DD has been on pre-team for just 2 weeks now and I am astonished at how much she has learned in that time! She has struggled with doing her handstand on beam consistently for some time. It was one of the elements she had to show her coach before being invited to practice with team so we knew she could do it, but she would get terrified of falling off the beam and was inconsistent with it. But, over the past week, she has done it every time with no problems, at all! In fact, her coach let me watch her do her entire beam routine last week and it looked like a different kid! She has also had trouble keeping her arms straight when she goes from handstand to roll out which put her too low to the ground and not enough momentum to pop up without using her hands, but she does this beautifully now, as well! Oh, and she can now do splits in any direction including standing against the wall! Its amazing what these kids are capable of that is lurking beneath the surface until they get the motivation they need to dig down deep and show it off!
I am going to take her to a meet in a couple of weeks so she can watch her team compete and see exactly what will be expected of her and what it is she is working toward. I think it will do her good to see the "big picture" of it all.
I am going to take her to a meet in a couple of weeks so she can watch her team compete and see exactly what will be expected of her and what it is she is working toward. I think it will do her good to see the "big picture" of it all.