This is dd's 4th yr of competing (11yrs old) and her anxiety over meets seems to be getting worse. I am looking for some approaches to help her. I know there are some motivational and mind block audio tapes out there. Just don't know if its the way to go. She says she feels a lot of pressure and doesn't want to mess up. We have assured her often that it isn't about the awards or scores but about her doing her best. She just really psychs herself out, to the point of tears sometimes just before competing a rotation. She can usually pull it together but obviously, it affects her. Bars and beam seem to catch her the most. She doesn't really struggle with either, though she says they are her two hardest events. She seems to have more difficulty at the larger arena events. Unfortunately, that's where most of our meets have been the past two yrs. Any advice or experience is appreciated.
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