Parents What is Your Child's Favorite Event?

[RTT2]

Love those pommel guys (well, all the guys, but pommel guys are jsut unique!)

My son is definitely unique!

 

[Gymbletot]

My dd is 6 so her opinion changes a lot, but I think bars. She has started declaring her love for beam recently, but generally loves it all climbing the rope was her fave the other day!

Well, tonight apparently vault is the love of her life! I can't keep up !

 

[cogymmom2dd]

DD1: Bars is her favorite but Vault has always been her high scoring event until this season. She’s petite, powerful, snd tight/pointed during her yurchenko and landing. Even with her watered down 8.6 SV because she refuses to flip a L8 vault, she still scores above 8.0. I think that is why coach doesn’t make her scratch the event because her form is spot on and her deductions are minimal.
DD2: Bars is her highest scoring and favorite event despite the fact that she has had some blocks to work through this year. Vault is 2nd highest scoring event but she likes beam more.
DD3: Shes only Bronze but crushes it on bars and floor. She’s super petite and has a cute floor routine and is one of the most flexible kids I’ve ever seen. She steals the show when she’s out there.

 

[Pirouette]

Floor. She's a former competitive dancer so it comes more naturally to her than the other events.

 

[DTAG]

My son loves pommel, by far his best event. Rings is a close 2nd, though. These events come relatively easy to him so he enjoys the ability to uptrain as much as possible.

He does NOT like vault. The idea of running full speed at a stationary object doesn't sit well with him, I can't blame him. I don't know how the gymnasts do it.

 

[Whyhellothere]

Vault and floor for sure!!

 

[LPflip]

My DD favorite it bars. Not sure why. Least favorite is floor. Not a dancer at all and not a strong tumbler.

 

[Rose7777]

Bars has always been her favorite and strongest event. She struggles with form on the other events, but is gorgeous on the bars. Beam… well, even when she does well, she hates it. She basically tolerates it so she can compete the other events!

 

[gymnastics<3]

floor!! floor, vault, bars, beam in order (olympic order lol). i can do silver vault and i’m a silver currently but i am struggling to go over the table as i am small and can’t get enough power. bars causes too many rips and in practice the bars warm up is very hard. i am really bad and inconsistent on beam and it scares me tbh (jumping backward onto your hands on a 4 ft high 4 in wide piece of wood!?). so by process of elimination, floor is my favorite event… basically it’s just easiest for me to do and it’s my best event.

 

[SupportingHerDreams]

Well, tonight apparently vault is the love of her life! I can't keep up !

My daughter just turned 8 and is similar. She says beam will always be her favorite but the others change place in the favorite list pretty much weekly!

 

[TumbleTimes4]

Bars is her favorite to train, floor is her favorite to compete, but beam is her best event.

 

[WV Gym Mom]

My daughter's #1 favorite is always Vault, even though she's tiny. #2 would be bars or beam, depending on her mood. Floor is always last, but she is excited about a new floor routine this year so maybe that will shake things up

 

[LucyRobinson]

Bars! The rest of my team thinks I am crazy... but I love 'em. It is the only event I have not had mental blocks on.

I always think it is funny when people say they hate an event. Sure, I find X event frustrating sometimes. Sure, I scored low on X event. Sure, I don't find X event as fun as Y event right now. I hate X event?!?! No way. I like all four of them or I would not be doing gymnastics.

 

[caitydid]

My level 4 LOVES the beam. I feel like this isn't a very popular event and I am just curious. Does your child have a favorite event and if so what is it?

Floor, all day long. Least favorites are absolutely beam and bars.

 

[Em09]

I'm not a parent, but I am a gymnast, and I love floor, because of the tumbling! I love tumbling! The best thing about WAG. (Used to do WAG, I do Acro now.)

 

[Deleted member 18037]

Whatever one is going best for her at the moment.

 

[Tinygymnastdad]

My dd loves bars and beam as long as he doesn't start on beam she says it through her off.

 

[Livelovegymnastics]

I love bars! It comes easier for me than the other events, and it is just so much fun to swing around the bars.

 

[FlippinPrincess]

Whatever one is going best for her at the moment.

This is similar to my girl. She loves the event where her confidence is highest at the moment because she loves when she gets a new skill or conquers a fear. Vault has always been her most consistent though.

 

[JPC13]

My L3 daughter loves the beam too -- she's the only girl on her team who seems to like it. It's not her best event (she's quicker to pick up things on bar and vault), but she loves it all the same.