So, for the summer, our gym combines the pre-team for 9 and under with the pre-team for 9 and up.
This is an awful idea because the younger class is WAY less advanced. Most of them can't even do a backbend...
But the one thing that all of those little girls have is a back hipcircle.
I DON'T!!!
Here's my issue:
My coaches always told me that I "stopped" myself when my hips hit the bar after the cast into the back hipcircle, so I didn't have enough power to make it around.
I kept trying to NOT stop myself, but I couldn't!!!
So, I bent my arms one time and I didn't stop myself! But THEN they told me not to bend my arms.
Here's where it gets tricky.
If I bend my arms a lot, I can cast and go around the bar fine. BUT, as soon as I STRAIGHTEN my arms, I CAN'T MOVE.
Seriously. I can't move. I try to cast but I can only cast 2 inches from the bar. I can't "swing" around the bar; I feel stuck. If I bend my arms a LITTLE bit, I end up bending them a lot.
My coaches are really frustrated with me and they are constantly "yelling" {not really...um..."scolding" is better} me for not straightening my arms, and then if I straighten my arms, for not casting or for stopping myself after the cast.
None of my coaches believe me when I say I can't move with straight arms. None of my friends believe me, either. I have not encountered a problem like this before, and I have pretty good shoulder flexibility, if that means anything.
What do you think my problem is? I'm not scared, and nothing hurts, and I'm not trying to throw my head back...I'm just so confused...
Thanks in advance.
This is an awful idea because the younger class is WAY less advanced. Most of them can't even do a backbend...
But the one thing that all of those little girls have is a back hipcircle.
I DON'T!!!
Here's my issue:
My coaches always told me that I "stopped" myself when my hips hit the bar after the cast into the back hipcircle, so I didn't have enough power to make it around.
I kept trying to NOT stop myself, but I couldn't!!!
So, I bent my arms one time and I didn't stop myself! But THEN they told me not to bend my arms.
Here's where it gets tricky.
If I bend my arms a lot, I can cast and go around the bar fine. BUT, as soon as I STRAIGHTEN my arms, I CAN'T MOVE.
Seriously. I can't move. I try to cast but I can only cast 2 inches from the bar. I can't "swing" around the bar; I feel stuck. If I bend my arms a LITTLE bit, I end up bending them a lot.
My coaches are really frustrated with me and they are constantly "yelling" {not really...um..."scolding" is better} me for not straightening my arms, and then if I straighten my arms, for not casting or for stopping myself after the cast.
None of my coaches believe me when I say I can't move with straight arms. None of my friends believe me, either. I have not encountered a problem like this before, and I have pretty good shoulder flexibility, if that means anything.
What do you think my problem is? I'm not scared, and nothing hurts, and I'm not trying to throw my head back...I'm just so confused...
Thanks in advance.