PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND!
My 9 year old daughter competed Level 4 for two seasons, from September to April. During this time, she doesn't "remember" training to do the kip. I am sure she performed basic drills to prepare for it, but she never tried doing it on the bars. So in the last 3 months she has been working on the kip and the other 3 events. 5/8 gymnasts have it now. She has her beam, floor routine and vault down. She is just working on fine-tuning them.
She was just told that she has to do Level 4 until she has her kip. That once she got her kip she can compete level 5. So her 16 hours a week training are being split into doing both levels. She was a little flustered having to remember her Level 4 beam routine because she had to work extra hard to learn her Level 5 bar routine within the past 2-3 months.
She has her single leg jamb but not her drop kip. She had 4 1/2 hr privates on bars and her assistant coach says that her issue is primarily timing.
I don't agree with this. I think she should just focus on her Level 5 training and routines. She did very well her 2nd season winning 1st-3rd place AA a few times and/or 1st place on floor, bar and beam at different meets.
I will be meeting with her coach soon but wanted to know what this forum thought.
P.S. If I had to watch her do LEVEL 4 floor with that SONG again, I will go nuts. Not to mention that I feel that the Level 4 bar routine has nothing to do with Level 5 or higher bar routines!
My 9 year old daughter competed Level 4 for two seasons, from September to April. During this time, she doesn't "remember" training to do the kip. I am sure she performed basic drills to prepare for it, but she never tried doing it on the bars. So in the last 3 months she has been working on the kip and the other 3 events. 5/8 gymnasts have it now. She has her beam, floor routine and vault down. She is just working on fine-tuning them.
She was just told that she has to do Level 4 until she has her kip. That once she got her kip she can compete level 5. So her 16 hours a week training are being split into doing both levels. She was a little flustered having to remember her Level 4 beam routine because she had to work extra hard to learn her Level 5 bar routine within the past 2-3 months.
She has her single leg jamb but not her drop kip. She had 4 1/2 hr privates on bars and her assistant coach says that her issue is primarily timing.
I don't agree with this. I think she should just focus on her Level 5 training and routines. She did very well her 2nd season winning 1st-3rd place AA a few times and/or 1st place on floor, bar and beam at different meets.
I will be meeting with her coach soon but wanted to know what this forum thought.
P.S. If I had to watch her do LEVEL 4 floor with that SONG again, I will go nuts. Not to mention that I feel that the Level 4 bar routine has nothing to do with Level 5 or higher bar routines!