Recent content by Verjakes

Just completed Level 5 sectionals. Made State, but there was some really odd scoring going on. Maybe a coach out there can explain to me how it is mathematically possible for one girl to fall off the bar on her glide kip, do a pull-over back on (so no complete kip), two step her dismount, and...

Thanks much! I love your bouncing stick comment, CoachTodd. The girl who scores highest on our team is tiny and truly looks like that! I think the table is about at my daughter's belly-button now...

My daughter is a first year level 5 and has been struggling with vault. She started vaulting at 1 in practice and .05 in competition and had acheived as high as 8.375, then her coach decided to lower her to a 0 and she has been back in the high 7's last two meets. I think he was thinking...