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I hesitate to write this because I know how much parental involvement seems to be a hot topic on this board, but I'm just being honest so I'll go ahead because I was excited and it was funny too. I'll change my name to crazy-over-involved-cares-too-much-mom if ya'll like.
DD's Level 4 bar dismount has been quite piked. Her dad is in town so I asked him to help her on it because he's cheaper than a private (aka free). Don't worry, he's a coach and we were at a gym, not a tree branch in the backyard. So he was working on it with her and doing drills and changing to another when that didn't work. He tried having her land on her back on a mat and then landing on her feet and then going over something. She was still piking and throwing her head back. Basically nothing he was doing was helping so they moved on to kips. As they were finishing up I asked him to try one more time on the dismount. I had been thinking while they were working on kips and I told him he needed to show her slowly step by step to pull her hips to the bar not her feet. I told him I didn't think she wasn't getting that part because he was saying it and he needed to show her in slowmo. He wasn't too happy with my suggestion because he had already told her a zillion times, but he did it really slow to make me happy a couple of times. Then on her very first try she did it! I did have to gloat a little bit that he had tried so many things and it was my suggestion that helped. I'm sure the earlier work he did probably helped some too, but I wanted full credit. I told him, "That's okay honey you are used to teaching double layouts off bars, not underswings." Then DD said, "Yea Dad, I guess you don't know very much about Level 4."
The best part was DD screaming and jumping up and down. Then she did a few more to make sure it wasn't an accident. She's flying so much further that she's sitting it down, but she didn't care.
DD's Level 4 bar dismount has been quite piked. Her dad is in town so I asked him to help her on it because he's cheaper than a private (aka free). Don't worry, he's a coach and we were at a gym, not a tree branch in the backyard. So he was working on it with her and doing drills and changing to another when that didn't work. He tried having her land on her back on a mat and then landing on her feet and then going over something. She was still piking and throwing her head back. Basically nothing he was doing was helping so they moved on to kips. As they were finishing up I asked him to try one more time on the dismount. I had been thinking while they were working on kips and I told him he needed to show her slowly step by step to pull her hips to the bar not her feet. I told him I didn't think she wasn't getting that part because he was saying it and he needed to show her in slowmo. He wasn't too happy with my suggestion because he had already told her a zillion times, but he did it really slow to make me happy a couple of times. Then on her very first try she did it! I did have to gloat a little bit that he had tried so many things and it was my suggestion that helped. I'm sure the earlier work he did probably helped some too, but I wanted full credit. I told him, "That's okay honey you are used to teaching double layouts off bars, not underswings." Then DD said, "Yea Dad, I guess you don't know very much about Level 4."
The best part was DD screaming and jumping up and down. Then she did a few more to make sure it wasn't an accident. She's flying so much further that she's sitting it down, but she didn't care.