Since I joined Chalk Bucket, I've learned that focussing on scores is the wrong way to go. I've embraced this mentality and have steered my daughter away from getting hung up on setting score-related goals. She's embraced that idea, focussing instead on implementing corrections her coach has given her in competition. I appreciate this excellent advice from forum members.
I'm stuck trying to reconcile something, though. In my reading here and elsewhere, I have seen the majority of the gymnastics community saying, "Trust your coach; they know what's best for their gymnast." If we're not focussing on scores and trusting a coach to teach skills that our kids are ready for, where does this idea of "scoring out of a level" come from?!? It seems to fly in the face if everything that people say. Help me understand.
I'm stuck trying to reconcile something, though. In my reading here and elsewhere, I have seen the majority of the gymnastics community saying, "Trust your coach; they know what's best for their gymnast." If we're not focussing on scores and trusting a coach to teach skills that our kids are ready for, where does this idea of "scoring out of a level" come from?!? It seems to fly in the face if everything that people say. Help me understand.