Flyaway
Proud Parent
My dd got her first set of grips at the end of this competition season (so, about 2 months ago) and she has definitely regressed on bars. She is just still struggling with the feel and movement with grips on and says she "almost dies" on tap swings. lol. She currently can't get through a whole bar routine with them on, despite having competed it an entire season without grips just fine.
Is this standard or "normal"? The coaches don't seem terribly worried about it, but I am concerned that we're going to be forced into a repeating year simply because of the dang grips (that she wanted soooooo badly. ). It's hard for me to imagine her adjusting to grips AND getting the next level skills at the same time.
If it helps for context, she was the last in her group to get grips, because her coach didn't feel like she weighed enough or had enough force on the bar to make them safe for her any sooner.
Thoughts?
Is this standard or "normal"? The coaches don't seem terribly worried about it, but I am concerned that we're going to be forced into a repeating year simply because of the dang grips (that she wanted soooooo badly. ). It's hard for me to imagine her adjusting to grips AND getting the next level skills at the same time.
If it helps for context, she was the last in her group to get grips, because her coach didn't feel like she weighed enough or had enough force on the bar to make them safe for her any sooner.
Thoughts?