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Liv had her level 3 state meet last weekend and we had lots of fun!
Olivia was the only one competing that session from her team! The rest of the girls in her squad from other gyms cheered for her everytime she was up. Their sportsmanship really touched me and brought tears to my eyes.
She started on floor. And she did a fairly good routine (atleast she didn't fall doing her RO!) She did take an extra step back coming out of backwards roll but still managed to receive her highest score on floor yet: 8.825 and placed 5th.
Then it was off to vault. Not her best or favorite event although it is the only event she has received 9's. Well she ran, jumped and rolled and received her lowest score yet: 8.45 and did not place. Not quite sure why it was so low because dd has the exact same vault every time. It's always seems to be in slow motion!
Then it was bars. As you all know dd has yet to nail her mill circle in competiton and was scoring 8.3's 8.4's. Well she finally nailed her mill circle but unfortunately the rest of her routine was not as neat and received a very low score: 8.025 and placed 8th! How do you explain that to 5 year old? I just told her how proud I was of her for nailing her mill circle and left it at that.
Then came beam. DD's favorite event. She did one of her better routines and received her first 9. There was no bobble!! She scored a 9.15 and placed 2nd! She loved going up on the podium! She said she wants to do that everytime.
DD was also concered about not scoring a 36AA. According to HC you need a 36AA to move to the next level. DD is one of the few that has not scored a 36 or a 35 for that matter but is the most ready for L4 (she has all her skills). HC hasn't personally told me she plans to hold dd back although she has mentioned it to the few other parents whose dd have not scored a 36. Last week at practice they were teaching dd L4 beam and floor routines and she was looking pretty good!! I will post a video of her beginning progress of L4. In the meantime here is her L3 state meet video:
YouTube - Level 3 State Championship- age 5
Olivia was the only one competing that session from her team! The rest of the girls in her squad from other gyms cheered for her everytime she was up. Their sportsmanship really touched me and brought tears to my eyes.
She started on floor. And she did a fairly good routine (atleast she didn't fall doing her RO!) She did take an extra step back coming out of backwards roll but still managed to receive her highest score on floor yet: 8.825 and placed 5th.
Then it was off to vault. Not her best or favorite event although it is the only event she has received 9's. Well she ran, jumped and rolled and received her lowest score yet: 8.45 and did not place. Not quite sure why it was so low because dd has the exact same vault every time. It's always seems to be in slow motion!
Then it was bars. As you all know dd has yet to nail her mill circle in competiton and was scoring 8.3's 8.4's. Well she finally nailed her mill circle but unfortunately the rest of her routine was not as neat and received a very low score: 8.025 and placed 8th! How do you explain that to 5 year old? I just told her how proud I was of her for nailing her mill circle and left it at that.
Then came beam. DD's favorite event. She did one of her better routines and received her first 9. There was no bobble!! She scored a 9.15 and placed 2nd! She loved going up on the podium! She said she wants to do that everytime.
DD was also concered about not scoring a 36AA. According to HC you need a 36AA to move to the next level. DD is one of the few that has not scored a 36 or a 35 for that matter but is the most ready for L4 (she has all her skills). HC hasn't personally told me she plans to hold dd back although she has mentioned it to the few other parents whose dd have not scored a 36. Last week at practice they were teaching dd L4 beam and floor routines and she was looking pretty good!! I will post a video of her beginning progress of L4. In the meantime here is her L3 state meet video:
YouTube - Level 3 State Championship- age 5