Parents a little update... back handspring block

[kaloss]

A little while back, I posted asking for advice for dd, struggling with her back handspring (after seeing a friend break her arm). We decided to take the pressure off (after some great advice), I was in pretty constant communication with the coach, making sure we were on the same page. Right before this last meet, she did about 100 connected ROBHS onto the resi (progress, yay!)
She was getting very frustrated though because her body still wouldn't let her do them on the floor. I explained that scratching for a few meets was no big deal and she needed to feel confident and ready, not stressed about it. Her response was something like "NO, it's NOT okay!"
So, we flew to Orlando for the Sand Dollar Invite, the coach warmed her up and put her out there. DD told the coach "yep, i'm ready to do it" and smiled right before going on the floor. This is what she pulled out!!
I'm so proud of this little one!!!

 

[Rockygym]

Woo Hoo, great job for you DD!

 

[Empowered]

Okay that was the sweetest thing - When she threw her little head back to celebrate, freaking adorable. Beautiful routine and an excellent ro-bhs!!

Awesome job conquering your fear little one!!

 

[Deleted member 17723]

Yayy!! Good job to your DD! I did the same thing I watched a girl break her wrist and just had a horrible mental block.... but the day of my first meet I decided to #YOLO it! Such a great experience for your dd to break through

 

[Mrs. Puma]

What a great success story! Good for her!

 

[Firefly]

That was awesome. And I love how excited her coaches got, too!

 

[GymnastMomX2]

That was awesome, I agree so great seeing the coaches get so excited for her

 

[Ali'sMom]

Love it!!! I got goose bumps when she did it and heard everyone cheer for her!!!!
(yes, I even teared up a little!)

 

[Canadian_gym_mom]

I'm not going to lie, knowing the background story and seeing her do that and hearing those cheers, brought tears to my eyes! Way to go!

 

[mariposa]

That was so sweet. She did awesome. I have tears in my eyes. Woo-hoo!

 

[kaloss]

Thanks everyone! I am so proud of her...it's so hard to push last fear, especially at such a young age!!

 

[Deleted member D3987]

A little while back, I posted asking for advice for dd, struggling with her back handspring (after seeing a friend break her arm). We decided to take the pressure off (after some great advice), I was in pretty constant communication with the coach, making sure we were on the same page. Right before this last meet, she did about 100 connected ROBHS onto the resi (progress, yay!)
She was getting very frustrated though because her body still wouldn't let her do them on the floor. I explained that scratching for a few meets was no big deal and she needed to feel confident and ready, not stressed about it. Her response was something like "NO, it's NOT okay!"
So, we flew to Orlando for the Sand Dollar Invite, the coach warmed her up and put her out there. DD told the coach "yep, i'm ready to do it" and smiled right before going on the floor. This is what she pulled out!!
I'm so proud of this little one!!!

observation. have the coach watch this video and point out that "someone" mentioned that she was doing an underarm hurdle (used for vault) on the hurdle for her round off. this needs to be corrected. if you want a long explanation as to why this can exacerbate "motion" problems then i will.

i'm happy for you and for her that she executed.

 

[sce]

observation. have the coach watch this video and point out that "someone" mentioned that she was doing an underarm hurdle (used for vault) on the hurdle for her round off. this needs to be corrected. if you want a long explanation as to why this can exacerbate "motion" problems then i will.

i'm happy for you and for her that she executed.

I though something looked funny!

 

[Deleted member 14190]

AWESOME!!!!!! by the way I wrote all over your FB wall.

 

[raenndrops]

glad I wasnt the only one with tears in my eyes, lol. Awesome that she did it!

 

[Faolmor]

Wow - she made it look easy!

 

[OzZee]

Well done to her!

 

[kaloss]

AWESOME!!!!!! by the way I wrote all over your FB wall.

Uh oh!!

 

[kaloss]

Dunno...I noticed the "weird" roundoff, I'll bring it up to her coach. She didn't do that before her block, so maybe they just went with "whatever works" for now...definitely don't want problems later though!!

 

[munchkin3]

I just watched it on a device that allowed viewing.....AWESOME!!!!!!! I love how all peripheral people were cheering and waving......