meet number 2

[flippymonkeysmom]

I'm sorry to hear she had a rough meet. Just remember that the toughness and resilience she learns now from it will serve her well as she continues with this sport. Everyone will have a bad meet from time to time - the ones who can move past it and persevere are usually the ones who stick with it.

I hope the next meet she kicks some butt

[TeamDad]

Sounds like the girls were all super tired by the last rotation. The conditions were difficult and the combination of being tired and propped up on sugar/soda is a recipe for a total meltdown in my book. Sounds perfectly normal to me. They did the best they could do under difficult circumstances. Having an evening meet for L3 girls is just bad planning IMHO.

Last year, our first L5 meet was the last session on a Sunday night (school night). It was dd's worst meet ever. She started on beam and had a fall, then ran into the vault and had a melt down. Her bf on the team who also usually scores high, fell on UB's (face plant), and was an emotional wreck afterwords. It took her the rest of the season to overcome her new fear of falling on UB after that.

The ride home in the car was as tough and disappointing as it gets. We reassured her the best we could but she was totally bummed out and not ready to talk about it. Long story short; love, support and hugs did the trick, but it took a few days for her to bounce back. When she was ready to listen, we were still ready to talk about it.

[mom2ab]

Medic - Click on the "User CP" tab at the top left of the screen, click on "group memberships" and select what group you would like to belong to. I had the same issue for the longest time!!! You should be able to reply/post in the forum you select after that.

Sorry to hear about A, they all have difficult meets. I agree with the earilier posts, that was a terrible time to schedule a meet! Good luck next go around!