The whole, having to do everything like a gymnast? Everywhere we go, she is doing her kicks, scale, jumps, handstands, headstands, bridge-ups, splits (right, left and straddle), cartwheel, round-off. Her new one she uses the couch as a "mat" to do her tick-tocs (as she calls them). I tried to tell her that she doesnt do those yet, but she says they are starting to work with her on them. And she uses a mat at the gym, that her feet land on and push off of to do this, so her feet dont go all the way to the floor. And each week they are making the mat shorter and shorter, until she will be on the floor with it. She told me they are getting her shoulders ready. (?) I guess I just have to trust her. She has been told by both her coaches and i that she isnt to work on anything at home or the gym that her coaches havent asked her or okayed her to work on.
But, Im getting off track here (big surprise huh?). Do they ever reach an age where they can walk normaly through a room and not do something gymnastics wise during it? I mean this kid doesnt even sit "normal" on the floor. When ever she is working on her letters or such, or coloring..ect, she is in the straddle splits. She says she does that because she can lay her body flat on the floor and it doesnt hurt her back to hunch over, and her legs dont get in the way that way. My personal solution to that would be to sit at the table..problem solved. LOL.
I know she truely loves the sport, she really does. But sometimes it seems to be all consuming.
She was outside in the snow last week, doing cartwheels. Not building a snowman or throwing snowballs at her brother..doing cartwheels. And sitting in a straddle split eating snow. I had a talk with her about how eating snow might not always be the best of ideas..lol
Do they ever reach a point where its not all they think about?
But, Im getting off track here (big surprise huh?). Do they ever reach an age where they can walk normaly through a room and not do something gymnastics wise during it? I mean this kid doesnt even sit "normal" on the floor. When ever she is working on her letters or such, or coloring..ect, she is in the straddle splits. She says she does that because she can lay her body flat on the floor and it doesnt hurt her back to hunch over, and her legs dont get in the way that way. My personal solution to that would be to sit at the table..problem solved. LOL.
I know she truely loves the sport, she really does. But sometimes it seems to be all consuming.
She was outside in the snow last week, doing cartwheels. Not building a snowman or throwing snowballs at her brother..doing cartwheels. And sitting in a straddle split eating snow. I had a talk with her about how eating snow might not always be the best of ideas..lol
Do they ever reach a point where its not all they think about?