FlexyTumblerMom
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- Jun 22, 2014
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That's valid. It does change your center of gravity. Takes some adjustment.
Yep - happens. Developing hips
I was that way, when I was about 12-13 I had a GORGEOUS tuck (better than they are now) and one day I just couldn't throw it, I could get spot a million time or have a coach just stand near me and I would throw it but once they stepped away I wouldn't be able to do it, my mom and coaches thought it was because I had just grown about 4 inches in 2 months and I wasn't used to the height adjust
Yep - it's for this reason I've learned to be way more impressed by older tumblers than younger ones. It's gotten to the point where you show me a little 6-7 year old tumbling like crazy across a mat or circling around the uneven bars like a pro and all I think is "yeah - let me see you still be able to do that when you're 14 sweetie and then I'll be impressed" ;). Even my CP at 11 already understands this.