raenndrops
Coach
- Oct 24, 2009
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Ok, so anyone who has seen my posts knows that I have older gymmie (age 11.5, former L6, current Xcel Gold) and younger gymmie (age 8.5, Old 4 / New 3). You probably also know that on 2/26/12, we had gotten lost on the way to the meet... L6 OG got there and realized she had nail polish on her toes... with removing it, she was 5 minutes late to stretch with her team. She stretched and as soon as she was done, it was time to warm up floor. She was still feeling rushed, so she decided not to wait for the coach to come out to stand there (just in case) for her RO BHS BT. She decided to throw it anyways... and landed on her head... no major PHYSICAL damage, but it really scared the 10 year old that she was.
That was the LAST time she attempted one on the floor. She wouldn't even do them on the air track until the last month or so (and at first, it was 10-20 balks to one back tuck - not even connecting it to anything). Lately (last few weeks), she has been connecting he series on the air track with incredible height. I kept telling her that she would have it on the floor soon, but she didn't believe me.
Fast Forward to tonight... The coach that does the spotting is not there on Mondays, so HC sends the girls who are still working their skills to the Air Track. OG Does a couple really good ones in between her floor cross tumbling. On floor, she is just doing her RO2BHS. She was getting a lot of height out of the first BHS. Both HC and I told her that her hands were almost not touching on the 2nd BHS. Well, the next time she went, her hands DIDN'T touch.
The look on her face was PRICELESS! - a mix of SHOCK, PRIDE, AMAZEMENT, and TERROR
! She didn't mean to do it, but was still really proud of herself. She went to try again a couple of times, but could only do a RO BHS... Frustration, ankle and wrist hurting... I suggest she go back to air track where there is less pressure on the joints. She headed over, but got sidetracked to the corner of the floor where she did an INTENTIONAL RO BHS BT... with height to spare! 
She did one more for good measure before we had to leave... I hate having to leave early every night, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Oh and another brag - younger gymmie got her splits ALL the way down - with POINTED foot/ toes! If she can do that in a meet, her score will be much higher
That was the LAST time she attempted one on the floor. She wouldn't even do them on the air track until the last month or so (and at first, it was 10-20 balks to one back tuck - not even connecting it to anything). Lately (last few weeks), she has been connecting he series on the air track with incredible height. I kept telling her that she would have it on the floor soon, but she didn't believe me.
Fast Forward to tonight... The coach that does the spotting is not there on Mondays, so HC sends the girls who are still working their skills to the Air Track. OG Does a couple really good ones in between her floor cross tumbling. On floor, she is just doing her RO2BHS. She was getting a lot of height out of the first BHS. Both HC and I told her that her hands were almost not touching on the 2nd BHS. Well, the next time she went, her hands DIDN'T touch.
The look on her face was PRICELESS! - a mix of SHOCK, PRIDE, AMAZEMENT, and TERROR
! She didn't mean to do it, but was still really proud of herself. She went to try again a couple of times, but could only do a RO BHS... Frustration, ankle and wrist hurting... I suggest she go back to air track where there is less pressure on the joints. She headed over, but got sidetracked to the corner of the floor where she did an INTENTIONAL RO BHS BT... with height to spare! She did one more for good measure before we had to leave... I hate having to leave early every night, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Oh and another brag - younger gymmie got her splits ALL the way down - with POINTED foot/ toes! If she can do that in a meet, her score will be much higher
