Comments on: Winning https://gymnasticdad.com/winning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winning Survival Guide To The World Of Youth Gymnastics Tue, 26 May 2020 14:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 By: admin https://gymnasticdad.com/winning/#comment-84 Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:36:02 +0000 http://gymnasticdad.com/?p=466#comment-84 In reply to Traci Walker.

Traci,
Never feel bad for wanting to win. Winning is a part of a competition and we should embrace it because winning is a by-product of training hard

]]> By: admin https://gymnasticdad.com/winning/#comment-83 Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:33:31 +0000 http://gymnasticdad.com/?p=466#comment-83 In reply to Father James.

thank you for responding and I agree with you completely.

]]> By: Traci Walker https://gymnasticdad.com/winning/#comment-68 Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:58:38 +0000 http://gymnasticdad.com/?p=466#comment-68 Thank you so much for this. Although my daughter is not sweeping at every comp, when she does well, I have always felt awkward taking about it. And why?! I have always thought that the “everyone deserves a trophy” method is just crap. Like you said, we are basically putting everyone in the same winning category. I mean, I don’t ever recall any athlete sharing the podium at the olympics. So, now I don’t have to feel bad, and I know that others feel the same. Just because you want your kid to win, doesn’t mean you’re a terrible person or parent. I shouldn’t feel ashamed of her victories. But this also goes along with the attitude of losing. Never be a sore loser. Get mad, cry, yell at your best friend because you’re upset (all after awards of course), but use that as fuel to feed that desire to win even more. Thank you again. This was encouraging.

]]> By: Father James https://gymnasticdad.com/winning/#comment-66 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:25:23 +0000 http://gymnasticdad.com/?p=466#comment-66 Love your blog. As a meet director and a father of an “elite” hopeful, I fully back your sentiments. My daughter was and is the “nice” girl. The one with good manners, holding the door for her friends, letting someone else cut in front of her to jump on a piece of equipment, etc. She never had that “winning” drive that some kids seem to be inherently gifted with. She was always concerned about her BFF’s feelings when competing against her and never seemed to do her best. I sat the two of them down one day and told them that as much as they love one another, their goal should be to beat their best friend at any given meet. I made them promise to never get angry with the other if they were the beaten one and to always love and care for one another. From that moment on, winning became part of my daughter’s lexicon. She now looks forward to competing and performing her best. So yes, win, win, win, forget everything else.
Father James

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