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[Olga]

She can do a press handstand from standing, but not from sitting. She does do conditioning: 40 v-ups, 20 leg lifts, 15 pull ups, 10 long hang pullovers etc. She has 2 splits down. I'm wondering how much she should condition because I see her doing it for fun all the time and wonder if her body needs rest.

 

[Texasmomof3]

My dd's team conditions hard an hour out of every practice. They also do run training (3 mikes at the track plus sprints and suicides) three times a week for endurance and stamina. The idea of having her do additional conditioning is a good one. That will also start preparing her for the longer practices once she is on a team.

 

[3rd_time_around]

Her skills are pretty good! I think her biggest challenge will be knowing what everyone is talking about. My friend's daughter is a natural, and when she joined class at age 6, she was brand new. They moved her to pre-team after 4 weeks. The would tell the girls to do a skill or a conditioning drill by the gymnastics name, and she didn't know that language. She'd watch the girl next to her and then do the same thing--only better.

She does need a little form clean up, but I was pleasantly surprised because I sort of was expecting to see more like a competition cheerleader who just throws a skill and it doesn't matter what it looks like. But she's actually not like that at all.

 

[Olga]

Thank you, I'm glad it isn't like that

 

[Ms.Pak-Man]

Her bhs is better than my dd, who has had a good 2.5 years of solid coaching [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]. I agree with adding some conditioning. If you don't mind spending a little money, gymnasticsprogressions.com has a sort of short course format, which will help her get a good routine going. This one looks good to condition and clean up shapes a little. https://gymnasticsprogressions.mykajabi.com/store/vW5meDEj

For free info I suggest the Swing Big blog: http://swingbig.org/blog/

Tell her to concentrate on upper body, then core, then legs. Her flexibility is probably fine, from what you've said and what I see. Don't do too much flexibility, strengthening the range she has is most important to try out for a program (strength trumps flexibility in gymnastics, generally).

I'd also have her do some sprints for vault and endurance.

Good luck!! She sounds like a great kid!

 

[Olga]

Thank you for the websites, Carobc. They were very helpful. When I showed her the gymnastics progressions website, of course she had to want the most expensive one ( the one you linked). I definitely think she will benefit from it