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DD had her first Prep-Op meet this weekend, Nat'l Judges Cup in FL near Disney.
It was held at a huge arena (somewhere between a college-sized gym & a professional sports team-sized arena). DD was pumped when she walked in & saw that she would be performing in such a big venue!
She had a blast and scored/placed great. IMO, since Prep-Op is scored w/ AAU rules, after coming off of L6, she had some pretty lenient scoring. But this is off-season and supposed to be for fun, so she's enjoying the boost!
Report, in order of events:
Bars: It was her worst event in L6, did basically her same L6 bar routine (but connected it!), w/ a cast-flyaway at the end (which is one step of difficulty higher than a cast-tap swing-flyaway at L6). Got a 9. 075, even w/ medium-level casts & slapping her feet on the mat. 2nd place.
Beam: Made up her own routine, not getting much quality coaching on that event at gym right now. Fell once (first time falling off beam in 1.5 years!), big wobble, scored 8.2. 5th place.
Floor: Loves her new music/routine! The music is very 'big' and she needs to be very sharp & 'showy' to make her routine fit the music. IMO, her performance/showmanship was was limp, but her tumbling passes had good technique, which I guess the judges liked, b/c she scored 9.2. 1st place.
Vault: Still her best event, a few steps on the landing, 9.2. 1st place.
AA 35.725, 1st place! She even scored the best AA out of all her teammates, which she is VERY proud of. Plus, 11 out of 14 of her Team's Prep-Ops are last year's L6's (as in Fall of 2007), who did not get moved up to L7 yet this year and who refused to compete this past season as L6's again, so the HC had them do Prep-Op. She was especially proud of 'beating' them, since they practice as Optionals, as the same time as the Optional group at gym, and she is w/ the compulsory group!
She saw her routines on vid and now sees how 'small' her floor looks, especially when watched from high above in the audience. Now she is excited to go back to gym and 'pump-up' her routine a bit.
I'll post the vids when I can.
Next meet, back up to Disney, for the 'Sand Dollar', in 3 weeks!
It was held at a huge arena (somewhere between a college-sized gym & a professional sports team-sized arena). DD was pumped when she walked in & saw that she would be performing in such a big venue!
She had a blast and scored/placed great. IMO, since Prep-Op is scored w/ AAU rules, after coming off of L6, she had some pretty lenient scoring. But this is off-season and supposed to be for fun, so she's enjoying the boost!
Report, in order of events:
Bars: It was her worst event in L6, did basically her same L6 bar routine (but connected it!), w/ a cast-flyaway at the end (which is one step of difficulty higher than a cast-tap swing-flyaway at L6). Got a 9. 075, even w/ medium-level casts & slapping her feet on the mat. 2nd place.
Beam: Made up her own routine, not getting much quality coaching on that event at gym right now. Fell once (first time falling off beam in 1.5 years!), big wobble, scored 8.2. 5th place.
Floor: Loves her new music/routine! The music is very 'big' and she needs to be very sharp & 'showy' to make her routine fit the music. IMO, her performance/showmanship was was limp, but her tumbling passes had good technique, which I guess the judges liked, b/c she scored 9.2. 1st place.
Vault: Still her best event, a few steps on the landing, 9.2. 1st place.
AA 35.725, 1st place! She even scored the best AA out of all her teammates, which she is VERY proud of. Plus, 11 out of 14 of her Team's Prep-Ops are last year's L6's (as in Fall of 2007), who did not get moved up to L7 yet this year and who refused to compete this past season as L6's again, so the HC had them do Prep-Op. She was especially proud of 'beating' them, since they practice as Optionals, as the same time as the Optional group at gym, and she is w/ the compulsory group!
She saw her routines on vid and now sees how 'small' her floor looks, especially when watched from high above in the audience. Now she is excited to go back to gym and 'pump-up' her routine a bit.
I'll post the vids when I can.
Next meet, back up to Disney, for the 'Sand Dollar', in 3 weeks!