At her last meet DD (age 10, L5) scratched her first fhs vault attempt. She said her footing/pacing was messed up, etc., and I asked what she changed for her next attempt (she ended up with a good one, thankfully!). She said she didn't change anything. ... ? I mean, she obviously changed something but she wasn't aware of what it was.
I asked if she changed where she started (closer up, farther back), and she said no. Then I asked how she knew where to start at each meet and she said she doesn't; she just picks somewhere. She knows at practice where to start but only b/c there's a tape line (scotch tape) there. The tape measure ends at 50 ft. on the runway at her gym and she's quite a bit farther back than that but she doesn't know how much farther; she just looks for her scotch tape line. In other words, at a meet, she doesn't know what number to start at on the tape measure (which I assume all meets have set up?).
I asked the coach about this, figuring DD had been told "her number" but just didn't remember, wasn't listening, etc., but the coach said "we don't really care where they start -- it's just a FHS." She said they make sure the girls throwing more difficult vaults in the upper levels know their number, but she just shrugged her shoulders on the starting point for L7 and below. I was surprised by her response, but I know so little about gymnastics ... so I'm wondering, is this typical? Do your gymmies who do FHS vault have a start measurement or do they just sort of eyeball it?
Thanks!
I asked if she changed where she started (closer up, farther back), and she said no. Then I asked how she knew where to start at each meet and she said she doesn't; she just picks somewhere. She knows at practice where to start but only b/c there's a tape line (scotch tape) there. The tape measure ends at 50 ft. on the runway at her gym and she's quite a bit farther back than that but she doesn't know how much farther; she just looks for her scotch tape line. In other words, at a meet, she doesn't know what number to start at on the tape measure (which I assume all meets have set up?).
I asked the coach about this, figuring DD had been told "her number" but just didn't remember, wasn't listening, etc., but the coach said "we don't really care where they start -- it's just a FHS." She said they make sure the girls throwing more difficult vaults in the upper levels know their number, but she just shrugged her shoulders on the starting point for L7 and below. I was surprised by her response, but I know so little about gymnastics ... so I'm wondering, is this typical? Do your gymmies who do FHS vault have a start measurement or do they just sort of eyeball it?
Thanks!