I watched dd's practice yesterday. Her practices are very long and I usually just drop her off at the curb and hubby picks her up at the end of practice. DD's group that has been training level 9 was split. It appeared to me that she was with the "low expectations" girls. The fact that they split the group really bothers me. I know my dd is still training 9 (perhaps, with code changes maybe the skills she is working on are now allowed under the new code for 8?) but she isn't getting the same focused coaching as the other group. You can tell the coaches are pushing the "better" group to really have it all for 9. The coaching for my dd's group was sporadic, distracted. I am tempted to talk to the HC to better understand why they have changed their expectations for her but would it really change things? Certainly, I have talked to coaches over the years when I have felt this way before but now that I am older (and maybe wiser) I wonder if it does any good? Does a parent's 2cents affect the coaches pov? I did drop off my dd today with a warning that she may not move up with her team and she had to prove to her coaches that she has what it takes to go to 9 this year. But if she doesn't train bar releases, she can't do it. So the coaches need to believe in her too. Hard work alone won't do it. Btw, she was injured right before states but is fully back training. Did well as an 8 (high 36’s) but most of her teammates are solid 37s. What do you think? (Love coaches point of view here!)
training LOSO and bt,bt series on beam
double back on fx
tsuk LO on vault
no releases on bars!
training LOSO and bt,bt series on beam
double back on fx
tsuk LO on vault
no releases on bars!