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Deleted member D3987
DD has had an issue for the past few months where she tends to go crooked on the bwo on the high beam and fall off the side of the beam. And not just barely missing her feet, but more like going at a 45 degree angle or more off the beam. She had it fine for a few months before this started happening toward the end of her level 5 season. She's probably 50/50 landing it on the high beam. She can land it perfectly on a floor line, and probably lands a higher percentage on the low beam. She will sometimes go crooked on the low beam, but it's not as bad as the high beam. And she goes crooked more often when she is trying to do her bwo bhs series on the high beam. Her bhs is better than her bwo, so when she lands her bwo, she usually lands her bhs as well. Obviously there's something mental going on here as well. She says she doesn't know what she is doing differently when she goes crooked or straight.
I saw a post on CB where she should try the first part of the bwo, land in a bridge with one leg in the air and hold. The first few tries over the last couple of days, she fell sideways almost instantly on the low beam. Her coach also told her to try kicking over from the bridge position on the low beam, which she seems to do fine once she's in a stable bridge. So she has been practicing both of those on the low beam for a few days and is getting more stable. Not 100% stable as yet. She feels that it is helping, and it's at least getting her confidence back. She said she made all bwo on the low beam, but 6 out of 10 on the high beam. Still a better percentage than usual. Are there any other suggestions of drills or other ideas that she could try to help her with this? It's been a good 9 months of this with the coach trying different things, but if there are any suggestions that she can try at home or bring up with her coach, I'm sure she will jump at it.
how about some video? that will cut to the chase.
