- Mar 20, 2016
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After the local gymnastics gym where I coached rec shut down, I decided to start a small program out of a school gymnasium, primarily focusing on rec gymnastics and solid foundations. I have ended up with a small group of rather exceptional kiddos age 7-9, who I plan on competing a strong girls' JO3.
They have most of the requirements- just missing straight arm kips and ROBHS. I am hesitant to teach ROBHS because they all have mediocre hurdles and roundoffs! The skill is so technically difficult that I'm not sure of what drills to use or even corrections/descriptions that make sense to younguns. They pretty much do a high skip fast cartwheel pike down, since that's what their *cough* lazy *cough* rec coaches taught them and praised them for in rec last year.
How do I fix them!?
They have most of the requirements- just missing straight arm kips and ROBHS. I am hesitant to teach ROBHS because they all have mediocre hurdles and roundoffs! The skill is so technically difficult that I'm not sure of what drills to use or even corrections/descriptions that make sense to younguns. They pretty much do a high skip fast cartwheel pike down, since that's what their *cough* lazy *cough* rec coaches taught them and praised them for in rec last year.
How do I fix them!?