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This is why DD gymnastics!
Like so many of you this is the time of year where my DD (Lv7 working at Lv8) is working new skills. She really is dedicated to competing L8 this year after 2 years of L7.
Last year she has her Floor and beam skills for L8 but was terrified of the Tsuk. Finally after one tearful practice after another DH And I told her, there is no reason she has to go to 8.. she can stay as a 7 for another year...She had an good L7 year but has been worried about the skills this year.
Floor she is set on.. she has more than she needs to compete L8
Beam she is good. she has a connected flight series, she can do switch leaps on high beam, she has a jump series... it just needs to be cleaned up a little.
Bars - well she has fixed her giants and they are pretty! She is casting to handstand most routines, and she is even doing a piorette or two each practice!!!
which brings us to the dreaded vault.... She has been working Tsuk timers and timers and timers. Well Friday we got a new vault table, they put the vault table in front of our pit. She did one timer and then her coach asked her if she wanted to Flip the Tsuk... She said she did... after one more timer..She did it!!!!!
Her coach helped her a little bit but she did most of it herself!!!! She was so mad that practice ended.. she cant wait until she can go back and do more! I am not sure if she landed on her head in the pit but she said she didnt.. she said she had enough rotation that she got around!
She was lit up like a Christmas tree after practice, Happy, Proud and Said she had SO MUCH FUN doing the skill....
I got teary eyed.. because I love seeing her like that.. and it reminded me that THIS is why she does gymnastics!
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