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- Oct 9, 2012
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My DD's coach was talking to me tonight about her frustration with my DD losing her connection on her beam series. It was a pleasant enough conversation with no ready solution of course. On the car ride home, DD asked me if HC and I were talking as friends or as "gymnastics people" so I was honest with her and told her what HC had said.
DD mentioned a couple of things. The first was an incidence about a month ago when a rec kid ran in between the beams right when DD started her BHS. DD bailed on it and took a bit of a nasty fall where she cracked her head on the beam. Not bad enough to bleed or even make a bump...just hurt some and scared her a lot.
The other thing she said is that when she comes out of her first acro, she "just can't make her body go backwards" into the BHS. My first thought, in my imaginary Dunno voice, was "it's vestibular." (And yes, in my head Dunno sounds all Morgan Freeman/God-like.) But she's only 10, hasn't had a recent growing spurt, and isn't showing any signs of puberty. I guess I always associated vestibular issues with those three things. Am I wrong? Could my DD be having vestibular issues or is she too young?
DD mentioned a couple of things. The first was an incidence about a month ago when a rec kid ran in between the beams right when DD started her BHS. DD bailed on it and took a bit of a nasty fall where she cracked her head on the beam. Not bad enough to bleed or even make a bump...just hurt some and scared her a lot.
The other thing she said is that when she comes out of her first acro, she "just can't make her body go backwards" into the BHS. My first thought, in my imaginary Dunno voice, was "it's vestibular." (And yes, in my head Dunno sounds all Morgan Freeman/God-like.) But she's only 10, hasn't had a recent growing spurt, and isn't showing any signs of puberty. I guess I always associated vestibular issues with those three things. Am I wrong? Could my DD be having vestibular issues or is she too young?
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