ivyagogo
Coach
Mixed bag. Bronze and Silver went together in the morning. I was stunned how well they did. 13 girls and all but one hot medals. We had a 1st place vault, 3rd place AA, a 9.7! Lots of great stuff.
Gold was a disaster. We came away with a 5th place bars and an 8th place floor, but all the girls were at the very bottom in their age groups.
Honestly we don't vault much, but they just fling themselves over - all archy and bent. No scores in the 8s.
Bars was a mixed bag. A few falls on dumb things like back hip circles.
Beam was a total disaster. We had 2 routines in the 5s. Three falls - not completing any of their SV skills. Loads of tears.
Floor was really good, but I thouht they were under scored.
It was really hard watching my girls who work around 5 hours a week go up against girls who obviously train at least double that amount with ex-Romanian gymnast coaches.
It was rough. I have one girl who swears she is quitting and never wants to do gymnastics again.
I'm really not sure how to fix these girls. It's going to he s bumpy road.
As for their unitards, it was a non issue. They looked fine and I had a few coaches and judges say how much they liked them. Go figure.
Gold was a disaster. We came away with a 5th place bars and an 8th place floor, but all the girls were at the very bottom in their age groups.
Honestly we don't vault much, but they just fling themselves over - all archy and bent. No scores in the 8s.
Bars was a mixed bag. A few falls on dumb things like back hip circles.
Beam was a total disaster. We had 2 routines in the 5s. Three falls - not completing any of their SV skills. Loads of tears.
Floor was really good, but I thouht they were under scored.
It was really hard watching my girls who work around 5 hours a week go up against girls who obviously train at least double that amount with ex-Romanian gymnast coaches.
It was rough. I have one girl who swears she is quitting and never wants to do gymnastics again.
I'm really not sure how to fix these girls. It's going to he s bumpy road.
As for their unitards, it was a non issue. They looked fine and I had a few coaches and judges say how much they liked them. Go figure.