I recommend getting the coach to write down the necessary guidelines. Time limit, but also like "we want roughly this many seconds before the first tumbling pass, roughly this many seconds for a dance sequence, total time must be between X and Y," etc. They don't need to have complete...
I used to write custom floor music. Been awhile, but if the deadline's far enough out, I suppose I could take a crack at it for the right price. What style are you looking for?
I think @Energym Music might also do custom composition, but I'm not positive about that.
I used to spend a lot of time on roundoffs, but I've kind of circled back to spending very little time on the roundoff itself, and spending lots of time on roundoff-adjacent skills that imo do a better job of teaching an intuitive feel for what a roundoff should feel like.
So these days I spend...
Won't be an issue at all.
My brother is a TSA goon (that's his phrasing, not mine), and he says all they actually care about is weapons and explosives. I have a hard time imagining anybody mistaking grips for either of those.
Honest answer: I wouldn't care.
Assuming we're talking about a text/choreography error, it has no effect whatsoever on long-term technical development. Once she gets out of compulsories, there will never be another choreography deduction in her entire career.
Now, having said that.... if this...
First: that bar set is designed for kids less than half your age doing simpler skills with a spot. It's not safe to use it as a practice bar for anything beyond basic strength skills.
Anyway, to get to the substance: what makes a back hip circle work is the drop back in the chest and shoulders...
Mid-35s is pretty dang good for a young kid new to competition.
I wouldn't worry about it; scores really don't mean much at that age and level, and are not an accurate predictor of future success. At this age and level, the only things that really matter are safety (for obvious reasons) and fun...
You're not doing anything wrong, you're just dealing with a growth spurt. I'm going to make a wild guess that you're somewhere between 11 and 14 years old, that a lot of skills that used to be easy now feel harder, and even the ones you can still do feel a little off, a little inconsistent, a...
I think we tend to make cast handstands more complicated than they need to be.
Just teach how to bail (ie the level 4 beam dismount), and teach p-bar swings, and use p-bar swings as a side station every time you go to bars, and the skill pretty much takes care of itself over time, with minimal...
I'll be the voice of dissent here: Imo, spotting is mostly unnecessary at optional levels, if the coach is using good progressions and drills, and if the athlete already has impeccable basics.
Cast handstands in particular are a skill I prefer to teach with no spotting whatsoever, other than...
*sigh* this is why USAG needs to require coaches to have some level of education in the psychology of mental blocks. Your coach is handling this in a way that is 1) very common, and 2) exactly wrong.
Sorry I don't have any useful advice for you. I have a general idea of how I'd handle this if I...