Shouldn't there be natural progressions of tumbling skills that are needed first before moving onto other tumbling skills? There just seems to be such a rush in cheer tumbling to "get certain skills" as opposed to in gymnastics.
For example, some of my dd's friends who were learning BHS's last year are now, after less than a year, being pushed and rushed to learn standing back tucks, RO tucks and layouts and punch fronts. Meanwhile, some of these kids, can't even do a decent handstand or front or back walkovers. It just seems so backwards to me and seems too rushed. I know that cheer is different and goes by a different timeline for skills, but is this really the right way to learn the advanced tumbling skills or is this just asking for injuries?
For example, some of my dd's friends who were learning BHS's last year are now, after less than a year, being pushed and rushed to learn standing back tucks, RO tucks and layouts and punch fronts. Meanwhile, some of these kids, can't even do a decent handstand or front or back walkovers. It just seems so backwards to me and seems too rushed. I know that cheer is different and goes by a different timeline for skills, but is this really the right way to learn the advanced tumbling skills or is this just asking for injuries?