What would technically be a good reason to scratch a girl from a specific event? I have two Level 4's who just cant get their kip and long hang kip. I HATE to spot in competition, so this seems like strong grounds to scratch...Am I wrong?
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I agree with both of you, thank you! I recently got placed as the new L4 coach, so I cant do much about the move up that already happened, this specific girl is doing her 2nd year at this level (for obvious reasons) I like the ultimatum "coachp"
My "favorite" bar routine in a meet was from a girl who realized AFTER moving up to old L5 that she is afraid of heights. First meet of the season, decent low bar, hits the squat on, jumps, high bar kip, freeze..... ..... ..... coach tells her to do her back hip circle ... ... ... coach gets up on a block to talk to her - girl is almost white as a ghost ... coach convinces the girl to at least do an underswing and complete the L5 dismount. She got a 3.650. Her season high was a 6.100.... the coach put her on the lowest bar setting with the widest width. She didn't freeze as much / as long after that.
This season, she is doing Xcel Gold - the only high bar she does is jump to it and immediate old L5 dismount.
She had been on the high bar before... but with our team... it is possible to avoid what you don't like - going to the bathroom for 20 minutes can do it... She would be on our "little" set of bars on the high bar and take a while to do her back hip circle... but the coach didn't think she would completely FREEZE in a meet situation. It just happened - a different gym, different bars, different lighting... she completely froze.She had never been on a high bar before competing?
The girl in question had ALL of the skills. She was just scared of the high bar, so usually did it on her own time- get up there, readjust grips 3-4 times, mentally prepare, and do it. It was this ONE meet that she froze completely on the high bar. With the lighting in this gym, the bar looked even higher than usual - which it wasn't. It was an optical illusion that affected her. It was also her lowest score of the season. But, because of this fear, she has switched to Excel Gold this season so she is not required to do much on the high bar.
I am not the child's parent. And I said she had the SKILLS. I didn't say that she had it all connected. I am aware that the connections are important, but they have to have the skills first. Once they have everything connected, the scores go up.I understand that it might seem that way to a parent, but she didn't have all the skills. The skills for a level 5 bar routine are to be able to connect a kip cast BHC underswing on the high bar, which it sounds like she had never done before. Additionally, the child should have done so in the warm-up before competing.
I am not the child's parent. And I said she had the SKILLS. I didn't say that she had it all connected. I am aware that the connections are important, but they have to have the skills first. Once they have everything connected, the scores go up.
In warm-ups, she didn't get through a full routine, but neither did a lot of the girls. It was the first competition of the year and everyone had gitters and struggled in warm-ups.
Our coaches are all about safety and this wasn't a safety issue, even if it may seem like it to someone only reading about it. This gymnast never scratched an event (her choice), and she competed all the skills in all the other routines. She had a well-connected low bar by the end of the season, but the high bar never did get connected properly.
Spot, spot, spot. We always spot the counter swings at meets, and every year I have to catch at least 2 or 3. Particularly the days leading up to state and at state.
I fully encourage spotting, but they should be prepared to do the routine mentally and physically as well. Just doing a low bar kip is not adequate preparation to compete the routine.