Ok well, today I had a meet that didn't go to well. I started off with my first event which was vault and it went really good, so I thought this would all be just the warm ups, but no it wasn't. Warm ups went perfect so i thought that I would nail everything, but as soon as I got to the 2nd event which was bars everything started to get bad. My skills that I could practically do in my sleep when all wrong. Then for my 3rd event which was floor I kept slipping on my easy skills that I get perfect all the time. I have no idea why everything was happening like this, so I was really nervous for my last event. I put so much presure on myself because I knew I cost my whole team first place. So for my last event which was beam I knew I had to do something that would get me extra points for my team. My hard skill that I rarely ever do was a front tuck off the spring bored on to the beam, and guess what I got the landing perfect!! So I was think that maybe things were about to change on the last event, but oh no. So when I was doing 3 back handsprings across the beam I slipped on my last back handspring a completly lost my balance and fell off the beam. I knew that I had to finish strong, but I wanted to cry so bad. So when I got done with beam I went over to a spot where I could be alone and just cried my heart out. About an hour later they were giving trophes out for team. I was just thinking to myself that I blew this whole thing, but they called my team for 2nd place!! Sure it wasn't 1st, but hey I was really happy for my team. Next they were calling out for individuals. First was floor, I placed 3rd. Second was vault, I placed 1st. Third was Bars, I placed 2nd. Last but not least what beam, I placed 2nd. I thought I must have done some what good if I got a medal at all.
I have to go to another meet on November 30, 2008. I would really love it if you guys wished me good luck. Thank you so much for reading this.
I have to go to another meet on November 30, 2008. I would really love it if you guys wished me good luck. Thank you so much for reading this.
-Erica-