- Jan 9, 2008
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Well daughter survived her 1st level 6 meet this past weekend. She was so excited to get to do all 4 events she did alright in beam landed her backwalkover and vault was basically the same as she was in level5. She was having trouble with bars tapping her feet and had a bad rip which she refused to tape over because she insisted it would slide and if she put the tap over her wrist she would have difficulty shifting. She managed not to tap but kind of cheated by bending her legs. Her flyaway was really good though. Floor her worst event and went really bad she fell on her fronthandspring pass was squatty on her front tuck but landed her ROBHSBT. She ended up with only an AA of 31.1.( Her lowest AA score since her 1st year competing)
I thought since she kept bringing up quitting early in the year that if her 1st meet did not go well she would for sure want to quit. She surprised me that she handled it well and seems more motivated than ever, she went to practice tonight eagerly and came out smiling. She said she had a good time at the meet I was watching her talking to girls from one of the other teams smiling when it was all over. We stayed and watched the optionals from our gym compete in the next session and I think it gave daughter inspiratation to continue. These girls were amazing and tough there seems like very few girls stick with it to make it to level8 and 9. I can understand better now since daughter is only in her 4th year and she has been struggling with injuries, losing teamates and just the difficulty of the sport. Basically I think she realizes that winning and scoring high is not everything, I think she enjoys the sport and really enjoys the meets. I am hoping that things will improve scoring wise since our season is until April, Luckily she only needs a 32 to go to states I was hoping she could get that in the first meet and not worry about it but she has 6 more meets to go. Her teammate was lucky enough to get it but daughter does not seem upset, they are very close since she is the only one left from their orginal group and she is just the sweetest girl so their was no jealousy. I was also lucky sitting with the parents from our gym they are the nicest people, I do not have to deal with any crazy gym parents! So despite not having a great meet daughter and I had a good time.
I thought since she kept bringing up quitting early in the year that if her 1st meet did not go well she would for sure want to quit. She surprised me that she handled it well and seems more motivated than ever, she went to practice tonight eagerly and came out smiling. She said she had a good time at the meet I was watching her talking to girls from one of the other teams smiling when it was all over. We stayed and watched the optionals from our gym compete in the next session and I think it gave daughter inspiratation to continue. These girls were amazing and tough there seems like very few girls stick with it to make it to level8 and 9. I can understand better now since daughter is only in her 4th year and she has been struggling with injuries, losing teamates and just the difficulty of the sport. Basically I think she realizes that winning and scoring high is not everything, I think she enjoys the sport and really enjoys the meets. I am hoping that things will improve scoring wise since our season is until April, Luckily she only needs a 32 to go to states I was hoping she could get that in the first meet and not worry about it but she has 6 more meets to go. Her teammate was lucky enough to get it but daughter does not seem upset, they are very close since she is the only one left from their orginal group and she is just the sweetest girl so their was no jealousy. I was also lucky sitting with the parents from our gym they are the nicest people, I do not have to deal with any crazy gym parents! So despite not having a great meet daughter and I had a good time.