profmom
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- Nov 18, 2011
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As the parent of one of each, I've noticed how differently coaches at our gym train tumbling. My DD, now a L6, did not learn a standing BHS except incidentally until she was getting ready for L6 floor if I am remembering right. Certainly not on preteam (which is about L4 for us) and not while she was mastering L5 floor. But my DS, who's a L4 now, is learning a standing BHS, at the same time as/possibly ahead of learning to connect it with the RO. The two of them had a completely hilarious fight about whether it's harder or easier to learn a standing BHS or to learn it by connecting it with the RO first, with each predictably defending the way s/he has been taught.
My curiosity is piqued further by having seen a handful of boys at my DS's most recent meets fooling around while waiting for warmups and awards by throwing standing back tucks, which shocked me to see from L4s. DD won't be working on standing back tucks for a while!
So is it usually the case that tumbling starting from a stand (sorry for awkward phrasing) is generally taught much earlier to boys? If so, why is this?
My curiosity is piqued further by having seen a handful of boys at my DS's most recent meets fooling around while waiting for warmups and awards by throwing standing back tucks, which shocked me to see from L4s. DD won't be working on standing back tucks for a while!
So is it usually the case that tumbling starting from a stand (sorry for awkward phrasing) is generally taught much earlier to boys? If so, why is this?