I'll start out... unfortunately my son got strep throat before the state meet and had to petition through to Regionals. My daughter has her first L10 state meet this weekend!
Lots of State Meets going on right now... talk about them here!
This thread is for ALL... MAG... WAG... Developmental (DP)... Xcel... etc.
Tell us about you or your athlete at the State Meet.
Our last couple practices before every meet are light. Many times they will have a full day of rest before a meet too.
You want your athletes to be fully rested and full of energy going into meets.
This is for L8-10. Lower levels just practice as normal. We don’t do privates as we found...
That's a pretty tough situation. Is there another local club that you could go to and learn?
In the meantime... I would primarily be working on handstand strength.
Just thought this was a great summary video of the Nastia Cup...
In order of the video...
Vault
Avery Neff - 9.75 (Utah)
Jahzara Swaby-Ranger - 9.875 (Michigan)
Elle Mueller - 9.875 (Oklahoma)
Bars
Lily Pederson - 9.7 (Oklahoma)
Ella Murphy - 9.7 (Oklahoma)
Autumn Reingold - 9.725...
Did you look up any workouts yet? I just gave you 2 things to search for. I'm not going to search the entire internet for things that don't have any lower body impact for you.
If you don't have a spin bike... then buy one.
This is just my opinion... but I do have just a little bit of experience...
#1 reason... most coaches do not understand the actual "concept" of the roundoff.
#2 reason... many gymnasts are not willing to do the roundoff the way it is meant to be done... they are too scared of the power.
Then...
Welcome to the site.
Nothing is impossible... however... the chances are small. Here is a good article...
http://thegymreport.weebly.com/news/timelinenatteam
The biggest issue is always that extended family always need the athlete to acknowledge them and wave to them. The athlete is a competitor... they need to focus and be in the zone. Additional spectators need to come in and watch and cheer and then say "hello" at the end of the meet.
If there...