- Nov 16, 2012
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Hi!
I coach a group of 9-10 year old girls who are in level C here in Finland. I know it doesn't say anything to you so let me explain. It's the second compulsory level in the order and the first level where kip is needed - sort of. Their routine is done on high bar only (wooden) and it has these skills:
1. Leg lift from hanging, lover to L-position, hold 2 sec
2. Hollow - arch, start tap swings
3. 0-3 tap swings
4. Kip OR long hang pullover (if long hang pull over, the start value is 9.50 instead of 10)
5. Cast - baby giant - connected to back hip circle (so no cast in between)
6. Underswing and release the bar in the back position of the tap swing
My girls are not scoring very well. I know they are just starting out in this level and their scores have increased a bit but they are still struggling with the kip and the baby giant. Our kipping situation is this:
2 girls can do a kip on high bar, on low bar and on strap bar
3 girls can do a kip on low bar and on strap bar
4 girls can do a kip on strap bar only
3 girls can't do a kip of any kind but are pretty close on straps
So right now only two of my gymnasts has the 10.0 start value because they can kip and the others have it 9.5. Long hang pullover only causes many additional deductions because it's very hard to do perfectly out of tap swings.
The problem is that even those 3 girls who can kip on low bar and high strap bar aren't anywhere close to get their long hang kips. They say they feel their hands are slipping off the bar when they try to finish the kip. I just keep telling them they don't have to be scared and we use soft mats under the bar but that's not helping... Do you have any suggestions? I hate it that they have to have the long hang kip before low bar kip which seems to be so much easier for them. Ugh.
Also if you have any suggestions how to make the kids comfortable doing BIG baby giants instead of small ones with bent arms and hips? They are terrified to hurt their hips when they have "too much momentum". That makes them not to tap and just kind of stay straight / hollow all the way and that causes small baby giants, bent hips and arms and hurts even more...
Any tips, drills, suggestions, experiences?
I coach a group of 9-10 year old girls who are in level C here in Finland. I know it doesn't say anything to you so let me explain. It's the second compulsory level in the order and the first level where kip is needed - sort of. Their routine is done on high bar only (wooden) and it has these skills:
1. Leg lift from hanging, lover to L-position, hold 2 sec
2. Hollow - arch, start tap swings
3. 0-3 tap swings
4. Kip OR long hang pullover (if long hang pull over, the start value is 9.50 instead of 10)
5. Cast - baby giant - connected to back hip circle (so no cast in between)
6. Underswing and release the bar in the back position of the tap swing
My girls are not scoring very well. I know they are just starting out in this level and their scores have increased a bit but they are still struggling with the kip and the baby giant. Our kipping situation is this:
2 girls can do a kip on high bar, on low bar and on strap bar
3 girls can do a kip on low bar and on strap bar
4 girls can do a kip on strap bar only
3 girls can't do a kip of any kind but are pretty close on straps
So right now only two of my gymnasts has the 10.0 start value because they can kip and the others have it 9.5. Long hang pullover only causes many additional deductions because it's very hard to do perfectly out of tap swings.
The problem is that even those 3 girls who can kip on low bar and high strap bar aren't anywhere close to get their long hang kips. They say they feel their hands are slipping off the bar when they try to finish the kip. I just keep telling them they don't have to be scared and we use soft mats under the bar but that's not helping... Do you have any suggestions? I hate it that they have to have the long hang kip before low bar kip which seems to be so much easier for them. Ugh.
Also if you have any suggestions how to make the kids comfortable doing BIG baby giants instead of small ones with bent arms and hips? They are terrified to hurt their hips when they have "too much momentum". That makes them not to tap and just kind of stay straight / hollow all the way and that causes small baby giants, bent hips and arms and hurts even more...
Any tips, drills, suggestions, experiences?