Parents Ugh, frustration.

[purpleleomom]

We went through something similar with my DD. Several hours of rec just wasn't helping her improve her strength. We finally got into a developmental team, and it is night and day.

I don't have a ton of advice because pullover was the one skill that came easily for my DD. I will say that she always had strong abs, which I attribute to hours of gracefully swinging on the monkey bars. She also likes doing pull-ups on our door pull-up bar at home. Anything to work the abs would be good.

 

[emorymom]

Chin every day. Leg lifts every day. Knees to nose round she goes. Can't drop her head back until the legs are up there.

 

[KSLaura]

DD got hers after someone suggested that she do the monkey bars at school during recess. I guess she took this as a challenge, because she came home every day and told me she did the monkey bars x times today. After a couple of months, she had built up enough upper body muscle to do a pullover. A year later, and bars is her best event (9.2 so far). Also, the monkey bars are now here go-to hang out place on the playground. lol

 

[MILgymFAM]

We actually had a nice talk with the HC together, and then me alone. DD feels better now, and will actually be getting a private (she won it in a contest), but will be focusing the lesson on a list of needed skills rather than the pullover. Another coach spent some good time with her during their conditioning class just doing kick overs- over and over and over. Once we move, with the direction of our current HC, we are considering putting her in T&T. HC believes DD would be successful at competing it, and has the right skills to move right onto a team.