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Maybe you might get some feedback. Also, Do you practice the exact same warm up everytime? For example, our kids no matter what the warm up room looks like , do the same warm up pretty much at each comp. That gives them a sense of security and they are comfortable knowing what happens next. Also, do the kids watch their competitors in the warm up room or prior to entering? If so that could be rattling them. Maybe try a scavenger hunt or team bonding outside to keep them together and out of the venue!
This is so true and I recommend it to anyone trying to deal with anxious kids. I'm 21 and I still get competition anxiety, to the point that I threw up in warm ups at UCA College Nationals this year. It's no where near as bad as it used to be though because my team has a specific warm-up routine that we begin to follow the first practice that we run the routine full out. It's calming to know exactly how much time you have to warm everything up and where you are going to go next.