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Midget's Dad
Midget had her 2nd to last meet Sunday in the UAGL league which is a non-sanctioned relaxed meet. Several of you may recall this is the meet that has the fun announcer that likes to tease the girls a bit during the awards.
We were really looking forward to this one since it is so low key and just fun after the stress of qualifying and competing at States. Plus we are prepping for the last meet which is the Magical Classic in Orlando next month.
The last few weeks have seen Midget and one of her partners in crime uptraining during practices more than anything else but she did spend the last practice before the meet working on the L3 routines.
But I digress.
First up was floor. She has been really consistent but not great on floor all year but she was looking really solid during warm ups. The judge was flying through the girls and I had looked down at my phone and missed the Midget was up. And the camera was still off. OH NO!! But anyway, she did a great job, held the handstand prior to rolling out of it, and looked very pretty. Scored 8.9 and I was ecstatic!!
On to vault. As you all have heard this is her nemesis. Her run has always been bad and she was taught the old dive roll instead of a handstand-forward roll. But she has been working on the L4 vault, which she is much better at, and her coach told her to do the L4 handstand and just roll. She also measured out the run distance for her. Unfortunately the HC was not with Midget's group as our L2s were on beam at the same time and the HC was there. The Asst. Coach did not know her mark and put them all together and it was much longer. But she did very well on her first one and got an 8.4. Again I was thrilled.
Bars. She has her Mill Circle now and we were very hopeful on bars this meet. Of course there is always a danger on that mill but her warmups looked good. But the last time she had this judge she got a 6.4. She gave a bit of a second hop on her mount but feet together and toes pointed. Everything was nice and tight and straight. Leg cuts were awesome, and she nailed the Mill! She did bend her front leg as she stopped it but who cares! Score: 9.2!! WOW!!!
Now beam. Midget's best event. She was solid as always so not much to say. She scored a 9.25.
All-Around: 35.75
Placements;
Vault: 2nd
Bars, Beam, Floor, AA: 1st
Midget was on cloud nine. She can't wait for the Magical Classic next month.
She also has not figured out that she is being promoted for sure to L4, even though we know she is. But she wants it so bad. LOL.
We were really looking forward to this one since it is so low key and just fun after the stress of qualifying and competing at States. Plus we are prepping for the last meet which is the Magical Classic in Orlando next month.
The last few weeks have seen Midget and one of her partners in crime uptraining during practices more than anything else but she did spend the last practice before the meet working on the L3 routines.
But I digress.
First up was floor. She has been really consistent but not great on floor all year but she was looking really solid during warm ups. The judge was flying through the girls and I had looked down at my phone and missed the Midget was up. And the camera was still off. OH NO!! But anyway, she did a great job, held the handstand prior to rolling out of it, and looked very pretty. Scored 8.9 and I was ecstatic!!
On to vault. As you all have heard this is her nemesis. Her run has always been bad and she was taught the old dive roll instead of a handstand-forward roll. But she has been working on the L4 vault, which she is much better at, and her coach told her to do the L4 handstand and just roll. She also measured out the run distance for her. Unfortunately the HC was not with Midget's group as our L2s were on beam at the same time and the HC was there. The Asst. Coach did not know her mark and put them all together and it was much longer. But she did very well on her first one and got an 8.4. Again I was thrilled.
Bars. She has her Mill Circle now and we were very hopeful on bars this meet. Of course there is always a danger on that mill but her warmups looked good. But the last time she had this judge she got a 6.4. She gave a bit of a second hop on her mount but feet together and toes pointed. Everything was nice and tight and straight. Leg cuts were awesome, and she nailed the Mill! She did bend her front leg as she stopped it but who cares! Score: 9.2!! WOW!!!
Now beam. Midget's best event. She was solid as always so not much to say. She scored a 9.25.
All-Around: 35.75
Placements;
Vault: 2nd
Bars, Beam, Floor, AA: 1st
Midget was on cloud nine. She can't wait for the Magical Classic next month.
She also has not figured out that she is being promoted for sure to L4, even though we know she is. But she wants it so bad. LOL.
Awesome!!! 
