Swiftli
Proud Parent
Where do I start? My DDs session for this meet was Friday. She was excited to get out of school for it. About an hour before we were to leave, it started snowing. Who knew that 1/2 inch of snow could paralize a city? What should have been a 1 hour drive turned into a 3 hour white knuckled, sweating, stressful, scary ride. We saw many accidents, cars slid off the roads, Pepsi trucks jackknifed, a pickup overturned. Major roads were all affected. Our coaches were in a rear ending accident. They were pretty sore when they arrived. The are the times when I realize that gymastics must be in my blood, because I was crazy to stay the course for this meet. The whole team was over an hour late for registration but luckily this is a large meet and the meet director was able to squeeze us in with the next session of Lvl 7s that evening....but this only prolonged the day. Why do we do this??
My DDs team has 9 girls on it, only 2 were scheduled to compete bars. Coaches are pushing that girls must have cast handstand and giants to compete. We are getting closer but not there yet. (I am sure this is a topic for another thread)
In addition, my DD has been dealing with fear issues this season. Her first meet she refused to do beam for fear of the BHS. She fixed that but then this past week, she has been balking on her back tuck on floor. The last practice before this meet (the night before), her coaches extended her practice with extra conditioning and spotted attempts. They refused to let her go home until she threw her back tuck comfortably without a spot. Why do we do this again??
She woke up sore and tired, then was put through this stressful ride and long day, but I feel she made huge improvements from her first meet and I am extremely proud of her. Just to see her sigh of releif after her floor routine says it all.
We were back at home and in bed at midnight only to get up the next morning for a 9am practice. Why do we do this again??
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My DDs team has 9 girls on it, only 2 were scheduled to compete bars. Coaches are pushing that girls must have cast handstand and giants to compete. We are getting closer but not there yet. (I am sure this is a topic for another thread)
In addition, my DD has been dealing with fear issues this season. Her first meet she refused to do beam for fear of the BHS. She fixed that but then this past week, she has been balking on her back tuck on floor. The last practice before this meet (the night before), her coaches extended her practice with extra conditioning and spotted attempts. They refused to let her go home until she threw her back tuck comfortably without a spot. Why do we do this again??
She woke up sore and tired, then was put through this stressful ride and long day, but I feel she made huge improvements from her first meet and I am extremely proud of her. Just to see her sigh of releif after her floor routine says it all.
We were back at home and in bed at midnight only to get up the next morning for a 9am practice. Why do we do this again??
YouTube - swiftli1's Channel