Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba, yana da shekaru 14, Douglas ya koma gidan Missy Parton a West Des Moines, Iowa, don horar da Liang Chow, tsohon kocin 2007 World Champion
da kuma wanda ya lashe lambar zinare a gasar Olympics ta 2008 Shawn Johnson. Kodayake tsohon kocin Douglas, Walker, ya bayyana a cikin 2012 cewa ta gamsu Douglas zai iya yin shi zuwa wasannin Olympics idan ta kasance a Virginia Beach, Douglas ya ce, "Wani abu ya danna a kaina wanda ya ce, idan da gaske ina son yin hakan ya faru Ina buƙatar samun ingantaccen horo. " Dalilin da ya sa Douglas ya koma Iowa shi ne lokacin da Walker ya gayyaci Chow don koyar da asibiti a dakin motsa jiki, Excalibur. Douglas ya burge lokacin da Chow ya iya koya mata yadda za a yi Amanar vault a cikin rana daya. Douglas ya yi la'akari da ƙaura zuwa Texas don horar da wani sanannen mai horarwa a can, amma bayan da wannan mai horarwar ya ƙi horar da ita saboda biyayya ga Walker, Douglas ya zaɓi Chow. Da farko Chow ya yi shakka, tun da Douglas ɗaya ne cikin ɗarurruwan yara a asibitin da ke Virginia Beach. Koyaya, Chow daga baya ya sanar da Douglas Excalibur masu horarwa cewa ya yarda ya horar da ita, amma ya nuna cewa bai ɗauke ta ba, yana cewa, "Ba zan taɓa ɗaukar kowa a cikin shirin na ba". Daga baya, Douglas ya sha wahala daga raunin hamstring da raunin hip flexor a watan Yuli. Ba ta iya yin abubuwa da yawa a wannan lokacin ba, amma wannan ya ba ta damar inganta ƙwarewar mashaya.