Hi, sorry this is so long, its a bit rambley and venty but any and all advice is much appreciated. TIA
Ok let me just begin this by saying the situation with our gym is not necessarily an appropriate one.
Some of you may remember my first post I did a while ago about my sister (8) who was getting too big for her boots and had stopped working hard in the gym and at home however I took the advice on here and have since completely stopped working with her at home and just in the gym like any other kid that I coach. But I've been very unwell recently and stuck at home in bed so I haven't been to the gym in almost a month.
So I got to see her work for the first time today and it has severely gone downhill, I'm not even sure she'll pass. From what I've seen and know from today I know that another girl has been quite nasty to her recently which I know has really hurt her confidence. Head coach has also been making comments such as that shes not the best anymore and that other girls are going to beat her etc (not sure if this is very inappropriate or I'm just overreacting).
I've been thinking of pulling her out of this competition but I'm not sure this is sending the right message or whether I should help her at home just until the competition on Saturday.
If she doesn't do well I don't think that she will mind too much but the head coach has been hoping for her favourite to win all year instead of my sister and she'll go on and on and on about it to her but also she'll rub it in my face which is a big part of the reason I want to pull her out. I do know this is very selfish so please let me know if I just need to suck it up.
I just don't want this situation to affect her gymnastics so much that she stops enjoying it.
Please help!
Thank you
Ok let me just begin this by saying the situation with our gym is not necessarily an appropriate one.
Some of you may remember my first post I did a while ago about my sister (8) who was getting too big for her boots and had stopped working hard in the gym and at home however I took the advice on here and have since completely stopped working with her at home and just in the gym like any other kid that I coach. But I've been very unwell recently and stuck at home in bed so I haven't been to the gym in almost a month.
So I got to see her work for the first time today and it has severely gone downhill, I'm not even sure she'll pass. From what I've seen and know from today I know that another girl has been quite nasty to her recently which I know has really hurt her confidence. Head coach has also been making comments such as that shes not the best anymore and that other girls are going to beat her etc (not sure if this is very inappropriate or I'm just overreacting).
I've been thinking of pulling her out of this competition but I'm not sure this is sending the right message or whether I should help her at home just until the competition on Saturday.
If she doesn't do well I don't think that she will mind too much but the head coach has been hoping for her favourite to win all year instead of my sister and she'll go on and on and on about it to her but also she'll rub it in my face which is a big part of the reason I want to pull her out. I do know this is very selfish so please let me know if I just need to suck it up.
I just don't want this situation to affect her gymnastics so much that she stops enjoying it.
Please help!
Thank you