Blackie6
Proud Parent
- Mar 1, 2007
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OK, having a Sunday 8am session....just stinks! Thanks for everyone who suggested the hotel room though, I think it really helped! It was me & my daughter and her cousin & her mom. We arrived last night at the hotel and took a quick trip to the rec center. We did get lost though, LOL good thing it wasn't too far away. We stopped for dinner and by the time we got back to the room it was almost 9pm. We did a little tv and then lights out. The girls were really good & went right to sleep. They got up no problem and I think it was good they had each other. Got dressed, did the hair do thing and grabbed a quick breakfast (couple bites of cereal) leaving the hotel. We got there a tiny late 8:02 but had plenty of warm-up time.
Ok, my expectations going into this...it was my DD's first year. We just got on the team in Feb and really didn't think she would even compete this year. She's not great, but with each meet showed improvement. She not talented IMHO, but has a lot of heart and seriously loves just being in the gym. Nobody expects much from her, she has the lowest scores on the team. We don't talk about gym when we leave practices or meets, there are no coach mom comments, just plenty of hugs and hi-fives. We try not to make a big deal out of medals and placements.
So today we just hoped that she would not fall off anything, LOL! She went on bars first. She had been doing great up until the last meet where she fell off and has been in a bit of a slump. She did not fall off today, but only got a 7.375. On beam, which has always been her worst event she talked out loud while on the beam trying to remember everything. Her coach and the beam judges were LOL. She didn't fall off, but was a little wobbly at times and lacks that polish with her arms and pointed toes and ended up with a 7.625. Floor was a 7.50, she had a slip somewhere and again lacks the grace sometimes trying to do the skills. On vault last. It is her best event but my least favorite. Last meet she shocked everyone with a 9.4 that they are still talking about, but for the past 2 weeks she hasn't vaulted very well at all in practice. Sometimes not at all and there certainly were no expectations for her to do well on this today. Even during warm-ups today she missed the mat and almost landed head/hands on the floor but her quick coach caught her by her ankles. When she vaulted from where I sat it did look good but I really still don't know a good vault from a great vault. Her coach had her arms up but I wasn't sure if it was a "good" arms up or "bad" arms up. It was a good one!
She got a 9.2!
Good enough for.......NJ USAG states level 4 (6yrs old) 4th place MEDAL! YEAH! I am really just so proud of her & she is so happy to come home with a medal. A teamate got 3rd on vault and it was the only medals in our session for our team. Competition is tough, there were alot of high 8's and 9's on all events. I am glad the meet season is over with and we are back to just practice again. She doesn't get too nervous, but I do. Keeping her at L4 again will allow her to maybe work on the grace and form for next meet season. Maybe we'll get 8's and 9's next year!
Ok, my expectations going into this...it was my DD's first year. We just got on the team in Feb and really didn't think she would even compete this year. She's not great, but with each meet showed improvement. She not talented IMHO, but has a lot of heart and seriously loves just being in the gym. Nobody expects much from her, she has the lowest scores on the team. We don't talk about gym when we leave practices or meets, there are no coach mom comments, just plenty of hugs and hi-fives. We try not to make a big deal out of medals and placements.
So today we just hoped that she would not fall off anything, LOL! She went on bars first. She had been doing great up until the last meet where she fell off and has been in a bit of a slump. She did not fall off today, but only got a 7.375. On beam, which has always been her worst event she talked out loud while on the beam trying to remember everything. Her coach and the beam judges were LOL. She didn't fall off, but was a little wobbly at times and lacks that polish with her arms and pointed toes and ended up with a 7.625. Floor was a 7.50, she had a slip somewhere and again lacks the grace sometimes trying to do the skills. On vault last. It is her best event but my least favorite. Last meet she shocked everyone with a 9.4 that they are still talking about, but for the past 2 weeks she hasn't vaulted very well at all in practice. Sometimes not at all and there certainly were no expectations for her to do well on this today. Even during warm-ups today she missed the mat and almost landed head/hands on the floor but her quick coach caught her by her ankles. When she vaulted from where I sat it did look good but I really still don't know a good vault from a great vault. Her coach had her arms up but I wasn't sure if it was a "good" arms up or "bad" arms up. It was a good one!
She got a 9.2!
Good enough for.......NJ USAG states level 4 (6yrs old) 4th place MEDAL! YEAH! I am really just so proud of her & she is so happy to come home with a medal. A teamate got 3rd on vault and it was the only medals in our session for our team. Competition is tough, there were alot of high 8's and 9's on all events. I am glad the meet season is over with and we are back to just practice again. She doesn't get too nervous, but I do. Keeping her at L4 again will allow her to maybe work on the grace and form for next meet season. Maybe we'll get 8's and 9's next year!
