At this point I don't know what to do. Should I just let her go out there and not compete floor and watch her be devastated afterwards when she realizes she's a) not going to State and b) staying behind next season? Or should I try and push her and talk her through it. I don't know what to do . This darn bhs has caused a lot of tears and stress in our household. And lots of tears on the way home from meets after not being in the AA.