Hi everyone, hope everyones preperation for the new regional club grades is going well. My gymnasts are preparing for the new club grade 6 with their comp coming up very soon, but there's a few things they're struggling with and I could do with some advice.
The girls are really struggling with the straddle lever to stand on the parallettes. I'm assuming the aim is for the girls to do the straddle lever and then lift their hips such that their feet join their together in a pike stand. My girls are struggling to join their feet together/get their hips high enough- think they simply don't have the strength and we're running out of time. So my question- assuming they don't get in in time, what can they do instead? Do I try and get them to end up in some sort of squat? Or just lower to straddle on the floor and perhaps roll to stand? I'm not sure how important the straddle to stand is- there doesn't seem to be any deductions in the rulebook but I assume there would be some sort of deduction for not joining thier feet ?!
Another thing my girls are struggling with is having control in the handstand to bridge- other than telling the girls to open their shoulders, keep tight and try to do it slowly I'm struggling to think of ways to help them? A few of the girls are basically falling into bridge.
As I've said before both myself and the club I coach at are new to artsitic competitions so lots to learn- we're not expecting to do amazingly but I'm hoping my gymnasts will enjoy competing at an artistic comp and, if we don't do so well, be motivated to work hard for their next comp!
Sorry for the long post!
The girls are really struggling with the straddle lever to stand on the parallettes. I'm assuming the aim is for the girls to do the straddle lever and then lift their hips such that their feet join their together in a pike stand. My girls are struggling to join their feet together/get their hips high enough- think they simply don't have the strength and we're running out of time. So my question- assuming they don't get in in time, what can they do instead? Do I try and get them to end up in some sort of squat? Or just lower to straddle on the floor and perhaps roll to stand? I'm not sure how important the straddle to stand is- there doesn't seem to be any deductions in the rulebook but I assume there would be some sort of deduction for not joining thier feet ?!
Another thing my girls are struggling with is having control in the handstand to bridge- other than telling the girls to open their shoulders, keep tight and try to do it slowly I'm struggling to think of ways to help them? A few of the girls are basically falling into bridge.
As I've said before both myself and the club I coach at are new to artsitic competitions so lots to learn- we're not expecting to do amazingly but I'm hoping my gymnasts will enjoy competing at an artistic comp and, if we don't do so well, be motivated to work hard for their next comp!
Sorry for the long post!