I've posted before about DD really wanting to join the Pre-Team program, but so far she's not been asked. I am fine with waiting and trust the coaches to know what is best for her development.
I just feel really frustrated with her rec experience. She goes twice a week, but she's not learning anything new. She goes to the tumble clinics the twice a month that they are offered, every time and she comes back from that half hour clinic SO excited about gymnastics. She learns a new skill or sharpens it every time. She has learned more in the past two months of attending these clinics about floor than she seems to have the past year in her class.
The reasonable part of me knows that it's because there are usually only about 6 kids in the clinic, most cheerleaders, so the coaches are able to spend some time focusing on her learning something. One week she got her roundoff looking 100x better, another week she learned her back bend, last week she finally got the backbend kickover with just her feet on the small mat. After class last week she was showing me her kickover and the coach was saying that she could tell she is practicing a lot and has come a long way in the past few weeks and she told DD that she would be able to do that kickover by her Monday class. I asked DD if they do kickovers in class, knowing the answer was no, they don't work on those. When she learned her backbend she asked the rec coach if she could do it during stretches and she told her no. The developmental program coach came over later and told her she could show her rec coach the backbend and she did.
About two weeks ago, the coach over the developmental program had her work out with her group (not sure what group that was, it wasn't pre-team, they come a different day) and DD said they did a handstand to bridge and she couldn't do it, but learned at the last tumble clinic and tumbling around our backyard (with that coach's approval). Again, she was so excited and kept saying how much she loves gymnastics.
I just get frustrated that her enthusiasm only comes from the clinics or time she got to work with the other group. There are no clinics for bars, beam or vault, so she doesn't get the chance to focus on any harder things on those. For bars, she has her chin up pullover (which she worked on at a open gym, with help from one of the other coaches). She did say on Monday that she did a back hip circle by herself.
I dont know what my point of my post is really, but I'm just frustrated for her.
I just feel really frustrated with her rec experience. She goes twice a week, but she's not learning anything new. She goes to the tumble clinics the twice a month that they are offered, every time and she comes back from that half hour clinic SO excited about gymnastics. She learns a new skill or sharpens it every time. She has learned more in the past two months of attending these clinics about floor than she seems to have the past year in her class.
The reasonable part of me knows that it's because there are usually only about 6 kids in the clinic, most cheerleaders, so the coaches are able to spend some time focusing on her learning something. One week she got her roundoff looking 100x better, another week she learned her back bend, last week she finally got the backbend kickover with just her feet on the small mat. After class last week she was showing me her kickover and the coach was saying that she could tell she is practicing a lot and has come a long way in the past few weeks and she told DD that she would be able to do that kickover by her Monday class. I asked DD if they do kickovers in class, knowing the answer was no, they don't work on those. When she learned her backbend she asked the rec coach if she could do it during stretches and she told her no. The developmental program coach came over later and told her she could show her rec coach the backbend and she did.
About two weeks ago, the coach over the developmental program had her work out with her group (not sure what group that was, it wasn't pre-team, they come a different day) and DD said they did a handstand to bridge and she couldn't do it, but learned at the last tumble clinic and tumbling around our backyard (with that coach's approval). Again, she was so excited and kept saying how much she loves gymnastics.
I just get frustrated that her enthusiasm only comes from the clinics or time she got to work with the other group. There are no clinics for bars, beam or vault, so she doesn't get the chance to focus on any harder things on those. For bars, she has her chin up pullover (which she worked on at a open gym, with help from one of the other coaches). She did say on Monday that she did a back hip circle by herself.
I dont know what my point of my post is really, but I'm just frustrated for her.