For anyone who has seen my posts, DD has been struggling with her kip since we decided to go JO instead of Prep Opt last June. It was a big decision to quit swim team and become a "full-time gymnast" as she calls it. Well, she was supposed to go into level 5 at the end of the summer, but the kip wasn't there.
DD has been doing extra conditioning at home and going to gym 1.5 hours on Saturday just to work on kip by herself (coaches have been supportive, but can't coach her on Saturday since it wasn't her scheduled workout). So, it has been 3-4 weeks of the extra conditioning and Saturdays working only on kip.
Tonight at regular practice she got it - 3x!!! Sure, some misses, but every time she is sooooo close. And her form is looking so much tighter. DD won't say she "got her kip" - only that she did it, because she says you don't have it until you do it consistently every time.
But we are thrilled and hope that with more practice the consistency will be there. She feels like the hard work has paid off and moving to level 5 mid-season is going to happen.
Just wanted to share the good news!
DD has been doing extra conditioning at home and going to gym 1.5 hours on Saturday just to work on kip by herself (coaches have been supportive, but can't coach her on Saturday since it wasn't her scheduled workout). So, it has been 3-4 weeks of the extra conditioning and Saturdays working only on kip.
Tonight at regular practice she got it - 3x!!! Sure, some misses, but every time she is sooooo close. And her form is looking so much tighter. DD won't say she "got her kip" - only that she did it, because she says you don't have it until you do it consistently every time.
But we are thrilled and hope that with more practice the consistency will be there. She feels like the hard work has paid off and moving to level 5 mid-season is going to happen.
Just wanted to share the good news!