Texasmomof3
Proud Parent
As my title says, my dd tends to fall apart at meets. She practices well. She gets the highest scores from her team at in-house meets. She is extremely strong and practices with tight form, no slacking off. She is the oldest on her team as well.
But when she gets to real meets, she gets so nervous. She literally shakes from nerves on the beam. You can see it from the bleachers. She has uncharacteristic falls, misses basic skills she has done correctly 100s of times. Her skin goes pale right around march in and sometimes she will even throw up from the nerves.
I'm at a loss on how to help her. She is a confident public speaker, so it isn't being in front of people. She doesn't mind practicing in front of people at all. She debates and does non-gym performance at school, no problem.
She has always struggled at meets. If you watch her at practice, you would think she is a top performer. If you look her up on mymeetscores, she is the bottom of her gym, year after year. And now it is in her head that she will get a bad score, and it is getting worse.
It bothers her tremendously. But I have no idea how to help with nervousness. She is level 7 usag and competed 3, 4 and a 5/6 year, so this is nothing new and it has always been this way.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to relax and not get so nervous?
But when she gets to real meets, she gets so nervous. She literally shakes from nerves on the beam. You can see it from the bleachers. She has uncharacteristic falls, misses basic skills she has done correctly 100s of times. Her skin goes pale right around march in and sometimes she will even throw up from the nerves.
I'm at a loss on how to help her. She is a confident public speaker, so it isn't being in front of people. She doesn't mind practicing in front of people at all. She debates and does non-gym performance at school, no problem.
She has always struggled at meets. If you watch her at practice, you would think she is a top performer. If you look her up on mymeetscores, she is the bottom of her gym, year after year. And now it is in her head that she will get a bad score, and it is getting worse.
It bothers her tremendously. But I have no idea how to help with nervousness. She is level 7 usag and competed 3, 4 and a 5/6 year, so this is nothing new and it has always been this way.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to relax and not get so nervous?