split leaps level 5

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Originally Posted by isaelijohjac Hi. My daughter is a 8 year old (almost) level 5. She is very good, confident, on beam. She can also be a bit aggressive on her leaps, straight jumps, etc. Her coach has been telling her to land her leaps on the ball of her foot and to be more quiet on the beam. When her teammate does a leap that is not nearly has "open" she says she wants it done that way--emphasizing quiet. I take her to a private lesson at a different gym and the coach there-who has much more experience than her other coach-is telling me that she should be able to practice the leap she is willing to do...that the sound doesn't matter. If she wants to run hard an leap high she should. (Her other coach is telling her NOT to run into her leap). Her leaps are not nearly as good since she has been focusing on being quiet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Should she be trying to be more quiet? (She's not particularly loud). Thanks. Lora

I hope your daughter's coach is aware that her athlete is doing privates with another coach.

If she has not been informed, then your daughter's gymnastics is already being sabotaged, and she is only a level 5.

Land loud, land quiet...that is up to the coach to decide. And the truth is that there are lots of "experienced" coaches who don't know how to teach a split leap.

Hopefully there will be consitency later in your daughter's career, because confusion/conflict can lead to injuries.