krisnkids
Proud Parent
My older dd who is 13, just came back to gymnastics after a 4 year break, has only competed level 4 and who is competing level 4 this season, decided to scare the living daylights out of me, TWICE in one night.
First she was on bars doing her mill circle; no big deal, she's done thousands over the years. Something happened with the grip on her right hand in mid circle, she let go with that hand. Any other child in the gym who is a level 4 would have probably crashed, but not mine, she somehow had the forethought to hook her leg to keep her from going flying on her face. Her coach came up to me afterwards and asked me if my heart was still beating.
Later they were vaulting working on their handsprings, dd is not used to the hands on corrections/coaching that this gym does. The coach as soon as her hands hit the vault touched her stomach to remind her to hollow, she freaked and ended up going face first over the vault. They do this "tasing" thing at school where they poke eachother right between the ribs and hip, exactly where the coach got her. Needless to say she's fine, coach got on her about never ever ever bail no matter what. Thankfully she is old enough to explain her perspective and the coach understood, but still scared the crapola out of me.
First she was on bars doing her mill circle; no big deal, she's done thousands over the years. Something happened with the grip on her right hand in mid circle, she let go with that hand. Any other child in the gym who is a level 4 would have probably crashed, but not mine, she somehow had the forethought to hook her leg to keep her from going flying on her face. Her coach came up to me afterwards and asked me if my heart was still beating.
Later they were vaulting working on their handsprings, dd is not used to the hands on corrections/coaching that this gym does. The coach as soon as her hands hit the vault touched her stomach to remind her to hollow, she freaked and ended up going face first over the vault. They do this "tasing" thing at school where they poke eachother right between the ribs and hip, exactly where the coach got her. Needless to say she's fine, coach got on her about never ever ever bail no matter what. Thankfully she is old enough to explain her perspective and the coach understood, but still scared the crapola out of me.