I really have to say that DD did okay, all things considered.
She learned all the routines in 2 weeks, and she did her first vault without a spot over the table in WARM UP at the meet. I'm not saying it was pretty, but she wasn't the worst one there.
On the floor she did okay...this was the place she suffered the most from rushing to learn. She was off on the beat of the music a few times, and she definitely didn't have the finesse that she usually has. She still managed a 8.375
Vault, the first one had bent arms, the second one her head touched. still, she had never gone over the table without a spot! 7.65
Bars: We knew that she wouldn't get both kips, but she actually had one warm up where she got both kips, the squat on and everything. When she did both in warm up I actually teared up, because one of the coaches had tried to get me to pull her out and not take her, and although it wasn't gorgeous, I felt she had every right to be there. she got a 6.8 on bars
Beam: She had her first fall in competition, but it was a decent routine with a 7.8
she needed .375 more to make it to sectionals (those are 3 weeks away, we figured we would be able to have some time to put a little more polish on it if we made it) her AA was 30.625
Either way, she still did really well at level 4 states, and I am going to talk to the coaches about moving her to a different group. I have felt a little "at their mercy" about what level she does and all that, but I think she may have proved she has a right to be taken seriously. The favoritism at her gym in this level is really glaring, and I'm tired of then tip-toeing around DD instead of giving her real challenges. Our level 5 kids only have 2 more meets, and they are done until late fall.
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She learned all the routines in 2 weeks, and she did her first vault without a spot over the table in WARM UP at the meet. I'm not saying it was pretty, but she wasn't the worst one there.
On the floor she did okay...this was the place she suffered the most from rushing to learn. She was off on the beat of the music a few times, and she definitely didn't have the finesse that she usually has. She still managed a 8.375
Vault, the first one had bent arms, the second one her head touched. still, she had never gone over the table without a spot! 7.65
Bars: We knew that she wouldn't get both kips, but she actually had one warm up where she got both kips, the squat on and everything. When she did both in warm up I actually teared up, because one of the coaches had tried to get me to pull her out and not take her, and although it wasn't gorgeous, I felt she had every right to be there. she got a 6.8 on bars
Beam: She had her first fall in competition, but it was a decent routine with a 7.8
she needed .375 more to make it to sectionals (those are 3 weeks away, we figured we would be able to have some time to put a little more polish on it if we made it) her AA was 30.625
Either way, she still did really well at level 4 states, and I am going to talk to the coaches about moving her to a different group. I have felt a little "at their mercy" about what level she does and all that, but I think she may have proved she has a right to be taken seriously. The favoritism at her gym in this level is really glaring, and I'm tired of then tip-toeing around DD instead of giving her real challenges. Our level 5 kids only have 2 more meets, and they are done until late fall.
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