She has wonderful form!
Falling on the beam is the same as falling off the beam. one of my teammates straddled the beam in a meet and started falling under the beam so she spent a good 15 seconds fighting to get back up without touching the mat. She did manage to do it but she was so tired...
AP classes are great! I took a lot of AP classes in high school and because of that I am able to double major and do research in Both of those majors and graduate after only 3 years of College.
And I'm saving a fair amount of money.
Hi optionals united!
My dad is the king of finding random scholarships and he did not find any for gymnastics. (This was 3-4 years ago so there may be some now).
There are a lot of random places that give scholarships though. They usually involve an essay but that essay could be worth...
OP, I'm not sure your general location but if you are close enough to Woodward, I would definitely suggest that. I only have experience with the Woodward in PA but I bet the other location(s?) Are similar.
Woodward has lots of fun things to do that aren't gymnastics but also lot of open gym...
I was a hot mess in compulsaries but once I got to optionals I could play up my strengths a lot more. my teammate would do ballet for her dance on floor and I would do round off layout step outs and aerials for my dance on floor.
No one ever told me that I would be a better optional gymnast but...
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!
I did know that about 80s movies so that's why I wanted to get suggestions instead of just going with movies that I thought would probably be fine.
Hi! So I'm in charge of movie nights for an organization at my college but the movies have to be kid friendly and still enjoyed by college kids. I don't really watch movies so I don't have a lot of ideas. Do any of you have any good movie ideas?
So far I have:
Up
Princess Diaries (not enjoyed...
I had one in my shin and continued to run and tumble and work on front tucks on the beam (those killed!) for couple of months because my doctor didn't believe me that my shin hurt so then when I was in so much pain I went to a different doctor and I ended up being out for 6 months because I had...
Back in the day I used to chuck skills and I certainly wasn't a coaches dream. I did gymnastics to get more skills where my teammates did gymnastics to perfect the skills and to win.
I didn't care if I was last place as long as I got to compete my x y and z. My teammate would take out skills...
Sorry I accidentally hit send and then was too late to edit my post.
Anyway I knew my coach didn't believe I could successfully do that fourth event and I was mad that she didn't believe in me so I used that to my advantage and worked especially hard on that event.
I was never a superstar...
I was pretty decent on three events and not so good at the forth event. It was obviously not a secret that I struggled on the forth event relative to the other three.
On that event that I struggled with my assignment would always be easier than everyone else's. The coach would try to pretend...
I have nothing but good things to say about homeschooling. I went to school for most of my schooling but my favorite years were the ones I homeschooled. I got all my work done and I was able to work ahead in some subjects too. The only thing that stunk was that when I went back to school I had...
Level 9 beam and me were mortal enemies. So when I stuck my beam routine at meets there was a lot of cheering because it was literally a miracle.
For a while, we had to practice doing pressure sets while people were making a lot of noise and running around the equipment (a safe distance away...
I met a girl at Woodward who had competed against Shawn Johnson as a level 6. Shawn beat her on vault, bars, floor, and all around but this girl was able to say that she had beaten Shawn Johnson on beam! That's especially cool since Shawn was the 2008 olympic champion on beam!
What coachp said.
I was honestly terrified of one of my coaches. She was super strict and gruff and loved to yell. But she knew how to get good gymnastics out of you and if you did what she told you to you would do really well. So many people quit or changed gyms because of her but I was so...