It totally depends on the skill and the person. It took my daughter one try get her squat on. It took her longer to get her back walkover on the floor, as a little kid, than it took her to get her back walkover on beam. It's impossible to predict.
The kip in particular is unpredictable. A...
The 4s at my daughter’s gym all had some version of their 5 skills before the first L4 meet of the year. Most of the 3s have decent kips and double ROBH and could probably compete 4 pretty decently. USA levels, obviously.
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It's a gym thing, but take a look at the hours of gyms that are putting girls on the national team. Among local gyms, the one that has a girl on the national team is very very high hours. They also do great at every comp.
A Leo with shorts is pretty standard. Form fitting, but not revealing, clothes are required to see form and I wouldn’t want to spot someone with loose clothes that might get snagged or tied up in something. Both the gymnast and the coach could get hurt.
In a split, your body weight is pulling you into a greater stretch. When you hold your leg, you're fighting the weight of your leg which is why I mentioned your hip flexors.
Not. I just talked to my daughter's coach about this. If there's light underneath and/or you're not perfectly square front to back it's not considered as being down.
Thirteen is a hard time and kids are mean. Bodies are different, and frankly some women do get thicker when they get fit and strong but the same is true for men as well. It's just the nature of the human body.
This body
and this body
are both insanely fit and capable of things that almost...
Having done a lot of PT with some high level sports specialists, I've only done assisted stretching for one issue. IT bands, being fascia not muscle, require a very specific sort of stretching that's hard to do alone. Basically, it's only effective if you hold the stretch for a very very long...
As an aside, have your tried topical ibuprofen? One brand is voltaren.
This would be off label use but is sometimes VERY effective for managing sports injuries.
There a million things.
From normal exercises: push-up, dips, pull-up, dumbbell curls, etc
To more gymnastics specific movements: rope climb in pike, bar conditioning, hollow rocks holding a 45 plate over your head, etc
“Arms” are a lot of muscle: inner/outer biceps, triceps, forearms, all...