I have often wondered this and a recent thread prompted my curiosity again. Does home equipment factor into success in upper level gymnastics (positive or negative). We as a CB group routinely tell new parents to leave gym in the gym. That home practice will cause burnout, bad form, etc. I just am curious about the experiences on CB.
I am only including L8+ because I want to get a sense of how much home equipment factored into girls getting to to this level. General consensus is that pure talent typically can get a girl to L7 without much "effort" so that's why I chose L8.
So, if you are the parent of a gymnast who competed L8 at some point:
did you have *any* of the following equipment - beam, bar/bars/floor bar, trampoline, mats for tumbling
If so -
What did you have?
What did you allow in terms of skills?
How often was it used?
At what level did your gymnast stop using it and why?
Do you feel that the equipment and extra practice time helped her reach the level she did?
I am only including L8+ because I want to get a sense of how much home equipment factored into girls getting to to this level. General consensus is that pure talent typically can get a girl to L7 without much "effort" so that's why I chose L8.
So, if you are the parent of a gymnast who competed L8 at some point:
did you have *any* of the following equipment - beam, bar/bars/floor bar, trampoline, mats for tumbling
If so -
What did you have?
What did you allow in terms of skills?
How often was it used?
At what level did your gymnast stop using it and why?
Do you feel that the equipment and extra practice time helped her reach the level she did?