My daughter steps forward with her left foot when doing handstands and cartwheels. I've just recently noticed that when she does bridge kickovers she kicks with her right foot first. I went back and looked at old videos and she's apparently always done this and I've never noticed. Back in the day when I used to do gymnastics I did everything with my left foot first, including kicking over with my left foot leading. So it seems awkward to me to do it with the "wrong" foot.
I don't think her coaches have ever noticed and since she's only 4 and has only been in preschool classes up to this point (she starts pre-team in April) I don't know if they were looking too hard at what foot was leading. Plus they really don't do too many kickovers in class...but she does work on them at home all the time.
Is it a problem if she is kicking with her right foot first, or will she end up having to go back and relearn how to kick with her left foot first since she leads with her left foot on everything else?
(Sorry so long...hope this all made sense! )
I don't think her coaches have ever noticed and since she's only 4 and has only been in preschool classes up to this point (she starts pre-team in April) I don't know if they were looking too hard at what foot was leading. Plus they really don't do too many kickovers in class...but she does work on them at home all the time.
Is it a problem if she is kicking with her right foot first, or will she end up having to go back and relearn how to kick with her left foot first since she leads with her left foot on everything else?
(Sorry so long...hope this all made sense! )