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Well I love competition season! I love the excitment and all the stress that comes with it. This meet was especially nice for us for several reasons. First of all we were able to meet a fellow CBer, gym-mom-fla. It was so nice to actually be able to put a face to a name around here. And to watch Kylie in person....AMAZING! What a doll! The girls met as well and we were even able to get a pic of them together. So Cool!
Liv also saw her first coaches from when she was 4yo. I couldn't believe Olivia's reaction. She ran and gave the HC the biggest embrace ever. We were both crying! I think we were both a like shocked at Liv's reaction. She use to call her gym mommy. It was little sad but nice.
Her cousin was also competing for another gym and it was nice to see her perform as well. They hadn't seen eachother in a while but at the awards they were cheering for eachother. Again very cool!
Now as to the meet:
Olivia started on beam. And we all know how that went at her first meet...
Well I fugured it would be nice to just get out of the way. At warm up she kept falling on her scale and looked very wobbly. Well, when it counted she looked much tighter than before and her jumps were much improved. Her scale was also much steadier. Her turns still had a few wobble and of course she rushed her dismount to make she got "it" this time. All in all a great routine and placed 4th with a 8.80. Huge improvement from a 7.10. I was pleasantly surprised
Next up was floor. Her floor at practice has looked really good to me. She is really trying hard to jump and leap higher. She starts, looks great then during her 2nd HS does a 2nd forward roll instead of bridge. She stands and pauses for what seemed like forever. I have no idea what she is going to do next. She immediately goes into backbend, kickover and rushes to catch up the music. She does and finishes strong and scores an 8.45! Very generous I thought considering last meet she scored an 8.225. I've concluded I know NOTHING about scoring or judging.
On to Vault: I knew she would probally not get another 9 and she didn't. It was still a good vault for her though and she scored an 8.75
She finished up on bars. At warm up she did a great routine. The best I've ever seen her do. She even "nailed" her landing. I was like: she should of saved it for when it counted. When it actually mattered she did an ugly FHC, a great shoot thru, an even uglier mill circle but her cast was more hollow and only one step in the landing. All in all I though it was much improved but her score didn't reflect it though. She scored an 8.35. Her last meet she scored an 8.45 with an extra cast.... Oh well that's how it goes.
AA she scored a 34.375 up from a 32.9!! We'll take it!!
She has another meet next weekend. Let see if she can pull it all together.
Here's her meet video: YouTube - OliviasClub's Channel
Liv also saw her first coaches from when she was 4yo. I couldn't believe Olivia's reaction. She ran and gave the HC the biggest embrace ever. We were both crying! I think we were both a like shocked at Liv's reaction. She use to call her gym mommy. It was little sad but nice.
Her cousin was also competing for another gym and it was nice to see her perform as well. They hadn't seen eachother in a while but at the awards they were cheering for eachother. Again very cool!
Now as to the meet:
Olivia started on beam. And we all know how that went at her first meet...
Well I fugured it would be nice to just get out of the way. At warm up she kept falling on her scale and looked very wobbly. Well, when it counted she looked much tighter than before and her jumps were much improved. Her scale was also much steadier. Her turns still had a few wobble and of course she rushed her dismount to make she got "it" this time. All in all a great routine and placed 4th with a 8.80. Huge improvement from a 7.10. I was pleasantly surprised
Next up was floor. Her floor at practice has looked really good to me. She is really trying hard to jump and leap higher. She starts, looks great then during her 2nd HS does a 2nd forward roll instead of bridge. She stands and pauses for what seemed like forever. I have no idea what she is going to do next. She immediately goes into backbend, kickover and rushes to catch up the music. She does and finishes strong and scores an 8.45! Very generous I thought considering last meet she scored an 8.225. I've concluded I know NOTHING about scoring or judging.
On to Vault: I knew she would probally not get another 9 and she didn't. It was still a good vault for her though and she scored an 8.75
She finished up on bars. At warm up she did a great routine. The best I've ever seen her do. She even "nailed" her landing. I was like: she should of saved it for when it counted. When it actually mattered she did an ugly FHC, a great shoot thru, an even uglier mill circle but her cast was more hollow and only one step in the landing. All in all I though it was much improved but her score didn't reflect it though. She scored an 8.35. Her last meet she scored an 8.45 with an extra cast.... Oh well that's how it goes.
AA she scored a 34.375 up from a 32.9!!
We'll take it!!She has another meet next weekend. Let see if she can pull it all together.
Here's her meet video: YouTube - OliviasClub's Channel
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