Hello all.
I am new to this forum and this is my post so hi to you all!
I have a little girl who has fallen in love with gymnastics! She is only 5 and has only been going since the end of July but she loves it! At the moment she is doing a 1 hour recreational level but loves to watch the squad in action when she is there!
She keeps saying that she wants to be like them and do flips and so I tell her to keep working hard and enjoy herself and maybe one day she'll be able to do it too. I'd love for her to make the squad if that is what she wants to do. Last week she mentioned it to her coach and she (her coach) told me that they have been keeping an eye on her since her first day and that she is coming on well
Anyway, today, I noticed that one of the coaches took my daughter and one other girl of the same age to one side (the others were all working on floor skills like backwards rolls and things at the time) and took them over to the bars. She worked with them both for around 10 mins getting them to do different things and then they came back to join the others.
Afterwards, Millie told me that her coach had wanted to see if she could do a chin up?? Then got her to hang and lift her feet up to bar/her head. Oh and a little competition to see how long they could hang from the bar. She only did this with he two of them so I was just wondering if this is a positive sign that they may be checking her out for the development squad at some stage in the future?
Or am I just being hopeful?
Thank you for any thoughts
I am new to this forum and this is my post so hi to you all!
I have a little girl who has fallen in love with gymnastics! She is only 5 and has only been going since the end of July but she loves it! At the moment she is doing a 1 hour recreational level but loves to watch the squad in action when she is there!
She keeps saying that she wants to be like them and do flips and so I tell her to keep working hard and enjoy herself and maybe one day she'll be able to do it too. I'd love for her to make the squad if that is what she wants to do. Last week she mentioned it to her coach and she (her coach) told me that they have been keeping an eye on her since her first day and that she is coming on well
Anyway, today, I noticed that one of the coaches took my daughter and one other girl of the same age to one side (the others were all working on floor skills like backwards rolls and things at the time) and took them over to the bars. She worked with them both for around 10 mins getting them to do different things and then they came back to join the others.
Afterwards, Millie told me that her coach had wanted to see if she could do a chin up?? Then got her to hang and lift her feet up to bar/her head. Oh and a little competition to see how long they could hang from the bar. She only did this with he two of them so I was just wondering if this is a positive sign that they may be checking her out for the development squad at some stage in the future?
Or am I just being hopeful?
Thank you for any thoughts