justanothergymmom
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DD tumbles on floor with her eyes closed. She opens them just before she is ready to land. Is this normal or even safe?
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I do not know if my dd tumbles with her eyes open or not but last year she kept missing the high bar when jumping to it, one day she got it she was so excited! When we got in the car she said "it is so much easier to catch the bar when you leave your eyes open" yes she had been jumping with her eyes closed all that time
How do you know her eyes are closed? Do you just think this or is she saying this? If she is saying this, the speed of the tumbling might be confusing her (vestibular problem). Visual feedback is very important for balance. Try standing on one leg and closing your eyes. You'll see it is probably not likely a tumbling run would be completed with closed eyes. You would stop after the first skill. If she is actually somehow tumbling with her eyes closed, then she should go slower and do standing series with her eyes open.
At 1st I thought the same thing, but actually a coach noticed this and brought it to her attention a little while ago. She just mentioned it to me again tonight that she still does it. She takes off with them open, FHS or RO BHS with them open, then closes them when she is in the air or twisting. What is a "standing series"?
How do you know her eyes are closed? Do you just think this or is she saying this? If she is saying this, the speed of the tumbling might be confusing her (vestibular problem). Visual feedback is very important for balance. Try standing on one leg and closing your eyes. You'll see it is probably not likely a tumbling run would be completed with closed eyes. You would stop after the first skill. If she is actually somehow tumbling with her eyes closed, then she should go slower and do standing series with her eyes open.