Well the second meet of the season is history and we have an unhappy gymnast is my house. This was a big travel meet and she had set her hopes quite high based on her performance at this meet last year. Big dreams sometimes have a way of becoming nightmares......and I think that was the case here.
First up floor. I thought her floor looked good, her landings were much more solid than last meet. Still I was told that they took deductions for her artistry, her score 8.75, she didn't place.
Then vault. Her vault looked good. She completed the front handspring first, and then her coach gave her the go ahead to try her front handspring/full/. She scored a 9.050, down from last meet but I was very proud of her competing the twist for the first time.
Onto bars, I was very happy with her performance. Still no giants but looking much better, but this is a tough meet and she scored a 7.5.
Finishing on beam, this should be a dream for Cate, it's her favorite event. She has only fallen on beam once, that was last year at states when she had a bad cold, but then came her full turn and off the beam she came. It upset her alot but she kept going. When it was time for her dismount she missed the footing and OMG I thought she was going to hit her head on the beam. When I get the videos up I have to admit that you can hear Mom almost lose it. Score 8.025. I told her after the meet that I wish she had not gone for her dismount after missing her footing, but she told me that she didn't want to take two falls. What can you say to that but it freaked Mom out. She told me today, Mom I've come much closer to hitting my head in practice, and it hurts much worse to crotch the beam...so Mom don't worry. She said that the judges had the most scared look on their faces after her routine, you've got to love it.
So no State qualifying score, but 4 more meets to come. I have a lot of confidence in her, she still loves the sport and what more is there? She actually didn't place on any event, and I was worried that it would devastate her, I don't think that there has ever been a meet that she didn't bring home at least one medal, but she was fine with it. We went to the mall after the meet and she she shopped alittle and then had a good dinner and a good nights sleep. Today on the ride home she was amazing, it seems like she learned a lot from the experience.
So on we go, it's another two weeks till the next meet and it's a fresh start. I can't wait to see how it goes.
First up floor. I thought her floor looked good, her landings were much more solid than last meet. Still I was told that they took deductions for her artistry, her score 8.75, she didn't place.
Then vault. Her vault looked good. She completed the front handspring first, and then her coach gave her the go ahead to try her front handspring/full/. She scored a 9.050, down from last meet but I was very proud of her competing the twist for the first time.
Onto bars, I was very happy with her performance. Still no giants but looking much better, but this is a tough meet and she scored a 7.5.
Finishing on beam, this should be a dream for Cate, it's her favorite event. She has only fallen on beam once, that was last year at states when she had a bad cold, but then came her full turn and off the beam she came. It upset her alot but she kept going. When it was time for her dismount she missed the footing and OMG I thought she was going to hit her head on the beam. When I get the videos up I have to admit that you can hear Mom almost lose it. Score 8.025. I told her after the meet that I wish she had not gone for her dismount after missing her footing, but she told me that she didn't want to take two falls. What can you say to that but it freaked Mom out. She told me today, Mom I've come much closer to hitting my head in practice, and it hurts much worse to crotch the beam...so Mom don't worry. She said that the judges had the most scared look on their faces after her routine, you've got to love it.
So no State qualifying score, but 4 more meets to come. I have a lot of confidence in her, she still loves the sport and what more is there? She actually didn't place on any event, and I was worried that it would devastate her, I don't think that there has ever been a meet that she didn't bring home at least one medal, but she was fine with it. We went to the mall after the meet and she she shopped alittle and then had a good dinner and a good nights sleep. Today on the ride home she was amazing, it seems like she learned a lot from the experience.
So on we go, it's another two weeks till the next meet and it's a fresh start. I can't wait to see how it goes.