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I am referring to the mill circle. I've read so much on here about mill circles and the various problems, but couldn't really find much to address DD's problem. DD works well with "magic words" as she calls them with some of her skills. Sometimes if she can have one word that she says to herself when she does a skill it helps her. Is that weird?
So DD's problem is that she sometimes has trouble stopping at the top of the bar. Somedays she'll make all of them and then the next practice it's hit or miss. I think she might actually have gotten worse at them as of late. She never doesn't make it all the way or hooks her leg or any of the other problems I've read about. Her legs are straight and look pretty. It's always an issue of going over twice. Her coach said the problem was that she's pushing up so high and stepping so far that she has too much momentum to stop. She actually did two in a row the other day and stopped on the 2nd one. DD's coached told her there was no bonus in Level 4.
DD said she tries saying the word "slow" to herself before going but it wasn't very magic because it only works sometimes.
Her dad was lending a word of advice and he says she just needs to press down harder on the bar at the end and have strong arms. He says she's just forgetting to use her arms at the end. He said basically when she goes over twice she's tired and just not trying.
I'm sure this is not an unusual problem, but none of DD's teammates have this issue. They either do is right all the time or they still struggle with getting it around.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Is there some magic words that have helped your gymnasts?
She makes it most of the time and seems to be able to make it when she really wants to (like when she must show a routine to rotate), so maybe it is more of a focus/not really trying issue.
So DD's problem is that she sometimes has trouble stopping at the top of the bar. Somedays she'll make all of them and then the next practice it's hit or miss. I think she might actually have gotten worse at them as of late. She never doesn't make it all the way or hooks her leg or any of the other problems I've read about. Her legs are straight and look pretty. It's always an issue of going over twice. Her coach said the problem was that she's pushing up so high and stepping so far that she has too much momentum to stop. She actually did two in a row the other day and stopped on the 2nd one. DD's coached told her there was no bonus in Level 4.
DD said she tries saying the word "slow" to herself before going but it wasn't very magic because it only works sometimes.
Her dad was lending a word of advice and he says she just needs to press down harder on the bar at the end and have strong arms. He says she's just forgetting to use her arms at the end. He said basically when she goes over twice she's tired and just not trying.
I'm sure this is not an unusual problem, but none of DD's teammates have this issue. They either do is right all the time or they still struggle with getting it around.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Is there some magic words that have helped your gymnasts?
She makes it most of the time and seems to be able to make it when she really wants to (like when she must show a routine to rotate), so maybe it is more of a focus/not really trying issue.