Hey, it's me again, Bullies. What do you think of elbow digging for ten year olds? There was a girl relentlessly doing this to my daughter while rolling today. I thought it was kind of sad as this girl is a grey with stripes and my daughter recently was promoted to a four stripe white after a good showing in a tournament, so one would think they would be a bit above that in terms of guard passes. Both are ten, of similar size and stature, but the other girl generally has better technique than my child, but my child is a better athlete so it compensates for it.
The problem is her mother is hyper competitive. She also has recently introduced her kid to a lot of forearm to the throat stuff too.
At my daughter's old Alliance school, they never would've gone for this type of stuff, so I thought it was cheap (Then again, they never rolled nogi so I guess it's probably a bit easier to be 'snootier', if you will, about technique). However, after getting home and doing some research, I don't know anymore. Here in Florida, the majority of the rolling is nogi, and it's definitely a more physical game for the kids.
I guess what I'm asking is should I feel kind of sour about the elbow digging? Or I should I just accept it as part of the landscape out here?
Option A would probably involve me having a discussion with the instructor about it (he usually is taking heavy interest in watching my kid roll, but today he spent more time looking at the other kids and not mine. No biggie), and letting him know that if it doesn't stop, I can teach my daughter the same 'technique' and then we'll really see whose going to be ready for Abu Dahbi in ten years.
Option B would be working with my daughter to tighten up her triangle set up from there and other alternative techniques. Or should I just combine the two and still push technique, but "when in Rome?"
For the record, it didn't work too well, as my daughter was damn near crying but kept her guard through the pain for the most part. The forearm in the throat was a problem for exactly one class until we learned to render it effectively useless. This girl she is up against really is good enough to compete, but doesn't (and honestly, I'm guessing her mom is a big reason why she doesn't want to compete)...but if that's the case, don't act like they are handing out swords at the end of practice everyday. Go to the next Copa and get one.
Sorry for venting here, but allow me to defer to the wisdom of the Bullies...what say you fine folk?
The problem is her mother is hyper competitive. She also has recently introduced her kid to a lot of forearm to the throat stuff too.
At my daughter's old Alliance school, they never would've gone for this type of stuff, so I thought it was cheap (Then again, they never rolled nogi so I guess it's probably a bit easier to be 'snootier', if you will, about technique). However, after getting home and doing some research, I don't know anymore. Here in Florida, the majority of the rolling is nogi, and it's definitely a more physical game for the kids.
I guess what I'm asking is should I feel kind of sour about the elbow digging? Or I should I just accept it as part of the landscape out here?
Option A would probably involve me having a discussion with the instructor about it (he usually is taking heavy interest in watching my kid roll, but today he spent more time looking at the other kids and not mine. No biggie), and letting him know that if it doesn't stop, I can teach my daughter the same 'technique' and then we'll really see whose going to be ready for Abu Dahbi in ten years.
Option B would be working with my daughter to tighten up her triangle set up from there and other alternative techniques. Or should I just combine the two and still push technique, but "when in Rome?"
For the record, it didn't work too well, as my daughter was damn near crying but kept her guard through the pain for the most part. The forearm in the throat was a problem for exactly one class until we learned to render it effectively useless. This girl she is up against really is good enough to compete, but doesn't (and honestly, I'm guessing her mom is a big reason why she doesn't want to compete)...but if that's the case, don't act like they are handing out swords at the end of practice everyday. Go to the next Copa and get one.
Sorry for venting here, but allow me to defer to the wisdom of the Bullies...what say you fine folk?