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Kipper's gym does stick it games, too! They have fun, especially if pushups for the coaches are on the line!Stick it contests! We do those every now and then and the girls love it. Usually I divide the group into two smaller groups that are competing against each other. Then we pick a skill they have had trouble landing (for example a front tuck on floor). The first team to stick 10 tucks is winner and gets a reward. This puts every gymnast under pressure. Usually our rules are that it doesn't matter HOW you stick it, so wobbles are okay, but you can't move your feet.
Sometimes especially with younger kids I don't divide them into teams. They are competing against me. Everyone has let's say 3 turns to try to stick a straight jump off the beam and if they can as a team stick 10 landings they win and I have to do 20 push ups. If they can't do that they lose and they have to do the push ups. The kids love to count my repetitions, I can tell you! It's their best reward ever.
If her coach is not up to this kind of exercise she can do this with a friend at open gym. Or even during practice. Our girls play this in small groups sometimes when they wait the practice to start or what so ever. They choose a skill, usually a back tuck, and then they go for it in turns. The first one to stick 5 / stick 5 in a row wins.
I have heard this tip/instruction before, but I am not sure if it actually works...
Start by doing a few straight or tuck jumps on a trampoline or tumble-track and then "stick" on the trampoline - the trampoline has a lot of bounce, so you will have to work hard to stop it from shaking around as you land on it. You have to 'absorb' that shaking, which is the opposite of rebounding. Then move that technique to mats and floor.
Anyone know if that is an effective drill?
Good advice, I never thought about it this way, but it makes total sense. Thank youAs a parent, I would leave it alone and leave it to the coach. Especially since you are talking about a level 6/7. A well meaning parent who is focusing on the sticking the landings can hinder what the coach is working on. For example, a front handspring vault with less power and amplitude will be easier to stick, but will not help your daughter in the long run. (And by the way, will not score better). A stuck front tuck or front lay may give her an extra .1 at the meet this season, but she will need the power to add another skill to the front lay or tuck in the future. This is why the coach may not be focusing on it. My dd never stuck her front handspring FT in level 7, but as soon as she moved to L8 she also had no problem connecting her front pass. Last year at L9 she had much difficulty sticking her 1 1/2, but this year she needed the forward momentum to connect it to the FT.
On bars, a low flyaway will sometimes be easier to stick than a high one that opens up in plenty of time. So a gymnast might save a .10 on the landing, but will then be deducted on the fly away itself.
I think as parents it is easy to get caught up in the "stuck landings" because any time you hear TV broadcasters talking about college or elite meets they focus on that. The difference though, is at that level, the form and amplitude on everything else is already near perfection, so it really is the steps that set apart the routines. For most JO girls, there so much else to focus on though...
Um, yes, yes, and YES! This is completely true in every way. Usually, I am not really concerned with stuck landings, although I do praise when I see them. Sticking the landing is usually a result of correct technique in the rest of the skill. Years of experience also will help the gymnast stick landings, too.As a parent, I would leave it alone and leave it to the coach. Especially since you are talking about a level 6/7. A well meaning parent who is focusing on the sticking the landings can hinder what the coach is working on. For example, a front handspring vault with less power and amplitude will be easier to stick, but will not help your daughter in the long run. (And by the way, will not score better). A stuck front tuck or front lay may give her an extra .1 at the meet this season, but she will need the power to add another skill to the front lay or tuck in the future. This is why the coach may not be focusing on it. My dd never stuck her front handspring FT in level 7, but as soon as she moved to L8 she also had no problem connecting her front pass. Last year at L9 she had much difficulty sticking her 1 1/2, but this year she needed the forward momentum to connect it to the FT.
On bars, a low flyaway will sometimes be easier to stick than a high one that opens up in plenty of time. So a gymnast might save a .10 on the landing, but will then be deducted on the fly away itself.
I think as parents it is easy to get caught up in the "stuck landings" because any time you hear TV broadcasters talking about college or elite meets they focus on that. The difference though, is at that level, the form and amplitude on everything else is already near perfection, so it really is the steps that set apart the routines. For most JO girls, there so much else to focus on though...
As a parent, I would leave it alone and leave it to the coach. Especially since you are talking about a level 6/7. A well meaning parent who is focusing on the sticking the landings can hinder what the coach is working on. For example, a front handspring vault with less power and amplitude will be easier to stick, but will not help your daughter in the long run. (And by the way, will not score better). A stuck front tuck or front lay may give her an extra .1 at the meet this season, but she will need the power to add another skill to the front lay or tuck in the future. This is why the coach may not be focusing on it. My dd never stuck her front handspring FT in level 7, but as soon as she moved to L8 she also had no problem connecting her front pass. Last year at L9 she had much difficulty sticking her 1 1/2, but this year she needed the forward momentum to connect it to the FT.
On bars, a low flyaway will sometimes be easier to stick than a high one that opens up in plenty of time. So a gymnast might save a .10 on the landing, but will then be deducted on the fly away itself.
I think as parents it is easy to get caught up in the "stuck landings" because any time you hear TV broadcasters talking about college or elite meets they focus on that. The difference though, is at that level, the form and amplitude on everything else is already near perfection, so it really is the steps that set apart the routines. For most JO girls, there so much else to focus on though...
DD can never seem to stick her landings and is always taking a big step (or sometimes 2) on all her landings. Any advice to help her stick them? She's a level 6/7 and it happens in each event and tumbling pass