My daughters 2nd competition

[littlegymchampsmom]

Carina, you seem like a very true, kind hearted person. Thank you again for sharing all that you have...

Please feel free to e-mail anytime as well

LGCM

[xstitchcarina]

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Originally Posted by littlegymchampsmom Carina, you seem like a very true, kind hearted person. Thank you again for sharing all that you have... LGCM

Thanks LGCM, that is a nice compliment to hear. I like to make friends. I have made quite a few in cross stitching, but don't have any friends really with gymnast girls, so when I found this place, I was like hey, who knows, I mgiht make some friends here too.

[JBS]

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Originally Posted by xstitchcarina I guess she is not into gymnastics then yet. Bet you can't wait.

She has been doing a mommy/daddy and me class for 5 months now. It's fun, but I can't wait to just sit and watch. I know this sounds funny and everyone tells me to enjoy it while I can, but I'm a coach. I'm on the floor all day long. I really want go have coffee with the other parents and watch from the viewing area.

[littlegymchampsmom]

I enjoyed the mommy/daddy classes and me immensely as well... it was priceless fun and we made tons of memories... but I am completely thrilled to now be able to just sit back and watch.... you are lucky, just as your little one begans class on her own and you start to miss it - you will get to do it all over again

[xstitchcarina]

PAtience coach, patience.

When do kids usually start?

[gym law mom]

Carina---loved watching the videos of your daughter. She is such a cutey! What was really nice was the look on her face---she was really having a great time and thats what its all about. I did watch the videos from both her meets and she did improve alot in a short period of time. Now, she has that salute to the judges down pat---along with a big smile.

I would say overall, her skill level is about a Level 4 here in the US which is the intro competitive level. I like the bar routine your daughter does much better than the one the Level 4s do here. Our gym doesn't do Level 4, but I've seen the routine plenty of times and the girls work on the low bar only with this awkward shoot through thing. On floor, the big difference would be the use of the springboard(not used here) and no music?

If I can figure out how to do it, I'll try to get a few of my daughter on for everyone to see.

[xstitchcarina]

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Originally Posted by gym law mom Carina---loved watching the videos of your daughter. She is such a cutey! What was really nice was the look on her face---she was really having a great time and thats what its all about. I did watch the videos from both her meets and she did improve alot in a short period of time. Now, she has that salute to the judges down pat---along with a big smile. I would say overall, her skill level is about a Level 4 here in the US which is the intro competitive level. I like the bar routine your daughter does much better than the one the Level 4s do here. Our gym doesn't do Level 4, but I've seen the routine plenty of times and the girls work on the low bar only with this awkward shoot through thing. On floor, the big difference would be the use of the springboard(not used here) and no music? If I can figure out how to do it, I'll try to get a few of my daughter on for everyone to see.

Talitha loves doing competitions, for some reason she looks forward to them. Her competition time is over for this season though. But she mainly loves the trainings too. They use the highbar quite early on already. With the Floor, girls are allowed to use the spring board, but don't have to. Like Talitha really needed it, cause she has only started to learn them since beginning of November, I guess it is just a safety thing. And music will come next level, next season, she is quite excited about that, she has never done it before, so I hope she can work on it, at her camp.

[audra]

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Originally Posted by |||JBS||| She has been doing a mommy/daddy and me class for 5 months now. It's fun, but I can't wait to just sit and watch. I know this sounds funny and everyone tells me to enjoy it while I can, but I'm a coach. I'm on the floor all day long. I really want go have coffee with the other parents and watch from the viewing area.

JBS had to take over doing Maggie's classes when the Dr said I couldn't do it anymore, and I now get to watch. It is great to watch him out there with her, and how much fun she has with her dad. but I miss being out there with her. Working in the gym for so many years you realize how fast kids grow up, and I wish the parents in the M//D & me classes wouldn't rush getting out of it. That includes my husband, but I understand wanting to be off the floor when you spend your whole day out there.


GREAT VIDEOS!!! Thanks for sharing.

[Megley]

Carina, I love the videos! Your daughter is so cute and she did a great job.

Question for everyone: what kind of video camera do you need to take these types of videos and post them on YouTube? I have a video camcorder but it's an old one that uses those little tapes - not a digital. I'm guessing I need a digital? This is something I'm going to need to invest in so I can tape L's routines next year. Thanks!

Meg

[xstitchcarina]

Thanks Meg for your compliment. And yes you are right, you need a digital to do it this way, as far as I know anyway. But it doesn't have to be anything expensive. I have just a simple Kodak Easyshare, 3.1 megapixels. Of course it isn't as nice as it can be, but for me the most important is, that I can tape it. Some time I would like to get a better camera, but I am fine with what I have now.

It is great fun to keep this little videos, even for themselves later, when they are older.