I will always remember that my dd was the last to get her kip going into Level 5. There are tons of people who can do back handsprings and back tucks who will never do a giant, in other words, and a giant is considered a very basic skill on bars for a L8, 9, 10 gymnast.Īs my dd's HC always says, 'Bars is it's own animal, it's own sport!' But at the low levels also there are bar problems and this is due to the general strength level required and also the timing which is not very forgiving. And the risk goes up when the proper instruction and progressions isn't there. Also, bars is a long time in development and I have seen girls who switched into better programs late struggle for the rest of their career playing catch up because they never properly developed swing basics and confidence because they did not spend enough time on the proper timing of things before being pushed to 'try' harder skills.Īlso, while, say, beam can be very scary, peeling off bars is just as scary. It is the most unlike the other three events which share a fair amount in common and skills can transfer. It takes a lot of work and there is no 'rest period' to catch your breath in a bar routine. And there is a struggle for endurance on this event as many girls will do a combination well but struggle at the end of a routine to do the same combination. But correctly catching and kipping out of a pak is going to be difficult whether or not you find it that scary. I do not have any flyaway fears myself nor do I ever pull in so it wasn't an issue. L9 was still HARD (and this was when you could do Cs in L8 and I was already competing the double back dismount). I was a natural on bars in L8 and scored 9.6s, won states, etc. Many girls also deal with dismount fears that can be really difficult to work around. The release skills just don't come easily and can be scary. I think that's normal because looking around our gym it's the same for almost every girl.Īlmost everyone will have trouble on bars in L9 and 10. She could compete L5 right now on beam and floor and score pretty well, but when it comes to bars and vault I'm happy she has a lot more time. She was starting to vault pretty well in L4, but the L5 vault is hard for her, especially being so tiny. Vault is her worst at the moment and I don't see that changing. That being said, bars was one of my DD's stronger events in L4 too and I think once she's had a bit longer working the Level 5 skills, it will end up being a strong event for her. I don't think being good at 元 or L4 bars means that a child will necessarily excel on that event. I know a lot of girls that could be a few levels ahead of where they are on floor and beam, but on bars forget it. It also takes longer in general to learn skills on bars. It requires more strength, especially core strength.

I think bars is the hardest for most girls because well, it's the hardest. I think as they progress all 4 events have different difficulties that some girls will find easy and others will not. It's kind of funny.Īnyway, it would seem to me that bars and beam would be the two events that would give the most trouble, at least at an early age. My husband keeps trying to take her out to 'teach' her to run, but she runs like she has all the time in the world to get from point A to point B. LOL.she likes vaulting, but the girl can't run. She's still got some fear on beam that keeps her from really doing much and vault.well she just can't run. Bars and floor are the two she does the best on. What determines that? She's always liked bars the best of everything I think. I have no idea whether she has good shoulder flexibility or not. She's got average strength I guess, not the best in her group and not the worst either. She got her pullover and back hip circle pretty early and has been working on the mill circle and dismount for the Level 3 routine. My daughter has always done pretty well on bars.

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