Righty to Lefty??

[CaurieD]

My daughter has always been a "righty." She tumbles with her right leg in front and has done really well. She moved to a new gym and the coaches had her switch to the left. She's been struggling with the change as she has done right for years.

I asked the coaches why and they said it makes it easier on them if all the kids go the same way. They also said it makes it easier to do more elite skills further on.

Thoughts? Input? I'm not sure if I should be ok with this...

[10.0_gymnast]

okay well i don't think that they should be doing that your daughter goes by what shes done its not right to have her switch to stuff she does not know and if they want her to do lefty skills for elite and she can only do righty tell them that she needs to be doing righty skills i bet a bunch of the olympic gymnasts are righty and lefty it makes it easier on the coaches but it has to be easier for the gymnast to i hope this helped you