Alrighty.....I saw another post from a cheerleader turned gymnast Mom about what level her dd would be starting at and your responses were great! So my turn....
My dd is 7, she has been cheering for 2 and 1/2 years. She picks up on tumbling very fast. She has the basics down forward/backward roll, handstand, cartwheel, roundoff, front walkover, backwalkover, 1 handed cartwheel, handstand to a forward roll, backward extension roll. She also has a very solid back handspring, standing and round off back handspring series, front handspring and recently started throwing her round off back handspring tuck on the floor and a RO back handspring layout on the tumble track. She has also been working on cleaning up her standing tuck, and learning front tucks, aerials etc...
She took a short 5 week gymnastics class (which I thought was just a tumbling class and it's what got her hooked on gymnastics lol....) at a local dance studio. So obviously her experience on the other events is minimal
Because of her tumbling ability, she went from the beginers class to their advanced class at the first class....so she came out of the class being able to do a cartwheel, back and front walkover and a back walkover back handspring on their low beam (that's all they had...it was about 2-3 feet off the ground). Run, jump onto and to a handstand off the vault (does that make sense??) And go from hanging under the lower uneven bar to holding herself upright on the bar at the hip level, by kicking her legs up and over the bar (Please forgive me....I'm clueless on gymnastic terms still.....) Is that a Kip? and once up theremaking it a full rotation around the bar....
What level do you think she would be starting at? Thanks so much for any info....I'm so new to this, I know nothing! THANKS again!!!
My dd is 7, she has been cheering for 2 and 1/2 years. She picks up on tumbling very fast. She has the basics down forward/backward roll, handstand, cartwheel, roundoff, front walkover, backwalkover, 1 handed cartwheel, handstand to a forward roll, backward extension roll. She also has a very solid back handspring, standing and round off back handspring series, front handspring and recently started throwing her round off back handspring tuck on the floor and a RO back handspring layout on the tumble track. She has also been working on cleaning up her standing tuck, and learning front tucks, aerials etc...
She took a short 5 week gymnastics class (which I thought was just a tumbling class and it's what got her hooked on gymnastics lol....) at a local dance studio. So obviously her experience on the other events is minimal
Because of her tumbling ability, she went from the beginers class to their advanced class at the first class....so she came out of the class being able to do a cartwheel, back and front walkover and a back walkover back handspring on their low beam (that's all they had...it was about 2-3 feet off the ground). Run, jump onto and to a handstand off the vault (does that make sense??) And go from hanging under the lower uneven bar to holding herself upright on the bar at the hip level, by kicking her legs up and over the bar (Please forgive me....I'm clueless on gymnastic terms still.....) Is that a Kip? and once up theremaking it a full rotation around the bar....
What level do you think she would be starting at? Thanks so much for any info....I'm so new to this, I know nothing! THANKS again!!!