I’m often asked for advice on how to stretch properly – the splits, the crab position and so on. I must emphasize that you can’t give advice on stretching without seeing and knowing the child directly. In fact, it’s dangerous. You definitely have to seek advice from your trainer and ask her to describe in detail how the child should do her stretching exercises at home. As a last resort, go to see an experienced trainer who can judge your child’s flexibility and other physical capabilities. It would be wrong for me to give advice here. If the stretching isn’t done properly (for example, if the leg muscles are turned out wrongly) this could mean serious trouble or even injuries in the future. The right foundations need to be laid in childhood. It’s always more difficult for a child to change the way she does something than to learn to do it properly from the very start.