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[Amusibus]

Tonight my gymmie did her round off back handspring all by herself unspotted for the first time. Pretty cool. This is a big deal for her as she is super cautious. She is liking gymnastics more the more new stuff she learns. Thinking back a couple years I am amazed at what she's learned, things that at the time seemed so far off.

 

[lovegymnastics22]

That's awesome! Now burn this memory into your brain!!!! So when you are watching it take months and months to get kips, BTs, FHS vault, etc. you can remember that the skills do come... eventually

 

[Sasha]

That is a milestone! I still remember my DD's first one (I happened to catch it and video the next one. She watched it over and over and over with so much pride...) ;-) Very special moments to celebrate indeed! Yay!

 

[munchkin3]

Congratulations!!! awesome!!!

 

[mommyof1]

What a great achievement!

When my daughter finally got her ROBHS, she and the coaches were so excited that they let her call home to tell me. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the gym's number on the caller ID--I thought she had gotten hurt.

 

[htimcj]

That is fantastic! I love it when I can catch the new skill for the first time!

 

[Mrs. Puma]

Good for her!!! Hard work pays off!

 

[Azgymmiemom]

This calls for ice cream!! The ro bhs and kip are the gateway skills and deserve celebration!!

 

[Mrs. Puma]

This calls for ice cream!! The ro bhs and kip are the gateway skills and deserve celebration!!

I think I'm going to fill a room with ice cream when that darn kip is finally solid!!! Lol!

 

[dlanefox]

My DD just got her kip yesterday...and, today, not one on her own. I've watched every girl get it and then lose it for a week or two. Then it slowly comes back and takes a while to get solid, then they can do it on the high bar. How frustrating.

 

[Mrs. Puma]

Oh yes

My DD just got her kip yesterday...and, today, not one on her own. I've watched every girl get it and then lose it for a week or two. Then it slowly comes back and takes a while to get solid, then they can do it on the high bar. How frustrating.

Oh yes, we've been doing this dance since October! But it is moving in the right direction. Some days she'll get 10 in a row, other days...not so much! But she has a lot of conditioning this summer, so hopefully that will be the key. Good luck!

 

[B.Gold]

Oh yes
Oh yes, we've been doing this dance since October! But it is moving in the right direction. Some days she'll get 10 in a row, other days...not so much! But she has a lot of conditioning this summer, so hopefully that will be the key. Good luck!

And then, once she has it solid, it will be the same song and dance with her squat on, then cast to handstand, then piroutte, her front tumbling connections, back tumbling connections, and don't get me started on beam... It never ends..... Your post is a nice reminder of that for me as my dd struggles through a L9-10 tumbling pass this week she could do a few weeks ago.

Amusibus- congrats to your dd!!

 

[NutterButter]

That's awesome! Congrats to your DD.

 

[kris]

Yay, congrats Amisibus's DD on that milestone. That's a huge one!!

 

[Amusibus]

Thanks folks! I didn't actually *see* the very first one, but the coach let her show it to me when I came to pick her up. Now she is just complaining that our trampoline is too small for her to do them at home (this is probably a good thing). Coach says she's super close on the kip...tho I guess the "super close" phase can drag on for a long time!

 

[Flyaway]

My dd has apparently been thisclose on her kip for about 4 months now.

Congrats to your dd on her ROBHS! It's a huge milestone!

 

[gracyomalley]

All three of mine sat at "close to their kip" for about 6 months or so - but some kids do up and get it easy - so here's to hoping that's yours! Congrats to her on the BHS