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\nT<\/span>hroughout my years of coaching tumbling, I’ve met all types of parents; supportive ones, mean ones, laid back ones, obsessive ones and so on.<\/p>\n

But regardless of what a parent “seems” like, I know that at the end of the day, they only want what’s best for their son or daughter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When someone’s paying a few thousand dollars per year to have their child be in a competitive sport, they want to see some type of return on their investment. And that’s not<\/strong> totally unreasonable.<\/p>\n

But because of such expectations, there are certain questions which arise over and over again, regardless of country, state or city.<\/p>\n

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I know that we as coaches can sometimes feel a little exhausted having to answer the “same thing” for the 456th time, but we have to remember that for a parent of a young tumbler, this is a whole new world.<\/p>\n

Just as you wouldn’t expect little Suzy in level 1 to throw a back tuck, we can’t expect parents to be caught up to speed on the terminology, standards of expectations, and safety requirements of this sport in a few weeks (or even months).<\/p>\n

Which brings us to the blog post you’re currently reading — I wanted to publish the most in-depth answers to the most common questions I hear from parents when it comes to tumbling. This will allow all of us to be on the same page, which I think is hugely important.<\/p>\n

I’m NOT a fan of keeping parents “out of the loop” or forcing them to be uninvolved. I want them to know what’s going on, and if possible, to assist me<\/strong> in helping their child succeed.<\/p>\n

As time goes on, more questions will be added to the list (shoutout to my friends Kyron Burgess from Force Elite Allstars and Wendy Cole-Malone from Gym Stars for contributing to these list of questions)<\/i>.<\/p>\n

If you’re a coach or parent that has a question you would like answered and published here, please let me know in the comment section<\/strong> below!<\/p>\n

Let’s get to the questions…<\/p>\n

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“When can my child start doing back handsprings?”<\/h3>\n

When she has mastered her back walkover and it looks like the one below consistently<\/strong> (this means during tumbling classes and during full outs to counts and music.)<\/p>\n

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Now take a moment to compare that to a back walkover of another one of our athletes…<\/p>\n

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As you can see, while both these athletes can “do” their back walkover on the floor, the 2nd athlete was (at the time) working on perfecting her’s as she just came from prep… while the one in 1st animation was a seasoned Level 1 competitor. The good news is, because the athlete in the 2nd animation was taught to chase excellence<\/span> instead of harder skills, her BWO is now picture perfect<\/strong> and she has also started working handsprings.<\/p>\n

This might all seem obvious when examples like the ones above are displayed next to each other, but I’ve encountered plenty of parents while travelling around the World for clinics, who think their child’s skills look better than they actually<\/em> do.<\/p>\n

That’s because parents generally don’t have what’s called “the coach’s eye”<\/strong> — which is the ability to pick up little details in technique while watching it in real time<\/span> without video loop or playback. Things like angles of take off, body lines, muscle tightness, body shapes and so on. These factors can make a BIG difference later on when tumbling skills start to get complex.<\/p>\n

Take Home Point:<\/strong> Just because a child can do X skill (such as a walkover) doesn’t mean they’re ready for Y skill (such as a back handspring).<\/p>\n

Trust me, if a coach is telling you that your child’s prerequisites needs more work, 99.99% of the time, they’re probably correct. They’re NOT holding your little Suzy back. In fact, they’re making sure she doesn’t develop a mental block or hit a glass ceiling down the line, for which you should be thankful. A mental bock is a very taxing problem to fix (both mentally and for your wallet). So exercise patience and use the videos in this article to get a realistic idea of where your child is currently at.<\/p>\n

“When can my child start doing back tucks?”<\/h3>\n

When she has mastered 3 connected back handsprings which look like this…<\/p>\n