CoachMarci
Coach/Parent
Hi everyone. This is my first time posting, but I really need help. I have a little girl on our level 5 team, she is very good and has the ability to score VERY well. At practice if we are "scoring" routines or doing a practice meet for practice she gets very shaky and nervous and before you know it making mistakes she never makes. She gets very frustrated when trying to get a skill and will break down and cry and you almost can't get her to refocus after that. At the meets she shakes like crazy and if there is a big mistake of course falls apart and then still has to finish the meet. Part of it is she has high expectations for herself and puts more pressure on herself than she needs to and makes herself so uptight she messes up. I have worked with kids who were perfectionists before but not to this extent, we just started meet season and her parents and I are working hard on trying to get the child through this. ANY IDEAS