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    Parents Pullover struggles

    We would work on bent-leg leg lifts, trying to get them straighter as she got stronger. Make sure she is not just using momentum to swing her legs up. She did like 10 second hangs from bar with toes touching the bar. We also lowered the bar down where she could sit on a mat in front of the bar...
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    Parents Pullover struggles

    My daughter is only level 2, but struggled with pullovers for the last 2 years in pre-team. She would get it and then lose it. I think she just didn't understand the mechanics of continuing to pull while getting your legs over the bars. It finally clicked in the last few months and bars is now...
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    Parents What level would my daughter be at your gym

    My daughter has fairly similar skills and will be competing level 3 this year.
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    Parents Struggling with ROBHS

    We are in a similar situation. My daughter has struggled with this skill for a while now and is finally starting to get more confident with it, but is still not comp ready. For her, doing privates has helped a lot and also focusing on progress on other skills. For example, she recently got her...
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    Women Front hip circle help

    I'm not a coach, just level 3 parent. I think she is shifting her wrists too early and maybe wrapping too early as well.
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    Off Topic Introductions Thread (2025 Version)

    I am a mom of two gymnasts. I didn't know anything about gymnastics before joining this site, but have learned so much. My oldest just finished her first season as a level 2 and is excited to move to level 3 next season. My youngest is on preteam and still deciding whether gymnastics is her...
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    Parents Slow progress at lower levels

    They are not all specifically doing privates for back handspring. They actually seem to discourage asking the coach for privates, but coaches will recommend them for some girls. They do expect near perfection to compete a level and the girls are very successful at meets at every level. I don't...
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    Parents Slow progress at lower levels

    Thanks. I am sure this is what is going on. She has been working shapes a long time. If I had to guess, I think her coach is worried about her take off. She is not a particularly high or powerful jumper and she thinks about everything she does, which makes her slow. I do think she could use...
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    Parents Slow progress at lower levels

    Thanks for the advice. The level 2 group is full, so not an option to go back to that group.
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    Parents Slow progress at lower levels

    My daughter told me that she doesn't think she is good at gymnastics. She is only 7, level 2. This will be her first year competing, but she has been in a succession of pre-team type classes for more than 2 years. She is training with a group of girls that are training level 3 and she is the...
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    Parents Tumbling to gymnastics

    It really depends on the kid. My oldest daughter is naturally strong. She learned a pullover by herself on her home bar 3 days after we got it ( at 5yo). She took at least another year to learn a back walkover due to poorer shoulder flexibility. My younger daughter has been working on her...
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    Parents Meet fees

    My daughter is also level 2. We have 6 meets about 1200 in fees. We pay almost 400/month for 8 hours/week.
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    Off Topic Gymnastics with glasses

    If you really don't want glasses, keep trying with the contacts. It feels really weird at first, but you get used to putting them in. It took me a couple weeks of trying when I first got contacts as a kid.
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    Parents Struggling with vault

    Thank you all for reining in my crazy. I had already inquired about privates after making this post and the coach does recommend a few to wok on flexibility with floor skills, but didn't mention vault. They let me know the rest of the class ( including her) should be moving to various other...
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    Parents Struggling with vault

    Does anyone have advice or experience with a child who did not have a powerful jump/spring/punch and learned it later? Did it just click at some point? My daughter is 6 and has been on preteam for about 6 months and does not seem to be improving at near the rate she was prior to preteam on any...
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