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My youngest dd (7) started her summer training this week and has spent 10 hours (including breaks for lunch) at gym split between two daytime sessions ( she usually does 5), from what I have heard and little I have seen (I dropped and ran for the first time this week) dd has been learning some new skills :
Front handspring on trampoline (going from only just flipping over onto her back using a crash mat to doing a front flip with no spot - albeit not pretty at the moment)
Running and jumping off the end of the high beam
First cartwheels with a spot on the high beam
Round off dismount off the high beam - first with spot and then independently
Front tuck summersault dismount off high beam - with spot
Split leaps
They did there usual normal stuff on the beam, trampette, bars, and vault as well as their usual conditioning and extra conditioning. They did some brutal looking stretching at the end of session - one where they kneel on the floor and the coach lifts one leg right up as high as it will go (each leg) and the another where they lay on their backs and the coach lifts their legs and then do a box split stretch ( dd can nearly get her feet to the floor), all the girls loved doing these stretches with the coach and asked for more.
Dd has her first competition in November and we have just had to order her first competition leotard (that got sprung on us today and had to be paid by Tuesday at the latest) I guess it is safer to say that the girls in dd's group are no longer on trial. They also have a beach trip (party) coming up in a couple of weeks that all the boys and girls from the development squads have been invited to.
One downside to having both dd's doing competitive gymnastics is that we have now come to a crossroads where they have to choose between gym and dancing as we have had a few clashes between dancing rehearsals for a summer show and gym training, the girls have chosen gymnastics and will give up dancing from September. If either one of my dd's miss dancing then I may find a different dance school that fits with the gymnastics schedule.
Front handspring on trampoline (going from only just flipping over onto her back using a crash mat to doing a front flip with no spot - albeit not pretty at the moment)
Running and jumping off the end of the high beam
First cartwheels with a spot on the high beam
Round off dismount off the high beam - first with spot and then independently
Front tuck summersault dismount off high beam - with spot
Split leaps
They did there usual normal stuff on the beam, trampette, bars, and vault as well as their usual conditioning and extra conditioning. They did some brutal looking stretching at the end of session - one where they kneel on the floor and the coach lifts one leg right up as high as it will go (each leg) and the another where they lay on their backs and the coach lifts their legs and then do a box split stretch ( dd can nearly get her feet to the floor), all the girls loved doing these stretches with the coach and asked for more.
Dd has her first competition in November and we have just had to order her first competition leotard (that got sprung on us today and had to be paid by Tuesday at the latest) I guess it is safer to say that the girls in dd's group are no longer on trial. They also have a beach trip (party) coming up in a couple of weeks that all the boys and girls from the development squads have been invited to.
One downside to having both dd's doing competitive gymnastics is that we have now come to a crossroads where they have to choose between gym and dancing as we have had a few clashes between dancing rehearsals for a summer show and gym training, the girls have chosen gymnastics and will give up dancing from September. If either one of my dd's miss dancing then I may find a different dance school that fits with the gymnastics schedule.