LOL...o.k I shouldn't say how bad but I'm looking at them going...hmmmmm.
#1 and above all, she's THRILLED. She had five medals hanging from her neck and flowers from her parents.
When all was said and done she was so proud of herself and THAT is what I prayed for. Everything else is icing on the cake!
My question is this.
She's a week away from turning seven. She went from 5 hours to 12 to 16 hours this summer.
She was not picked at her beloved gym for team which she so badly wanted. I was afraid that maybe she was not picked bc well...maybe this was NOT her thing and I didn't want to force things...she wanted to visit other gyms and after much thought, we searched.
She found a good fit, they would give her a slot on their USAG team. She had been going to the gym 5 hours a week for about a year at her old gym and knew all her routines but had no "real" training, it was a rec program.
From one day to the next she started going 12 hours in June and then 16 hours in July. Today was her first meet. She competed against the girls from her old gym...eeek!
Her scores were:
Beam 8.675
Floor 8.0 (she stepped out of bounds twice, she had no idea what the white lines were...oh well..live and learn baby!
Vault: 9.4
Bars: 8.2 (ouch, have no idea how the scoring works..but it looked great to me! LOL)
She placed 2nd and 3rd on the beam and vault but there were only about 7 girls there her age/level.
I was happy for her but in the back of my mind kept wondering is this why her original gym didn't want her?
A parent congratulated her and asked me if I realized she was the youngest one there. She said that in her age group she was the only one whose first meet was this one. She mentioned that everyone, including the ones from her previous gym (except for one I believe who actually WON the AA) were repeating level 4.
I was like HUH? I didn't realize that was possible. I then went and looked up their scores from last year and noticed they scored a lot of 6's and 7's last year and now they've had a year to train while my daughter only had three months!!
So, I'm JUST wondering....what should I think? Are these scores typical for a girl in her situation? (you can give it to me straight ..really...you won't hurt my mom feelings LOL.) Should they be higher? So you can repeat a level just like that?
TIA!!!
#1 and above all, she's THRILLED. She had five medals hanging from her neck and flowers from her parents.
When all was said and done she was so proud of herself and THAT is what I prayed for. Everything else is icing on the cake!
My question is this.
She's a week away from turning seven. She went from 5 hours to 12 to 16 hours this summer.
She was not picked at her beloved gym for team which she so badly wanted. I was afraid that maybe she was not picked bc well...maybe this was NOT her thing and I didn't want to force things...she wanted to visit other gyms and after much thought, we searched.
She found a good fit, they would give her a slot on their USAG team. She had been going to the gym 5 hours a week for about a year at her old gym and knew all her routines but had no "real" training, it was a rec program.
From one day to the next she started going 12 hours in June and then 16 hours in July. Today was her first meet. She competed against the girls from her old gym...eeek!
Her scores were:
Beam 8.675
Floor 8.0 (she stepped out of bounds twice, she had no idea what the white lines were...oh well..live and learn baby!
Vault: 9.4
Bars: 8.2 (ouch, have no idea how the scoring works..but it looked great to me! LOL)
She placed 2nd and 3rd on the beam and vault but there were only about 7 girls there her age/level.
I was happy for her but in the back of my mind kept wondering is this why her original gym didn't want her?
A parent congratulated her and asked me if I realized she was the youngest one there. She said that in her age group she was the only one whose first meet was this one. She mentioned that everyone, including the ones from her previous gym (except for one I believe who actually WON the AA) were repeating level 4.
I was like HUH? I didn't realize that was possible. I then went and looked up their scores from last year and noticed they scored a lot of 6's and 7's last year and now they've had a year to train while my daughter only had three months!!
So, I'm JUST wondering....what should I think? Are these scores typical for a girl in her situation? (you can give it to me straight ..really...you won't hurt my mom feelings LOL.) Should they be higher? So you can repeat a level just like that?
TIA!!!