So last week The Munchkin Princess officially acquired a new skill. I am so excited for her, she was absolutely beaming after "proving" her punch front. When a gymnast has a new skill, before they can have it officially recognized they practice it a few times and then they ring the bell. When the new skill bell is rang the whole gym stops moving and all of the gymnasts chant "Hey hey what do you have today?" the gymnast with the new skill responds (in this case) "Punch Front" then the gym responds "Prove it!" and the gymnasts shows their new skill. And my baby did it, she threw that Punch Front big and with confidence and beamed a great grin when she stuck it. Unfortunately I missed her prove it moment (toddler parents and tiny gymnasts in the way) but I did see her Punch Front today and it was exactly the same way that her coach described it to me. Her coach and I were discussing how before that day she had never even really given a that particular skill a solid try, but she some how managed to make it powerful and as large as if she had been practicing it for months. I think she has the same physical abilities as her father, to slow movements down in her mind until she is able to analyse them well enough to understand how they relate to her own body. Gymnastics is her physical gift just as stepping, popping and locking are her father's physical gift. How amazing are they and how fortunate am I?
Your Gymnastics Term for the week:
Punch Front - A front flip with take-off from two feet. Usually done out of other tumbling elements Forward moving flip punching off both feet.
(The first move in this clip is a the actual punch front, I keep trying to get decent video here but the view is rarely ever clear)
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