mom2newgymnast
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- Jul 8, 2014
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My dd is 6 1/2 and is a new level 2. She had her first meet last weekend and did okay over all except that she scratched her vault because she had to be spotted. She was the only one on her team that needed to be spotted and there was only one other in the meet. She's feeling discouraged because she got the lowest aa score in the whole meet. Of course, we told her that we were proud of her and that the vault would come in time and we do believe that. I just was wondering if anyone else had a dd struggle with the basic vault (handstand flat back) and if they have any idea what made it click for their dd?
My dd's problem is that she doesn't get her body and hands into the right position (hollow with head tucked I think). Instead she spreads her arms and does more of a superman type thing. Her coach says she does great in all the drills, but then seems to forget what to do when actually attempting the vault. She's worked a lot on it in the past with no real progress. She's had one private and the coach even spent an extra 45 minutes with her before the last meet trying to help her. She seemed to be making some progress towards the end of the practice. Then, at the actual meet during warm up, she was right back to the superman thing and so they couldn't let her attempt it without spotting.
They have another meet in 2 weeks and I'm not sure they are going to work much on vault between now and then. The coach is really working on body form/conditioning because most of the deductions from the meet were with bendy legs and unpointed toes, etc. Since my dd is the only one struggling with the vault, it's not really the priority for the team. I understand this, but I don't want to see her scratch again at the next meet if she can help it and I'm not sure how anything is going to change if they don't practice it more.
I guess there really isn't anything to do other than know it will get better eventually right? I just want her to feel good about her gymnastics and I know that she's feeling unhappy right now with the vault. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!
My dd's problem is that she doesn't get her body and hands into the right position (hollow with head tucked I think). Instead she spreads her arms and does more of a superman type thing. Her coach says she does great in all the drills, but then seems to forget what to do when actually attempting the vault. She's worked a lot on it in the past with no real progress. She's had one private and the coach even spent an extra 45 minutes with her before the last meet trying to help her. She seemed to be making some progress towards the end of the practice. Then, at the actual meet during warm up, she was right back to the superman thing and so they couldn't let her attempt it without spotting.
They have another meet in 2 weeks and I'm not sure they are going to work much on vault between now and then. The coach is really working on body form/conditioning because most of the deductions from the meet were with bendy legs and unpointed toes, etc. Since my dd is the only one struggling with the vault, it's not really the priority for the team. I understand this, but I don't want to see her scratch again at the next meet if she can help it and I'm not sure how anything is going to change if they don't practice it more.
I guess there really isn't anything to do other than know it will get better eventually right? I just want her to feel good about her gymnastics and I know that she's feeling unhappy right now with the vault. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!