I was just looking for the pics I had posted of the fishscales. I'm not sure what happened to them, but they seem to be gone. I'll try to post some more.
We just got back from our last meet before Level 5 state meet. My 9 yo did very well placing 1st AA with a 33.800. Her scores were
v 8.80
ub 8.100
bb 9.050
fx 8.650
This was her first time placing first AA.
My 10 yo didn't do as well. She has only been training in USAG since may in level 5 and...
My youngest began team when she was 5 at L4 but didn't compete til she was six... a little less than a year after being put on team. And by then they were practicing 15 hours a week. We started out at 9 hrs. and before we knew it we were going 15. She's 9 now and still lovin it. She took a year...
What do all the gymnast like to do during spare time away from gym, if you have any? My girls enjoy competing in fast pitch softball, fishing, horseback riding,camping and hunting hogs.
Same here, my girls do a lot of handstand drills. They also have to walk on hands across the floor frontward, backward, and sideways. It makes a big difference. I can tell my oldest girl has gained quiet a bit of strength just in the past few weeks with some of the handstand drills. She has the...
Because I clean the gym, my girls hit the gym every weekday morning at 6:30 for a 30 min workout on top of the three weekly classes. The morning routines are strictly to work on muscle strength and endurance, not any of the skills or routines.
let me try to explain fishscales.. if it don't work for you let me know... First you divide the hair into two equal parts, take a small part of hair off the outside of the right half and cross over top of right half and add to left half. Take small part of hair off the outside of the left half...
Long hair is the toughest. My youngest has shorter hair and I can have it ready in no time but this long hair can be a challenge. You get it up and Pray that it stays up.
My oldest girls hair is also down to her waist here's what I do. sorry for the poor quality of pic. I will post another pic soon of another way I fix this hair with fish scales. It's even cuter and easier to do.
I think pain tolerance is just something your born with. My youngest cries about every little bump while my oldest will hardly shed a tear for a broken collar bone. I worry more about the high pain tolerance because she could really injure herself and not know how badly shes injured and continue...
This falls under the attire section "No underwear or sports bras should show, no bike shorts or ankle length socks." " A warning will be issued to the coach of the gymnast for incorrect attire. If the gymnast fails to respond to the warning, she will lose 0.20 off her average score."
one of my girls is working on kip and the other is perfecting her kip. We don't have equipment at home like that so we do a lot of workouts that strengthen the core muscles. They do a lot of hollow body holds, sit ups, push ups, and leg holds. They are also still short enough that their dad...