Have you tried sitting down and talking with her?
Not about the skill or anything but just how things are going in school and at home and how people are treating her.
I find that (sometimes) when kids are having a hard time then it's usually something going on outside and if the kid can open up...
Be really organized. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE 110% CORRECT BECAUSE IF YOU DOUBT YOURSELF THE KIDS WILL SEE THAT AND START DOUBTING YOU TOO.
feel free to have fun games but limit them to where when the kids have a very intense day of class then you give it to them...
He is 8 years old and i will try the exercise and i have really been looking up a ton of different ways that i can help him and the other kids in his class not only help with their looseness but also get their strength up.
Does anyone think having him train with weights after a few weeks of...
I coach a boys recreational class and there is this one kid in it that loves gymnastics and works really hard and tries everything i ask him to but it just seems like he has no muscle at all.. Its like he has no control over his body at all and cant even make his body tight. Ive tried...
Well Geoffrey Taucer, i do know that the roundoff to knees is so the kids will teach the kids to get their hips under more efficiently and the exaggerated arm just might be to make sure that the kids will put their hands down in the correct position. Its just something to try if a gymnast is...
I have watched the videos of her about a million and a half times (and i am not exaggerating) and it looks like when she reaches back for the back handspring that the shoulder of the arm that is the furthest back is actually not in the shrugged position and so wouldn't allow for a great block...