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momtogymgirl
Is my daughter ready to quit? Is she just mad, is this a little bump that she should be pushed through, or is it time to move on? She is almost 10-years-old. She just finished her level 6 season in November. At the end of the season she was very happy. The following month she spent enjoying experimenting with level 7 skills. Everything was good. But then some time after that, she started struggling more than the rest of her team mates. She was afraid to move her layout to the floor. Her coach got mad and told her to go back to the trampoline and left her while everyone else was on the floor. She struggled connecting the clear hip to a fly away. Her coach teaches the skill by having the girls try the skill, but just over a pit instead of the floor. The rest of her team figured it out. She worried too much about what would happen if she let go too late. Her coach got mad and called her a chicken. A few practices later he told her she gets her skills later than everyone else, that he is disgusted by her and that she should be ashamed. Still later when she would not let go he told her to warm up her level 6 bars instead. When she tried to continue working on her seven skills, he told her to take of her grips and go condition for the rest of bars. She also only does her back hand spring on the low beam.
By the end of December, she was the farthest from getting her skills so the coaches started ignoring her. Well, my daughter says they were ignoring her. One of her coaches said that they have been concentrating on the girls who were so close to getting their skills and that she hopes my dd can hold out because she has not forgotten about her. The head coach made the decision that a gymnast does not get her optional routine until all skills on an event are competition ready. All the other girls got their routines. My dd has spent the month sitting out during routine times to watch her teammates. Everyone else will compete this spring. They will then start training level 8. As per our head coaches decision she has to repeat level 6. (Anyone who does not compete level 7 at state will repeat level 6)
Sorry this is so long. Thank you for any insights.
By the end of December, she was the farthest from getting her skills so the coaches started ignoring her. Well, my daughter says they were ignoring her. One of her coaches said that they have been concentrating on the girls who were so close to getting their skills and that she hopes my dd can hold out because she has not forgotten about her. The head coach made the decision that a gymnast does not get her optional routine until all skills on an event are competition ready. All the other girls got their routines. My dd has spent the month sitting out during routine times to watch her teammates. Everyone else will compete this spring. They will then start training level 8. As per our head coaches decision she has to repeat level 6. (Anyone who does not compete level 7 at state will repeat level 6)
Sorry this is so long. Thank you for any insights.