I'm cautious to attribute it to 'pressure' as much as a desire to please their coaches or parents and accomplish their own goals. I see my DD try harder when she knows her coach is watching. The same coach went to her at the state meet after a bad first vault and told her straight out she had...
Ahhhhhhhh. The smell of fresh meat!!!! . The journey is long grasshopper. No need to jump on the coaches back at this age nor not allow your 3 year old to be 3. As others have said, the journey is long. Too early to stress now.
Get a pull up bar that hangs in a doorway. We have never had to tell my DD to do pull ups but having one in the house near the family room just lead to pull-ups and leg lifts being done in the house all the time between her and my son that doesn't even do gymnastics. The worst thing you can...
Yes John, that is the hard part but luckily it isn't required for National Testing. We went last year and rented a condo on Lake Conroe. We drove the 35-45 mins to the ranch each day and walked around while they tested. Being that we are on the left coast and our coach has roots in Texas, we...
I didn't mean to imply it was only bats. Just spoke of a situation I saw occur last year where I girl was invited because her bar routine was so strong.
At National testing some girls are invited to DIC simply for looking very strong on bars even if they don't test well in other areas. I like many of you am confused why someone would believe other factors than scores determine who goes to national testing. Kinda sad when adults question the...
It can vary from year to year but typically you have to be in the 70's to have a shot. Some years it has dropped into the 60's and some jumped into the 80's. Yes I believe to total is still out of 100.
DD did alright. I forget what her score was because it wasn't given with confidence. Seems like the numbers are down. Wasn't many girls at our testing before the TOP's camp in LA.
We got both of our kids involved in gymnastics super early (18 months with 'mom and me' classes) because I thought it was an amazing foundational sport. My DD, now 9, loved it from the beginning and still does. When she was like 3 or 4 we took her out and had her do only ballet before she came...