Longest It's Ever Taken You to Get a Skill

[B Gymnast]

What's the longest it's ever taken you (or your DD) to get a single skill?
I've gotten all of my skills pretty fast (I've only been doing gym for 4 years), but I've been working on my bwo bhs for about a year and a half and I still only have it on low beam.. And I can't even imagine doing it on high beam (even though they are perfect on low beam) :/ SCARYY!

 

[Optionals United]

umm i would have to say kip cast hs. it took me about a year to get it consistenly to hs on low bar. i got it on high bar my first season of level 7. and i gues bwo bhs on high beam. i was working it for my first season of level 7 and i started freaking out just as i was about to get to high beam. than this season(2nd season of 7) i competed it so that was also about a year,

 

[gymnastbeth]

BHS on beam took me probably around 2 years. I ended up getting BLO step out on beam BEFORE the bhs. Started working BHS on beam before level seven season, got it after I got my cast off, second year level 8. Maybe a little more than 2 years to get it... I just hated putting my hands on the beam!

 

[GetaGrip]

It took me a year and a half to get my BHS on the high beam, and I'm still not comfortable with them. Something about hands on the beam just freaks me out!

 

[jenniffir]

Took me two years and plenty of spotting, threatening, and reasoning to get me my bhs, on floor none the less. Then a few months later in ate it and blanked in the middle of it, it took me a few weeks to get back. Competed lv 6 (yes with a bt believe it or not). Was doing just dandy when i blanked in the middle of my bhs again and landed on my neck, whited out and it took a month or two to get that darn bhs back with two steps and no power (all the while i did BTs with no power). Now i havent done them in a while, but with my recent goal of switching back to USAG next spring and competing seven (or moving to another gym and competing out of seven and into 8), i need them back.

Its always been a problem with those darn bhs, something about them just ruins me, anyway thats my hardest skill.

P.S. im pretty sure bhs were invented by a demon spirit out to smite me!

 

[QuietColours]

I was in and out of rec classes most of my childhood and decided to try them again recently. I think the first time I tried a kip was when I was about 5; last night, I got it. It only took 20 years!

 

[sportyfam5]

giants....my poor DD has been working on them for over 3 years and has only ever made a few. She has been battling back pain for about a year though so currently out of the gym. We are hoping once her back issues are resolved she will get them. Everything else has come pretty easily.

 

[superflipgirl]

It took me more than two years to get my JUMP TO HIGH BAR!!! And when I got it I was like, that's so easy, why did it take so long? lol