Hi Chalk Bucket Family!
I just needed to get some things off my chest, so to speak.
Beetle's Mock Meet is on Friday. I think I am more nervous than she is.
Beetle says she is doing well. Came home on Tuesday & Thursday in a great mood felt really ready! So I went to watch practice for a bit on Friday.. she was having an off day (so she said). After watching practice, I dont know what to think.
I don't worry at all about Beam or Floor. She has all her skills she enjoys both apparatuses. She just needs to stay clean. She was getting low 9's last year on both. (And in MN Low 9's is good! LOL) I think she could get high 8s to low 9's.
Vault always was a struggle. She has been working a Half On Full Off. That vault is a 9.3 Start Value. She said she was sticking them this week, well last night she couldnt stand any up. She couldnt even stand up a half on half off... She didnt seem upset about it - said it was a fluke, but that started my nerves going.
Bars.. well... Last season she had Okay bars. Right after comp season she cleaned up her giants and figured our how to cast. I thought they were fixed for good. All summer she had BEAUTIFUL Giants! Then came the pirouette struggle. Once she got her pirouette she seemed to forget how to do the fixed giants. She is also having to do 2 casts before she gets the pirouette. She taps her feet on both the cast and the kip. So basically she can do the skills individually but put them all in a routine and it isnt great. It is there technically a 10.0 start value but probably more like a 7.0 score. And last night she only did 1 full routine. Then she couldnt do ANY Pirouettes.
I just want her to do well, I just want her to feel like she belongs in Level 8. She worked SO HARD to make it to Level 8 and I dont want her to lose the confidence she gained.
I just don't know what to expect out of this L8 Season. But then again, why am I so worried? Am I too involved? am I THAT Mom?
I just needed to get some things off my chest, so to speak.
Beetle's Mock Meet is on Friday. I think I am more nervous than she is.
Beetle says she is doing well. Came home on Tuesday & Thursday in a great mood felt really ready! So I went to watch practice for a bit on Friday.. she was having an off day (so she said). After watching practice, I dont know what to think.
I don't worry at all about Beam or Floor. She has all her skills she enjoys both apparatuses. She just needs to stay clean. She was getting low 9's last year on both. (And in MN Low 9's is good! LOL) I think she could get high 8s to low 9's.
Vault always was a struggle. She has been working a Half On Full Off. That vault is a 9.3 Start Value. She said she was sticking them this week, well last night she couldnt stand any up. She couldnt even stand up a half on half off... She didnt seem upset about it - said it was a fluke, but that started my nerves going.
Bars.. well... Last season she had Okay bars. Right after comp season she cleaned up her giants and figured our how to cast. I thought they were fixed for good. All summer she had BEAUTIFUL Giants! Then came the pirouette struggle. Once she got her pirouette she seemed to forget how to do the fixed giants. She is also having to do 2 casts before she gets the pirouette. She taps her feet on both the cast and the kip. So basically she can do the skills individually but put them all in a routine and it isnt great. It is there technically a 10.0 start value but probably more like a 7.0 score. And last night she only did 1 full routine. Then she couldnt do ANY Pirouettes.
I just want her to do well, I just want her to feel like she belongs in Level 8. She worked SO HARD to make it to Level 8 and I dont want her to lose the confidence she gained.
I just don't know what to expect out of this L8 Season. But then again, why am I so worried? Am I too involved? am I THAT Mom?