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Anonymous (ed7d)
Hello! My DD is XCEL Gold. Her main coaches have never given me positive feedback. Not that they give feedback anyway, but whenever I have asked she only gets bad: “She has no power. She can’t find the board on vault.” The only one whom has given her positive feedback is the optional coach. He asked her to be on TOPs.
DD thinks she’s terrible. She is often the last to get her skills (comp ready), but generally one of the first to “go for it” and throw it. She scores the lowest on the team. However, when I say lowest, her worst AA in Silver was 36.475 and her best was 38. Based on the scores I have seen this is not the worst, but what do I know. She is one of the youngest (9 years old) on a talented team.
She loves gymnastics and wants to go to college, but she’s tired of being compared to the other better scoring girls on her team. She’s tired of being yelled at and never praised, while the praise goes to the more “talented” girls.
I don’t want to force her to do anything, but I also don’t want her to quit for the wrong reasons. She doesn’t think she has talent.
My question is what is talent? Is it only power that really matters? Can that be developed or is it a lost cause? Maybe we are at the wrong gym?
What do y’all think? Is college a realistic goal? I’m good with whatever but I just want to make sure I have my kid in the best environment.
Thanks so much in advance for your opinions.
DD thinks she’s terrible. She is often the last to get her skills (comp ready), but generally one of the first to “go for it” and throw it. She scores the lowest on the team. However, when I say lowest, her worst AA in Silver was 36.475 and her best was 38. Based on the scores I have seen this is not the worst, but what do I know. She is one of the youngest (9 years old) on a talented team.
She loves gymnastics and wants to go to college, but she’s tired of being compared to the other better scoring girls on her team. She’s tired of being yelled at and never praised, while the praise goes to the more “talented” girls.
I don’t want to force her to do anything, but I also don’t want her to quit for the wrong reasons. She doesn’t think she has talent.
My question is what is talent? Is it only power that really matters? Can that be developed or is it a lost cause? Maybe we are at the wrong gym?
What do y’all think? Is college a realistic goal? I’m good with whatever but I just want to make sure I have my kid in the best environment.
Thanks so much in advance for your opinions.