My dd got sick on Wednesday and was on the couch Friday and Sat on and off sleeping and not eating. She had one of her favorite meets on Sunday. She woke up Sun am and said there is no way she can compete. I felt so bad for her. Then the longer she was up the better she started to feel. I told her we can go to them meet and she could try and warm up and see how she felt. If she did not feel good, she would be the team cheerleader. Anyway, we stopped for lunch and she looked bad, couldn't eat and was cold. I gave her motrin and thought no way would she compete.
She warmed up and did not look great, but did OK. They started on floor (which I thought the endurance would kill her) but she did a nice routine 9.075. They vault 8.875, not bad for her. Then the dreaded bars/giant. Warm up was rough, kept falling on the squat on. She did a very nice routine 8.1, her highest score to date by far. She was thrilled. Then to beam her favorite event. She has been working the bwo/bhs this week at gym and was going to try it. She connected it!!! She also did her fwo and a tick tock bwo just to be sure on the connection and got 9.125. Overall, her best meet to date!
Now here is what I learned..... gymnastics makes me crazy! My dd was the 2nd highest aa on our team and she did not place on any event. She was in a crazy tough age group. (38.8 was 1st place). But many of her teammates placed with 8.6 on beam etc. I know she was disappointed and we had the whole talk about how medals don't matter. But it is hard to explain how kids with much lower scores got the bling and she had a rock star day and got nothing. I was really so proud of her. I wish success wasn't judged by where you place. Not by our gym, but by the world in general. It just seems like getting a medal validates that you had a good day!! But, she is such a struggler on bars, went 4 for 4 on her routines. I am so happy for her.
Boy, this got long.... sorry for the rant!
If you want to see her video, just PM me! (yes, I am a proud mama!)
She warmed up and did not look great, but did OK. They started on floor (which I thought the endurance would kill her) but she did a nice routine 9.075. They vault 8.875, not bad for her. Then the dreaded bars/giant. Warm up was rough, kept falling on the squat on. She did a very nice routine 8.1, her highest score to date by far. She was thrilled. Then to beam her favorite event. She has been working the bwo/bhs this week at gym and was going to try it. She connected it!!! She also did her fwo and a tick tock bwo just to be sure on the connection and got 9.125. Overall, her best meet to date!
Now here is what I learned..... gymnastics makes me crazy! My dd was the 2nd highest aa on our team and she did not place on any event. She was in a crazy tough age group. (38.8 was 1st place). But many of her teammates placed with 8.6 on beam etc. I know she was disappointed and we had the whole talk about how medals don't matter. But it is hard to explain how kids with much lower scores got the bling and she had a rock star day and got nothing. I was really so proud of her. I wish success wasn't judged by where you place. Not by our gym, but by the world in general. It just seems like getting a medal validates that you had a good day!! But, she is such a struggler on bars, went 4 for 4 on her routines. I am so happy for her.
Boy, this got long.... sorry for the rant!
If you want to see her video, just PM me! (yes, I am a proud mama!)