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EmmasMommy
Thank you, gymdog 
When I showed her the hand thing, it helped a lot. I see what you mean on the proportions. Maybe it will get easier for her by fall. I am noticing that if I gently touch one of her hands, she can pull up. I think at this point it might be a coordination thing, too. We'll just keep this relaxed style and when she's ready she'll get it. I just appreciate all those who have given feedback. This way, when she wants to practice at home and I have time to help her for a few minutes, I can be sure that she's practicing correctly.
Though her personality and attitude toward things aren't like most 4-going-on-5yo's, I never forget how old she is. I think people probably just saw "4" and that I was asking a question and jumped to some grande conclusions. I trust if it was really a problem, the coach wouldn't have told me it was fine to buy the practice bar.
They don't have sessions in the summer. She wanted to go gymnastics over summer. We are planning on 1 or 2 private sessions over the summer (she LOVES privates with her coach. It's more about having fun and staying in the gym environment than anything else). But our other option was CAMP, which would have been a lot of hours for her. She's only 4. I figured a few minutes every day with me doing things with her that her coach approved of would be more reasonable than several hours a day or even several hours several times a week (at this age). When she's older, we'll do the camp thing. For right now, I think that was too much.
That said, maybe it wouldn't be too much for another child and maybe a bar at home would be too much for another child. Every child is different. I'm just glad my daughter has a coach who thinks this way also, because I know that they will never hold her back when she is ready and more importantly, will never encourage her to do something that she's NOT ready to do. They will never judge her based on other kids, but on herself individually, and I think that is what all great coaches do.
When I showed her the hand thing, it helped a lot. I see what you mean on the proportions. Maybe it will get easier for her by fall. I am noticing that if I gently touch one of her hands, she can pull up. I think at this point it might be a coordination thing, too. We'll just keep this relaxed style and when she's ready she'll get it. I just appreciate all those who have given feedback. This way, when she wants to practice at home and I have time to help her for a few minutes, I can be sure that she's practicing correctly.
Though her personality and attitude toward things aren't like most 4-going-on-5yo's, I never forget how old she is. I think people probably just saw "4" and that I was asking a question and jumped to some grande conclusions. I trust if it was really a problem, the coach wouldn't have told me it was fine to buy the practice bar.
They don't have sessions in the summer. She wanted to go gymnastics over summer. We are planning on 1 or 2 private sessions over the summer (she LOVES privates with her coach. It's more about having fun and staying in the gym environment than anything else). But our other option was CAMP, which would have been a lot of hours for her. She's only 4. I figured a few minutes every day with me doing things with her that her coach approved of would be more reasonable than several hours a day or even several hours several times a week (at this age). When she's older, we'll do the camp thing. For right now, I think that was too much.
That said, maybe it wouldn't be too much for another child and maybe a bar at home would be too much for another child. Every child is different. I'm just glad my daughter has a coach who thinks this way also, because I know that they will never hold her back when she is ready and more importantly, will never encourage her to do something that she's NOT ready to do. They will never judge her based on other kids, but on herself individually, and I think that is what all great coaches do.
