I posted last week that DD got her kip and we were very excited. Yesterday at practice she worked the first half of the L5 bar routine and I heard she was looking really good. I figured it would take a bit for her to get the 2nd half... Well, today she was working on her own while her coach was doing a private and she got her squat on jump to high bar, long hang kip and the rest of the high bar portion of the routine. I was amazed and thrilled but that was nothing compared to the smile on her and her coach's faces. I figured the 2nd part of the routine on the high bar would require some time and spotting to get her comfortable and successful... I guess I was wrong. It is a bit surreal though because she is so tiny. That high bar seems sooo high - LOL.
So we are totally doing the happy dance at our house. At this rate she will be ready to rock L5 next season. Her coaches were set on her repeating L4 this year which I think was the right call based on not having her kip or vault so she did not get to uptrain much over the summer. With her L4 routines looking pretty good she does get to uptrain occasionally during practices and has gotten some big skills recently. Her ROBHSBT looks nice and high now and she is training her layout with a light spot. She has her cartwheel and back walkover on the high beam along with her flyaway on bars. Her giants are still being spotted but looking good and her cast handstands are coming along. It is always so much fun when things start clicking and new skills keep coming.
Hopefully she will do well during her meets this season so she will get to continue working on the fun stuff...
If you haven't seen the new video posted of some of her fun gym stuff, check it out.
YouTube - jlewis219's Channel
So we are totally doing the happy dance at our house. At this rate she will be ready to rock L5 next season. Her coaches were set on her repeating L4 this year which I think was the right call based on not having her kip or vault so she did not get to uptrain much over the summer. With her L4 routines looking pretty good she does get to uptrain occasionally during practices and has gotten some big skills recently. Her ROBHSBT looks nice and high now and she is training her layout with a light spot. She has her cartwheel and back walkover on the high beam along with her flyaway on bars. Her giants are still being spotted but looking good and her cast handstands are coming along. It is always so much fun when things start clicking and new skills keep coming.
Hopefully she will do well during her meets this season so she will get to continue working on the fun stuff...
If you haven't seen the new video posted of some of her fun gym stuff, check it out.
YouTube - jlewis219's Channel