Muddlethru
Proud Parent
I've been watching my daughter practice and/or trying to get her blind change. I've never seen her being spotted and she has confirmed she rarely gets spotted. I've watched my 10 yo. daughter painstakingly swing up to a handstand to perform a blind change all by herself and fall short of doing a blind change and then just jumps off. This is how she has been practicing or trying to get her blind change.
Our team is very weak on bars. I wonder if it is because of the lack of spotting. Our coaches very rarely gets on a block to spot bars. Our coaches mostly spot while standing on the floor and assisting by "smacking" (my daughter's words--she said it stings and she feels the nails of her coach) the back of the gymnast on her way up. When asked by my husband shouldn't the coach stand on block to spot bars, our coach replied, "oh you don't need that". I've seen the coaches spot L4 and L5 but rarely higher levels and mostly from the floor. Is that adequate? Is my daughter just spinning her wheels trying to learn blind changes herself or am I too pessimistic and truly do not know anything about teaching a skill? Coaches, how do you teach blind changes and/or any bar skills?
Our team is very weak on bars. I wonder if it is because of the lack of spotting. Our coaches very rarely gets on a block to spot bars. Our coaches mostly spot while standing on the floor and assisting by "smacking" (my daughter's words--she said it stings and she feels the nails of her coach) the back of the gymnast on her way up. When asked by my husband shouldn't the coach stand on block to spot bars, our coach replied, "oh you don't need that". I've seen the coaches spot L4 and L5 but rarely higher levels and mostly from the floor. Is that adequate? Is my daughter just spinning her wheels trying to learn blind changes herself or am I too pessimistic and truly do not know anything about teaching a skill? Coaches, how do you teach blind changes and/or any bar skills?