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flippersmom
After a very long day at the Pink Invitational on Friday, DD competed in another meet Sunday morning to make up for the snowed-out Superbowl weekend meet.
It was not a large meet, which was nice. As they were lined up, about 1/2 of them were yawning, having their sleep pattern thrown off some since Friday! It was a good experience for them. They did well considering our weekend. DD had a trip on the floor, throwing off her leap and the side-leap afterwards. We saw the judge from floor whom I know and she said it was .6 on the first leap plus (meaning the second leap wasn't great either). DD took it all in stride. She was 2nd AA, coach said she would have been 1st without trip, but she was fine with it. Her bars were improved again, so that is what she choses to take home from this meet, and that's what I chose to report.
I can see her maturity now that she doesn't compare the .1 or .05, she places where she does, that's it. It is what it is. She is starting to focus on her routines and how she feels she has done. She doesn't ever comment if the judges were hard or if she feels she should gotten a higher score. I think this will help her stay in the sport. It's tough when I hear mom's saying their daughter was robbed on all her scores, when being a judge, I can say they were not. I know their kids pick up on it and it affects them. There is one girl on DD team who thinks she was 1st on Beam all of last year. She was 1st once, and didn't even place on it at every meet. She says that her mother told her she was 1st at ever meet, even at states, and thinks they just fogot to put her name on the banner as a state champion. The girl is 8, but she must know the difference. Seems like mom is setting her up for disappointment to me.
We had a gymnast at old gym who graduated high school as a L8. She said the reason she was able to stay with it when so many other quit, was because she stopped worrying about her scores and the medals. She learned to just enjoy the chance to compete. I think there is something to be said for that.
It was not a large meet, which was nice. As they were lined up, about 1/2 of them were yawning, having their sleep pattern thrown off some since Friday! It was a good experience for them. They did well considering our weekend. DD had a trip on the floor, throwing off her leap and the side-leap afterwards. We saw the judge from floor whom I know and she said it was .6 on the first leap plus (meaning the second leap wasn't great either). DD took it all in stride. She was 2nd AA, coach said she would have been 1st without trip, but she was fine with it. Her bars were improved again, so that is what she choses to take home from this meet, and that's what I chose to report.
I can see her maturity now that she doesn't compare the .1 or .05, she places where she does, that's it. It is what it is. She is starting to focus on her routines and how she feels she has done. She doesn't ever comment if the judges were hard or if she feels she should gotten a higher score. I think this will help her stay in the sport. It's tough when I hear mom's saying their daughter was robbed on all her scores, when being a judge, I can say they were not. I know their kids pick up on it and it affects them. There is one girl on DD team who thinks she was 1st on Beam all of last year. She was 1st once, and didn't even place on it at every meet. She says that her mother told her she was 1st at ever meet, even at states, and thinks they just fogot to put her name on the banner as a state champion. The girl is 8, but she must know the difference. Seems like mom is setting her up for disappointment to me.
We had a gymnast at old gym who graduated high school as a L8. She said the reason she was able to stay with it when so many other quit, was because she stopped worrying about her scores and the medals. She learned to just enjoy the chance to compete. I think there is something to be said for that.
