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My youngest dd has had what you call a skill explosion this week...
Dd (7) only trains twice a week and has achieved the following this week :-
Cartwheel on the high training beam (she landed 2 after a couple of falls). Back hip circle without a spot (she did a few), hand stand flat back without a spot on mats stacked nearly as high as she is. We don't have a ring the bell for new skills at our gym, dd's coach video's the new skill and sends it to the parents (if the gymnast). Dd's coach has written goals to be achieved this month in the back of their gym notebook (only one skill) and the coach had written "back hip circle" in the book on Tuesday, the next training day they went on the wooden bars (they go on the metal strap bars on the Tuesday) and dd got it straight away, the coach has also asked the gymnasts to write their goal for the month and dd picked hand stand flat back with out a spot, she got that one straight away as well. I guess they will both have to think of new goals for the rest of the month lol.
Something seemed to have clicked this week for dd, I guess the next few weeks will be quiet new skill wise from what I have read on here, they seem to have periods of getting lots of skills at once and them nothing for a little while.
Dd came out of practice happy yesterday , I wish I could bottle the feeling for her to have on frustrating days lol.
Dd (7) only trains twice a week and has achieved the following this week :-
Cartwheel on the high training beam (she landed 2 after a couple of falls). Back hip circle without a spot (she did a few), hand stand flat back without a spot on mats stacked nearly as high as she is. We don't have a ring the bell for new skills at our gym, dd's coach video's the new skill and sends it to the parents (if the gymnast). Dd's coach has written goals to be achieved this month in the back of their gym notebook (only one skill) and the coach had written "back hip circle" in the book on Tuesday, the next training day they went on the wooden bars (they go on the metal strap bars on the Tuesday) and dd got it straight away, the coach has also asked the gymnasts to write their goal for the month and dd picked hand stand flat back with out a spot, she got that one straight away as well. I guess they will both have to think of new goals for the rest of the month lol.
Something seemed to have clicked this week for dd, I guess the next few weeks will be quiet new skill wise from what I have read on here, they seem to have periods of getting lots of skills at once and them nothing for a little while.
Dd came out of practice happy yesterday , I wish I could bottle the feeling for her to have on frustrating days lol.