Parents Struggling with ROBHS

[laolao]

Hi everyone,

My almost 8 year old daughter is struggling to get her ROBHS. I can see her becoming very demoralised in her classes and she's starting to dread going to gym.

She cracks her knuckles or bites her nails constantly when she's anxious and every time they do floor now she's chewing or crunching away. I think her coach says she's jumping up rather than up and back after her round off but it just seems like she can't get whatever it is that's wrong.

She's started missing turns in classes now and going behind everyone else so she doesn't have to do it which I know is counterproductive, but I understand it is an avoidance tactic.

Most of the group are doing them fairly confidently now so she is pretty much the last to get it which I think is exacerbating her worry about it. Any words of advice?

Obviously I can't do anything to help her as I know nothing about gymnastics but I am wondering if there is anything I can do from a parent perspective.

 

[supernicegymmom]

Hi everyone,

My almost 8 year old daughter is struggling to get her ROBHS. I can see her becoming very demoralised in her classes and she's starting to dread going to gym.

She cracks her knuckles or bites her nails constantly when she's anxious and every time they do floor now she's chewing or crunching away. I think her coach says she's jumping up rather than up and back after her round off but it just seems like she can't get whatever it is that's wrong.

She's started missing turns in classes now and going behind everyone else so she doesn't have to do it which I know is counterproductive, but I understand it is an avoidance tactic.

Most of the group are doing them fairly confidently now so she is pretty much the last to get it which I think is exacerbating her worry about it. Any words of advice?

Obviously I can't do anything to help her as I know nothing about gymnastics but I am wondering if there is anything I can do from a parent perspective.

My daughter used to struggle so much with round-off back-handsprings until we found what the root of the problem was and now she has it easy peasy. What level is your daughter in? Many things can cause stress over a skill including puberty, stress from school or other sports, general anxiety, fear of not moving up to the next level, or fear of being behind in your skills.

 

[Dahlialover]

Can you arrange a private lesson with her favorite coach to work on this skill?

 

[Gymgirlsmomma]

We are in a similar situation. My daughter has struggled with this skill for a while now and is finally starting to get more confident with it, but is still not comp ready. For her, doing privates has helped a lot and also focusing on progress on other skills. For example, she recently got her kip and we are really focusing on perfecting that skill and celebrating improvement since it is a difficult skill, but not scary. I think confidence from other skills helps. Even though most gymnasts can do ROBH, I think it is actually a pretty difficult skill to do well and just takes more time for some than for others. She got her kip in about 6 months, ROBH is going on over a year now. We are trying to trust the process.