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GymDad57
My DD competed last season as a 11 yr old Level 8, her bar routine had the basic 2 backward giants into dismount which seemed very strong. During the off season we were expecting to see a progression into maybe a blind change into front giant, or maybe a 1/2 pirouette on HB, etc. However, she has been training for 7 months and has not mastered any of these new skills. Our coaching keeps preaching, "be patient", "small steps", "these are difficult progressions", etc. My questions is, are the above mentioned skills that hard for a young gymnast to perfect, should it take more then 1 offseason of training to get these additional skills on the high bar. Bars have always been her strength, maybe just a frustrated parent who needs to be patient. Please help.