How long should it take to clean up a ROBHS? My 6yo first started doing them unspotted this past June, and they still look really sloppy. I haven't seen much improvement at all since then. I'm guessing it all starts with his roundoff, as he doesn't seem to have much momentum coming out of it. I didn't watch much practice over the summer, so I don't know what drills they used. At this point they're pretty much working exclusively on learning routines. Is this something that will work itself out over time or will it just get harder to fix the longer he does them like this? I'd ask the coaches, but with two boys in gym it seems I'm always stopping the coaches to ask about something. I don't want them to start hiding from me.
Also, DS was making pretty good progress this summer on hitting the p-bar handstand before dismount. About the time it seemed like he had it pretty consistently, he overbalanced once and had a nasty fall. He just tipped right over and slammed his hip into the bar. Coach was spotting at a different set of p-bars and didn't even see it happen. I had sort of forgotten about it since then, but I noticed this past week that he wasn't even attempting it at all. Even when the coach is right there, he has no intention of getting up to a handstand. I asked him why, and of course he said it's because he's scared of falling again. I mentioned it to HC and asked if there was a way to roll out of it safely, and he said yes, they should learn that. Later, I saw AC showing them something that looked like it may be a way to come out of a fall, but it seemed pretty complicated. It involved going over the bars rather than rolling through between them. DS later said he didn't understand it at all. What do I tell him at this point? To only try it when he's being spotted and to trust that his coach will catch him? Or maybe the answer is I should just stay out of it and let him handle it with his coaches...
Also, DS was making pretty good progress this summer on hitting the p-bar handstand before dismount. About the time it seemed like he had it pretty consistently, he overbalanced once and had a nasty fall. He just tipped right over and slammed his hip into the bar. Coach was spotting at a different set of p-bars and didn't even see it happen. I had sort of forgotten about it since then, but I noticed this past week that he wasn't even attempting it at all. Even when the coach is right there, he has no intention of getting up to a handstand. I asked him why, and of course he said it's because he's scared of falling again. I mentioned it to HC and asked if there was a way to roll out of it safely, and he said yes, they should learn that. Later, I saw AC showing them something that looked like it may be a way to come out of a fall, but it seemed pretty complicated. It involved going over the bars rather than rolling through between them. DS later said he didn't understand it at all. What do I tell him at this point? To only try it when he's being spotted and to trust that his coach will catch him? Or maybe the answer is I should just stay out of it and let him handle it with his coaches...