first meet

We survived our first meet of the year, and it went well for us. 2nd AA by .2 is a good start, especially after leaving swings out on high bar. But the cherry on top of a good meet was the coach finding me to rave about my kids... wait for it.... focus and leadership with his younger...

haha dd is fine. she says she was only nervous about beam b/c her cartwheel BT dismount is crooked. i told her to not worry about it. no one is going to be upset if it's crooked and come states it won't be. and that it's just the first meet and she was working on level 5 stuff thru august to...

I am incredibly proud of my 9 year old L2 daughter. This weekend she had her first meet where she hit all of her skills in her routines with no falls or major errors. She finally showed her coaches that she can do everything in a meet that she can do in a practice which is huge as we are...

Omg ok so I'm having my FIRST MEET EVER tomorrow and I'm SUPER nervous and I need some tips!! It's a high school gymnastics meet so if anyone knows anything at all about high school meets, please comment! I just need things like what to bring and what to expect and other things like that... thanks!!

Sophia made it through with modified routines...she had pain in her big toe joint after hitting it about a week ago so her routines were modified to minimize impact and compensate for lack of power. All in all, lots to improve on but now just hoping her foot calms down so she can make it...

My DD has her first ever meet this Sunday, she's level 3. She's feeling really confident, so are her coaches. I'm a nervous wreck!! Do you have any advise on what I should pack in her bag? How does the age breakdown usually work? I truly have no idea what to expect.

My little gymnast has her first meet today! I think I'm more nervous that she is.

DD was pretty nervous coming into this first meet of the season. Her favorite coach left for college, she was struggling with her cartwheel and handstand on beam out of nowhere, and that back extension thing on floor was all of a sudden hit or miss... But today she rocked it and had her game...

My 6 year old son started gymnastics 8 months ago. He is 6 years old and level 4. I think he's unusually talented...but I'm his mom! Please share what you think.

I will be having my first gymnastics meet this Sunday! I am super nervous already. I have know idea what to expect. Tips? Also how should I style my hair. We don't have a specific team hairstyle, so we can do anything that will get your hair out of your face. I was thinking of a curling my hair...

Alright, here we go! He is cleared to compete, is flipping vaults, and doing everything. He was all set to compete on Saturday night at 5:30. Rough trip (3+hours in the mountains) so we had planned to go up tomorrow and stay thru SUnday. And thank goodness we did! HC found out last night...

Well, D's first meet was next weekend. Then last night during game time everyone starts running around and panicking. frantic. All I got was "your son....bleeding" I run out into the gym, and he is, screaming, bleeding. He had banged his foot on some metal bleachers playing a game. Huge...

Well DD had a successful State meet and in 3 weeks time since then has learned all of her level 4 routines... Or let's hope! I have not watched a single practice since states and have never seen her do a front handspring vault even... But her first level 4 meet is Saturday! Coach told me that...

Muffin, level 1, had her first meet yesterday. She was confident and beautiful and solid! She got 2nd All Around, 1st on bars and floor with the two highest scores of the meet! A 37.10 at her first meet made this mama proud as a peacock! She also increased her Physical Abilities score by 33...

Mixed bag. Bronze and Silver went together in the morning. I was stunned how well they did. 13 girls and all but one hot medals. We had a 1st place vault, 3rd place AA, a 9.7! Lots of great stuff. Gold was a disaster. We came away with a 5th place bars and an 8th place floor, but all the girls...

It came....it went...we kicked its...well you know... First meet of the Year is now over and in the books. Pretty happy with DD as she placed on Beam and in the All Around. She made some silly mistakes on the over events. Ones that I haven't seen her make before. Like a hand slipping on the...

anyone else with first meets this past weekend? DD happy to be done with first optionals meet-- Level 6--this weekend. She only placed on one event but got a 35 overall and had a clean meet-- didn't fall, landed BHS on beam, got squat on, landed flyaway, and all her tumbling with almost no...

Hello ChalkBucket friends! My first ever meet with my Xcel team was today. It was absolutley fantastic! We all had so much fun and learned a lot. It was a small, low-key inhouse meet between a local gym's two different locations and they invited my team and I to join. The judges gave personal...

I coach the level 4s and 5s and meet season is finally about to begin. It's been a long wait. I am excited! I think this is the best position we've been in, at the beginning of a season, since I started working with this group four years ago. They look good but have a little room to improve...

My first meet ever will be Sunday, November 23rd. I'm really excited, but of course am a little nervous, too. This will be the first meet I've ever coached, and it will also be the girls first time competing. To ease my nerves, and simply because I'm curious, are there any of you who would like...