gymmomtotwo
Proud Parent
I have a question about gymnasts and leaps. DD is 8. 9 this summer and just finished her level 4 season. She is crazy good on vault(undefeated all season and state champ) and decent and improving on the other events. Apparently she can successfully vault over the table on the highest setting. She really improved her other three events over the season. Her tumbling is strong, and inch by painful inch, she has all her splits down. But... the kid can not jump or leap to save her life. She managed by a lot of hard work to barely fulfill the angle requirements for the level 4 leaps, but as she moves up the levels, it appears this will become an issue. Some of it seems to be coordination (young age maybe), flexibility (even though she can do the splits) or something else. Is this something that can improve with time? I can see it really holding her back as time goes on on floor and beam. She has big dreams of college gymnastics. Privates? Just let it ride and hope it improves with time? Any insight is appreciated.