Marissa Barrow
Proud Parent
DD (3) has been at her new gym for about 4 months and there is a lot of pressure on her to get a pullover.
A little backstory- at her old gym they were really reckless with the kids, having them do stuff they weren't ready for, not supervising the kids on the equipment, and while the teachers were nice girls it just wasn't a good environment for a little girl who loved gymnastics. During her last class at her old gym they had the kids jumping from the high bar to the low bar and DD slipped and snapped her toes on the bar which bloodied up her toes and split one of her toe nails in half. She was in pain when she walked for about a week. After that she has been terrified of the bar, especially her pullover.
It didn't take long for her to start doing different hangs and even little casts, but she won't even try a pullover. She'll start with her chin at the bar and will raise her feet up a bit but then freak out and go all limp noodle on the bar. After 4 months her coaches are loosing patience with her and she's not improving at all. I don't know how to help her. She loves everything to do with gymnastics except that darn pullover.
Any advice on how to overcome her fear or anything else would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to the gymnastics world and she loves it so much, I would hate to see her held back by this and her coaches made it pretty clear that there would be no advancing if she didn't get a pullover.
A little backstory- at her old gym they were really reckless with the kids, having them do stuff they weren't ready for, not supervising the kids on the equipment, and while the teachers were nice girls it just wasn't a good environment for a little girl who loved gymnastics. During her last class at her old gym they had the kids jumping from the high bar to the low bar and DD slipped and snapped her toes on the bar which bloodied up her toes and split one of her toe nails in half. She was in pain when she walked for about a week. After that she has been terrified of the bar, especially her pullover.
It didn't take long for her to start doing different hangs and even little casts, but she won't even try a pullover. She'll start with her chin at the bar and will raise her feet up a bit but then freak out and go all limp noodle on the bar. After 4 months her coaches are loosing patience with her and she's not improving at all. I don't know how to help her. She loves everything to do with gymnastics except that darn pullover.
Any advice on how to overcome her fear or anything else would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to the gymnastics world and she loves it so much, I would hate to see her held back by this and her coaches made it pretty clear that there would be no advancing if she didn't get a pullover.