Frustrated

[gymgramma]

when our gymmie was a level 4 and having trouble w/the mill circle a level 9 gymmie told her to imagine that she had ribbons attached to her shoulders and the ends were attached to the high bar making her stretch up tall.......that "image" did the trick for our gymmie

[Blackie6]

My DD struggled with that in the begining also. In her first meet she didn't even have it yet. It will happen, as other have said. Don't stress over it because L4 is the only time you will see it. My DD does it now, but it is not pretty. The TOPS training she is doing (off season now) really helps w/the upper body strength and she does much better on bars when she has been conditioning. Maybe someone at the coaches forum can suggest some excercises for her?

[gymmomntc2e6]

Thanks for all your wonderful words of support. She has been trying to get this since October and I think we are all frustrated with it at this point. She is so close, and yet so far. LOL.

- gymnasticsgirl521 - Thanks - she can get herself back up w/o coaches help w/ leg hooked over the bar. We are just waiting for the day that she does not hook that leg!!

-momof5 - glad my dd is not the only one working on this forever. Actually all of her L3 teammates are struggling w/ it.

-Shawn - we have to do a mill circle and front hip circle in L4. We have not yet tried the front hip circle. One mountain at a time I guess !!

- Meg - I am going to ask about stacking some mats under the bar to make the possibility of a fall less scary.

- Bog - yes, not needing it after L4 is great news, bad news is DD will be L4 next year and possibly year after that if she does 2 yrs at L4

[Gymmonkeymomma]

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Originally Posted by bogwoppit My DD got her kip when she was 7, it wasn't a skill she needed at the time so rarely worked at gym, she lost it tte next week and didn't get it back until she was 9

OMG, does your gym have a pile of "LOST" skills too? This is a constant joke between some of us parents - how the girls talk about how they "had this but then they lost it". Where does it go????

[bogwoppit]

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Originally Posted by Gymmonkeymomma OMG, does your gym have a pile of "LOST" skills too? This is a constant joke between some of us parents - how the girls talk about how they "had this but then they lost it". Where does it go????

It's the "skill fairy", we never know when she's going to show up or how long she is going to stay for. Sometimes the "skill fairy" will give 3 or 4 girls the same new skill in one night only they all lose it the next day. I guess it's a bit like mass hysteria, only way more disappointing! After all these years, when my girls get a new skill I act suitably impressed, but I don't expect it to be there at the next practice, if it is that's awesome, if not c'est la vie!

But back to the OP problem, I know that this is so frustrating for her and that it is so easy for us to say it doesn't matter and she won't need it. But, you know we have all been there and we all really do feel for her and you. All you can do is tell her that all gymnasts go through this with their skills. Shawn Johnson is trying to get a new vault right now for the Olympics, she trains everyday and has been for months, she lands it well sometimes, but right now it is hard work. Even the very best in the whole world struggle with new skills, that's what makes a good gymnast great, the ability to keep on working despite the frustration.

Tell her all her internet gymnast friends from all over the world are sending her positive thoughts for her skill, it does help!

[Panda-girl's Mom]

My daughter also had alot of trouble with the mill circle, she was on of the last girls to get it. She was not allowed to do bars until she got it. She got during the last 2 meets. The funny thing is she does not always make it around but during both meets she manges to make it around. She also falls backward. What really helped her and alot of the other girls was getting a mini bar for home. I know this is discouraged but it gave her the extra time to practice at home and it really helped. I stand by her at home so she does not fall

[gymmomntc2e6]

Tell her all her internet gymnast friends from all over the world are sending her positive thoughts for her skill, it does help!


I actually let her read the reply's last night. She said it made her feel much better because she is not alone in struggling w/ this one skill and that your DD's either are there now or have been there in the past.

I sometimes wonder how she can do RO BHS BHS on the floor, cartwheel & BWO on beam but has so much struggle w/ this. I guess right now it is just her difficulty !!

Again I appreciate all your help and support.

Panda-girls Mom - we are thinking about a practice bar - but at the moment funds are WAY too tight.

[beam girl]

For one thing, be grateful that she has been open with you and told you that she was afraid of falling. At least you and her coach know that fear is part of her problem. My dd was afraid of falling and didn't do her squat on for a long time because of it, but I never knew that she was afraid. Mats are a good idea. but sometimes it takes falling a few times to realize that nothing really bad has happened, except maybe a bruised ego. And don't let her quit over a skill, because eventually they do get it. And sometimes lose it and get it back again!