Since it is the off-season, I thought I'd report on my little DD's in-house meet.
Here is a little background...
She is 5 years old and is on the L2 team at our gym plus doing TOPS training. She was invited to be on the L2 team and TOPS by the gym's head coach who noticed "something special" in her when she was in the rec class. All this is very interesting considering she has a mild physical disability and has some muscle tone issues. We actually started both daughters in gymnastics in 2007 when little DD's doctors told us it would be good for her motor development skills. Anyway, she's been struggling in L2 since starting in February. Bars have absolutely been horrid for her. Just this week in camp she did her pullover by herself...twice! (still does not have back hip circle or L2 dismount though!). She's been improving in her beam, floor, and vault so we were just hoping to see some improvement in her scores.
Here's how it went...and I am listing the last meet's scores (from May) to show how she has improved (I am so proud of her!)
Vault 8.6....up from 5.0!!!
Bars 6.35...up from 6.0 (she did her pullover by herself in warmup but not in the routine...UGH)
Beam 7.5...up from 7.0 (this was with a fall on the forward roll AND a fall on the stand up from the MOUNT which she DID last meet, and 3 times in warmup, and normally has no trouble with).
Floor 8.85...up from 7.5!
So, we broke 30.0 for the first time and also saw improvement in all the scores. It is so interesting with her. When she was a baby we were not sure if she'd ever walk or talk or do anything....and now here I sit watching her compete with some very talented little kids. I get tears in my eyes just seeing her out there on the floor. I am so happy with evey improvement and every skill landed. She is just my amazing little bug! She has a long way to go to move up to L4 (our team's TOPS kids go from L2 to L4 when they get a 36 at an in-house meet)) but I think in a year or so she might actually do it!
Thanks for listening to my story....if you have read this far! After her last meet with the 5.0 on vault I just really wasn't sure if it were meant to be for her to stay in the program. Now, I think we will stick with it and I will keep writing my checks to the gym! It has been so awesome for her confidence and her coordination and strength.
Anybody else doing in-house summer meets?
Here is a little background...
She is 5 years old and is on the L2 team at our gym plus doing TOPS training. She was invited to be on the L2 team and TOPS by the gym's head coach who noticed "something special" in her when she was in the rec class. All this is very interesting considering she has a mild physical disability and has some muscle tone issues. We actually started both daughters in gymnastics in 2007 when little DD's doctors told us it would be good for her motor development skills. Anyway, she's been struggling in L2 since starting in February. Bars have absolutely been horrid for her. Just this week in camp she did her pullover by herself...twice! (still does not have back hip circle or L2 dismount though!). She's been improving in her beam, floor, and vault so we were just hoping to see some improvement in her scores.
Here's how it went...and I am listing the last meet's scores (from May) to show how she has improved (I am so proud of her!)
Vault 8.6....up from 5.0!!!
Bars 6.35...up from 6.0 (she did her pullover by herself in warmup but not in the routine...UGH
)Beam 7.5...up from 7.0 (this was with a fall on the forward roll AND a fall on the stand up from the MOUNT which she DID last meet, and 3 times in warmup, and normally has no trouble with).
Floor 8.85...up from 7.5!
So, we broke 30.0 for the first time and also saw improvement in all the scores. It is so interesting with her. When she was a baby we were not sure if she'd ever walk or talk or do anything....and now here I sit watching her compete with some very talented little kids. I get tears in my eyes just seeing her out there on the floor. I am so happy with evey improvement and every skill landed. She is just my amazing little bug!
She has a long way to go to move up to L4 (our team's TOPS kids go from L2 to L4 when they get a 36 at an in-house meet)) but I think in a year or so she might actually do it!Thanks for listening to my story....if you have read this far! After her last meet with the 5.0 on vault I just really wasn't sure if it were meant to be for her to stay in the program. Now, I think we will stick with it and I will keep writing my checks to the gym! It has been so awesome for her confidence and her coordination and strength.
Anybody else doing in-house summer meets?
