Azgymmiemom
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- Mar 12, 2010
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Hi all, we went to a really cool meet this weekend. All of Maliya's team improved their scores and had a really great meet.
Going into the meet, Maliya set a goal for herself to improve her scores and to back up her "better than 34AA" so she could prove to her coaches that she's ready for level 5. We knew there was a large team from a gym that purposely holds their level 4's back until they get a 38AA, so we weren't really expecting placements...just wanted those scores. I think there were about 13 in her age group. They went out 6 places.
Maliya started on the bars. Good routine...she earned a 9.075 and was awarded 3rd place!
Beam was next. She almost fell off after her leap, but she fought to stay on, and working on those nit picky details must have really helped, because she earned a 9.175 and won 1st place!!
Floor has been a struggle for her...not because of the skills, but because of those darned nit picky details. She's been paying attention to them and earned her highest floor score to date: 9.25 and that was good for 3rd place.
Her 1st vault was "wonky" she went crooked, and I think it flustered her, because she actually forgot to salute the judges before her second vault! (hey, is there a deduction for that? who am I kidding, there's a deduction for everything, lol!) She cleaned up the second and got an 8.8. No place.
so she ended up with a 36.30 AA score-4th place. She was sooo happy! We bought her a stuffed rabbit, because it's the year of the rabbit, and that's what they were selling. She looked up how to say 36 in chinese (something like, sane-she-leo) and that's what she named it.
Awards ran really late, and we had to book it to a baseball game immediately afterward. My son hit twice, scored twice and helped field his team to a 14-2 win at their first game!
So all around, a great day for my kids.To celebrate, we went to a local restaurant that served peanuts in dog bowls on the tables and you throw the shells on the ground. I honestly think this was the highlight of the day for them!
Here is the video link to the meet:
[video=youtube;gJUZuo9Ah8w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJUZuo9Ah8w[/video]
Going into the meet, Maliya set a goal for herself to improve her scores and to back up her "better than 34AA" so she could prove to her coaches that she's ready for level 5. We knew there was a large team from a gym that purposely holds their level 4's back until they get a 38AA, so we weren't really expecting placements...just wanted those scores. I think there were about 13 in her age group. They went out 6 places.
Maliya started on the bars. Good routine...she earned a 9.075 and was awarded 3rd place!
Beam was next. She almost fell off after her leap, but she fought to stay on, and working on those nit picky details must have really helped, because she earned a 9.175 and won 1st place!!
Floor has been a struggle for her...not because of the skills, but because of those darned nit picky details. She's been paying attention to them and earned her highest floor score to date: 9.25 and that was good for 3rd place.
Her 1st vault was "wonky" she went crooked, and I think it flustered her, because she actually forgot to salute the judges before her second vault! (hey, is there a deduction for that? who am I kidding, there's a deduction for everything, lol!) She cleaned up the second and got an 8.8. No place.
so she ended up with a 36.30 AA score-4th place. She was sooo happy! We bought her a stuffed rabbit, because it's the year of the rabbit, and that's what they were selling. She looked up how to say 36 in chinese (something like, sane-she-leo) and that's what she named it.
Awards ran really late, and we had to book it to a baseball game immediately afterward. My son hit twice, scored twice and helped field his team to a 14-2 win at their first game!
So all around, a great day for my kids.To celebrate, we went to a local restaurant that served peanuts in dog bowls on the tables and you throw the shells on the ground. I honestly think this was the highlight of the day for them!
Here is the video link to the meet:
[video=youtube;gJUZuo9Ah8w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJUZuo9Ah8w[/video]