Was trying to post this in the coach forum, but for whatever reason it won't let me post there anymore.
Coaches and parents, how do you handle kids who hate conditioning?
Right now, I have only 1 kid that I coach giving me grief. She's an 11 year old level 3/4 missing only a kip to compete level 4. Wants to move up, wants to get her kip. Wants to do private lessons, but leaves the gym after class wanting to quit because she hates conditioning.
We do lots of "disguised" conditioning during event time, we do lots of conditioning games, contests, partner conditioning, I switch up the exercises all the time so they're never doing the same thing over and over...I make conditioning fun and NEVER use conditioning as a consequence....ever.
This kid hating to condition results in her cheating on some of it, and her not being able to get the skills she needs to move up. Her mother has been super helpful, honestly, and tells the kid to suck it up, assures her that it is helping her gymnastics, she's getting stronger, blah blah.....
I REALLY want to get this kid to like to condition. She's come so far and gymnastics has been a really GOOD thing for her - when she started in the rec program her mother had to drag her in the gym and out onto the floor. she had terrible anxiety, but we've helped her through it and she now is confident enough that she competes. And she competes well! This kid has come a LONG way emotionally (and physically) since she started and I just want to see her keep progressing.
I'm not having an issue with any of the other kids (24 kids level 3/4)...
Help?
Coaches and parents, how do you handle kids who hate conditioning?
Right now, I have only 1 kid that I coach giving me grief. She's an 11 year old level 3/4 missing only a kip to compete level 4. Wants to move up, wants to get her kip. Wants to do private lessons, but leaves the gym after class wanting to quit because she hates conditioning.
We do lots of "disguised" conditioning during event time, we do lots of conditioning games, contests, partner conditioning, I switch up the exercises all the time so they're never doing the same thing over and over...I make conditioning fun and NEVER use conditioning as a consequence....ever.
This kid hating to condition results in her cheating on some of it, and her not being able to get the skills she needs to move up. Her mother has been super helpful, honestly, and tells the kid to suck it up, assures her that it is helping her gymnastics, she's getting stronger, blah blah.....
I REALLY want to get this kid to like to condition. She's come so far and gymnastics has been a really GOOD thing for her - when she started in the rec program her mother had to drag her in the gym and out onto the floor. she had terrible anxiety, but we've helped her through it and she now is confident enough that she competes. And she competes well! This kid has come a LONG way emotionally (and physically) since she started and I just want to see her keep progressing.
I'm not having an issue with any of the other kids (24 kids level 3/4)...
Help?