- Dec 29, 2015
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My dd cannot do a cast to handstand on bars. But she can do a clear hip to handstand to multiple giants.
According to her gym, you must have the cast to handstand to move to level 7. (She just finished level 6 this weekend.) She has been working to get the cast handstand for months now -- actually since summer, minus 10 weeks for a broken hand/dislocated thumb. She is actually no closer to getting it than she was in December. But her clear hip handstand and giants are getting really solid.
Is it normal that some girls just don't get a cast handstand for a really long time? She is super strong with ridiculous muscles -- can do a crazy number of chin ups, v-ups, inverted sit ups, toe touches, etc. So I don't think it is an issue of lack of arm or core strength. She's also had multiple privates on bars to work on this, but still no visible improvement. How long does she keep working the same drills before she can expect some noticeable improvement? She is really starting to worry that she will be stuck in level 6 forever without a cast handstand.
(She did recently have a three inch growth spurt over the course of two months -- while in the cast with the broken hand -- if that might play any role.)
According to her gym, you must have the cast to handstand to move to level 7. (She just finished level 6 this weekend.) She has been working to get the cast handstand for months now -- actually since summer, minus 10 weeks for a broken hand/dislocated thumb. She is actually no closer to getting it than she was in December. But her clear hip handstand and giants are getting really solid.
Is it normal that some girls just don't get a cast handstand for a really long time? She is super strong with ridiculous muscles -- can do a crazy number of chin ups, v-ups, inverted sit ups, toe touches, etc. So I don't think it is an issue of lack of arm or core strength. She's also had multiple privates on bars to work on this, but still no visible improvement. How long does she keep working the same drills before she can expect some noticeable improvement? She is really starting to worry that she will be stuck in level 6 forever without a cast handstand.
(She did recently have a three inch growth spurt over the course of two months -- while in the cast with the broken hand -- if that might play any role.)