I hear/see that a lot of girls do college gymnastics as "event specialists", where they only compete on one or two events, and I even see it in the Olympics...girls who only do 2-3, or even 1, event... I'm wondering at what level, what point, etc. that transition to an event specialist happens...
My daughter's first Level 6 meet is coming up soon, and she is struggling w/ holding the regular handstand at the start of the beam dismount long enough...she is just going right from the first handstand to the side handstand (then twists down from there)...her hands place correctly for it all...
Hi...I've lurked on this site off and on for a while, and I figured I'd finally introduce myself...;). My DD9 will be competing level 6 this season. She has been doing gymnastics for almost 5 years now, and this will be her 3rd year competing. Her best event is beam, and bars are what give...