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I can't remeber which book it was, but last week when I had some spare time in the city I went into a store which had a lot of sport stuff. There was a book with many interesting facts about gymnastics.
There was an interview with an American gymnastics coach who coached many high level athletes.
He stated the following:
When the "normal" child (means not overly or humbly strong/flexible) with no prior experience in the sport enters gymnastics and trains a normal amount of time (4-9 hours) it will take this child about 1 year to get the feeling for it, understand important body moves and develope a good amount of strength. In this first year, progress usually seems a little slower in skills but is very important as it develops an understanding for the sport. They might be Level 3 by then.
But once this stage is hit, progress is (skillwise) usually much faster.
Once a kid is Level4, strong and flexible and has a passion for the sport she can rush until she has down the Level 7 skills. Although it gets a little more difficult, once you are a good and strong Level4 gymnast, making the way to Level 7 is considered "easy". After Level 7 things get a lot trickier, harder and need detailed programming and hard work. The children might have some of the flips on the tumbl trak, maybe some bar skills already, but being a good Level 8 is usually a lot harder compared to Level7.
What is your opinion on this?
There was an interview with an American gymnastics coach who coached many high level athletes.
He stated the following:
When the "normal" child (means not overly or humbly strong/flexible) with no prior experience in the sport enters gymnastics and trains a normal amount of time (4-9 hours) it will take this child about 1 year to get the feeling for it, understand important body moves and develope a good amount of strength. In this first year, progress usually seems a little slower in skills but is very important as it develops an understanding for the sport. They might be Level 3 by then.
But once this stage is hit, progress is (skillwise) usually much faster.
Once a kid is Level4, strong and flexible and has a passion for the sport she can rush until she has down the Level 7 skills. Although it gets a little more difficult, once you are a good and strong Level4 gymnast, making the way to Level 7 is considered "easy". After Level 7 things get a lot trickier, harder and need detailed programming and hard work. The children might have some of the flips on the tumbl trak, maybe some bar skills already, but being a good Level 8 is usually a lot harder compared to Level7.
What is your opinion on this?