Hi, just watched the video and overall she looks great for her first meet at level 7.
Looking at her beam, I thought overall she looked good, fairly tight, but I think what stands out are the balance checks. To me, that is not her being loose, but the more she competes the routine, the less you will see the balance checks. I am not sure how much she is getting off for the tick-tock, but I would think she is getting hit there. It might be better for her to just do a handstand hold for 3 seconds then come down and do the BHS. The one major thing I see that she needs to improve is her leap jump, her back leg is really low and I am sure she is taking a hit, again, no idea how much. She needs to do the leaps that she does on floor on beam - they are beautiful! Honestly though, you really can't complain I think the routine looks great. She has great lines and is sharp with her toes pointed, definitely a nice routine to watch.
Her bars are beautiful, again her lines are gorgeous. For the record, between you and me (parents) you do not need perfect handstands at level 7, you do need to get into a certain range, but per our house judge/coach, she just needs to be close - that is what she said about my dd last yr. Has she ever hit her toes on her flyaway? Just curious because she seems to be a little close to the bar, I would think they want her to push it out a little further - her little "dogs" would probably like that too!
Floor - floor was awesome, very tight and powerful tumbling! Some coaches are never happy! After this past weekend, where dd took 1st with a 9.55 and her teammates placed 2nd - 4th in our age division, 2 others took 1st in their age division and one took 3rd, dd told me that floor coach told them that all their scores were inflated. The judges were just used to looking at loose bodies and weak tumbling earlier in the meet (our girls were the last to go on floor) and that our girls just happened to follow them and that's the only reason they got those scores. Coach also went on to say that the scores from the previous meet were more in line. For dd, she scored a 9.55 at this meet, compared to a 8.95 in the last meet - same routine! We've come to learn that she's never happy with the way they perform. She is all smiles at the meet for the girls with high fives and hugs, but the next day at practice - squash, back in their places. We just laugh about it!
Vault was great also - love Dad there! You can see her favoring that left foot, I believe!
Hope I wasn't too wordy
, I think your dd looks awesome and can only get better with more competing experience... Keep sharing the videos, they're great!
) she was so proud... and last vault 9.45. She got 3rd on Vault and tied 3rd on Floor and 6th AA. Still great for her 1st meet with only 1 month of practice...
...I will post her routines for everyone. I would love feedback on her beam....I know she needs straighter legs...but what else???anyone... 
