My daughter has a L4 meet this Sunday. It's not a particularly big meet, but she is really excited because their new competition leos from GK finally came in.
She was moved to level 4 at the beginning of this season on what our gym calls B team, training with level 4 but not competing until she is ready, with a plan to compete in a couple of AAU meets after USAG states in April. After two months of working with L4 the coach decided that she was ready to compete. She has done well in the meets that she has been in, consistently placing at least mid 8's in all events. At the "big invitational" last month she did very well and scored a 9.5 on bars, getting first place.
The point to this long post...she has been on fire since that bar score. She put together what her coach has been explaining about deductions, and how one tenth can be the difference between first and third place. I went to watch her at practice last night and I was shocked at how good her routines looked. She wants 9's on all events and her coach thinks that she could pull it off.
It is amazing to watch such a young person set goals like this and work so hard to achieve them. It is also nice to be able to share these thoughts with others who understand!
Sorry for the long post and thank you!
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She was moved to level 4 at the beginning of this season on what our gym calls B team, training with level 4 but not competing until she is ready, with a plan to compete in a couple of AAU meets after USAG states in April. After two months of working with L4 the coach decided that she was ready to compete. She has done well in the meets that she has been in, consistently placing at least mid 8's in all events. At the "big invitational" last month she did very well and scored a 9.5 on bars, getting first place.
The point to this long post...she has been on fire since that bar score. She put together what her coach has been explaining about deductions, and how one tenth can be the difference between first and third place. I went to watch her at practice last night and I was shocked at how good her routines looked. She wants 9's on all events and her coach thinks that she could pull it off.
It is amazing to watch such a young person set goals like this and work so hard to achieve them. It is also nice to be able to share these thoughts with others who understand!
Sorry for the long post and thank you!
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