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sportymom
I have a problem with my
niece, who currently lives with is because her dad works abroad and her mom is currently in hospital due to a slipped disk surgery. So she will stay with us for at least 2 months.
My niece Annie is already 14 years old. She has been a dancer and a swimmer from age 5-10, had half a year break and started gymnastics at age 11. So she is doing it for 3 years and is a Level 7. She is the best "looking" gymnast on her team. She hasn't the hardest skills, but her form is really good and she is also the strongest.
Today she talked to me about her current problem and I thought I am going to ask you!
This is what Annie told me:
When she was in the lower Levels (L4,5) floor was her favourite. Skills came quite easy to her. But after she learned RO BH BL and FL FT, she couldn't do more she said. On air track, she can do a back and a front twist and most of the time lands it. But not on floor, she is too afraid that she would mess up and get injures because she has seen many injuries on twists.
Beam was and is something that comes pretty easy to her and needs very little training. She is precise with all her skills, so a BHS or BT was not really a problem and the dance stuff isn't too hard! But she is afraid of BHS BHS.
On VT she can do FH, a tsukahara into pit and she can do a yurchenko with a spot into pit. But she is afraid of landing both.
Bars is now her favourites. She can do giants, free hips and stalders to handstand and a half pirouette (so pretty much the L8 routine). But front giants, harder release moves and double back dismounts also scare her.
She is so unsure now if she should continue ot not. Her RO BH BL on floor is good, but she is afraid of twisting! Same with the other events. She always wanted to get to Level 8.
She is a bit confused why her favourite event makes so many problems at the moment.
She also talked with her coach and she meant that maybe - because she has not the same gymnastics experience like the other girls - it hasn't become second nature for her yet and so she is afraid of twisting and vaulting.
What is your experience with that? Can twisting and landing a harder vault like a tsuk or a yuri be a point where some gymnasts stop?
I see and understand that doing a BHS Series is hard and scary.
Same for harder skills on bars.
But is back twisting really a lot harder than a layout? (I always thought that this was pretty easy!)
Is landing a tsuk or a yuri really so much harder than into pit?
I would appeeciate all your answers!
niece, who currently lives with is because her dad works abroad and her mom is currently in hospital due to a slipped disk surgery. So she will stay with us for at least 2 months.
My niece Annie is already 14 years old. She has been a dancer and a swimmer from age 5-10, had half a year break and started gymnastics at age 11. So she is doing it for 3 years and is a Level 7. She is the best "looking" gymnast on her team. She hasn't the hardest skills, but her form is really good and she is also the strongest.
Today she talked to me about her current problem and I thought I am going to ask you!
This is what Annie told me:
When she was in the lower Levels (L4,5) floor was her favourite. Skills came quite easy to her. But after she learned RO BH BL and FL FT, she couldn't do more she said. On air track, she can do a back and a front twist and most of the time lands it. But not on floor, she is too afraid that she would mess up and get injures because she has seen many injuries on twists.
Beam was and is something that comes pretty easy to her and needs very little training. She is precise with all her skills, so a BHS or BT was not really a problem and the dance stuff isn't too hard! But she is afraid of BHS BHS.
On VT she can do FH, a tsukahara into pit and she can do a yurchenko with a spot into pit. But she is afraid of landing both.
Bars is now her favourites. She can do giants, free hips and stalders to handstand and a half pirouette (so pretty much the L8 routine). But front giants, harder release moves and double back dismounts also scare her.
She is so unsure now if she should continue ot not. Her RO BH BL on floor is good, but she is afraid of twisting! Same with the other events. She always wanted to get to Level 8.
She is a bit confused why her favourite event makes so many problems at the moment.
She also talked with her coach and she meant that maybe - because she has not the same gymnastics experience like the other girls - it hasn't become second nature for her yet and so she is afraid of twisting and vaulting.
What is your experience with that? Can twisting and landing a harder vault like a tsuk or a yuri be a point where some gymnasts stop?
I see and understand that doing a BHS Series is hard and scary.
Same for harder skills on bars.
But is back twisting really a lot harder than a layout? (I always thought that this was pretty easy!)
Is landing a tsuk or a yuri really so much harder than into pit?
I would appeeciate all your answers!