Well my daughter had her 1st level 4 meet ever, last weekend ... and I am so proud of her!
I was a nervous wreck, as I posted here the previous week, because she had never gone to a meet where she did not have every skill down. But, this is the first meet of the season so she certainly has time to get those skills!
Floor: She did an amazing job! She has such grace for her age and really looked elegant. She was in time with the music perfectly. She did bend her legs on her BHS which is somewhat of an enigma because she just started doing that, lol! She's always kept her legs straight before so I don't know what to think haha! I only wish I had a profile view of her routine for the video as my angle left much to be desired. Oh well!
9.35
Vault: Next was vault but from where we were sitting we didn't see her group move to the vault area when they were done with the floor. So, I missed her first vault and the approuch of the 2nd! wah!! She has issues with her vault (she rolls her shoulders out of them) and lands in a hallow position. What I caught of her 2nd vault looked like a very good vault for her, yeah!!
8.6
Bars: This was scary for me! Since my daughter moved from level 2 to level 4 she missed out on learning her stride circle and had been fighting it all summer. Well she got her stride circle 2 days before the meet! And she only learned her front hip circle a few weeks ago!! Needless to say I was so worried for her but there was no need to because she did a great job! A little polishing up and it'll be golden
8.7
Beam: Her last event! I panicked just a bit when I saw the beam coach place the springboard on the wrong side of the beam than my daughter practices on at the gym but she covered up well. A true pro, hehe!
She had a really strong rountine considering a substitute coach, at gym, was spotting her on her dismount...told her to lift one arm, then fall and rotate. Instead of leaning first and then lift an arm while rotating down. Well I don't know many girls her age that can hold her body weight on one arm. She didn't and crashed onto her face on the beam (so much for that spot). She's been scared of it ever since. Her dismount comes and goes. She hasn't had it since the fall.
Also, during practice, pixie's beam coach told her that if she missed her dismount at the meet to not do it again but to just salute the judge. Well, during the meet she missed the dismount and the couch made her get back up and spotted her on it. Wouldn't that cause more of a deduction?
8.4
All Around: 35.05 2nd place! wOwOwOw!! I'm so dang proud of her, I can't even put it to words!!!
The little girl that got 1st place scored a 35.8 AA soOo close!
Here's her video if anyone is interested! It's best viewed if you click the link on the bottom right hand side of the video marked "watch in high quality". I don't know why the video uploaded in such poor quality it wasn't like that before I added it to youtube, hmmm.
YouTube - Pixies Level 4 Gymnastics Meet
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I was a nervous wreck, as I posted here the previous week, because she had never gone to a meet where she did not have every skill down. But, this is the first meet of the season so she certainly has time to get those skills!
Floor: She did an amazing job! She has such grace for her age and really looked elegant. She was in time with the music perfectly. She did bend her legs on her BHS which is somewhat of an enigma because she just started doing that, lol! She's always kept her legs straight before so I don't know what to think haha! I only wish I had a profile view of her routine for the video as my angle left much to be desired. Oh well!
9.35
Vault: Next was vault but from where we were sitting we didn't see her group move to the vault area when they were done with the floor. So, I missed her first vault and the approuch of the 2nd! wah!! She has issues with her vault (she rolls her shoulders out of them) and lands in a hallow position. What I caught of her 2nd vault looked like a very good vault for her, yeah!!
8.6
Bars: This was scary for me! Since my daughter moved from level 2 to level 4 she missed out on learning her stride circle and had been fighting it all summer. Well she got her stride circle 2 days before the meet! And she only learned her front hip circle a few weeks ago!! Needless to say I was so worried for her but there was no need to because she did a great job! A little polishing up and it'll be golden
8.7
Beam: Her last event! I panicked just a bit when I saw the beam coach place the springboard on the wrong side of the beam than my daughter practices on at the gym but she covered up well. A true pro, hehe!
She had a really strong rountine considering a substitute coach, at gym, was spotting her on her dismount...told her to lift one arm, then fall and rotate. Instead of leaning first and then lift an arm while rotating down. Well I don't know many girls her age that can hold her body weight on one arm. She didn't and crashed onto her face on the beam (so much for that spot). She's been scared of it ever since. Her dismount comes and goes. She hasn't had it since the fall.
Also, during practice, pixie's beam coach told her that if she missed her dismount at the meet to not do it again but to just salute the judge. Well, during the meet she missed the dismount and the couch made her get back up and spotted her on it. Wouldn't that cause more of a deduction?
8.4
All Around: 35.05 2nd place! wOwOwOw!! I'm so dang proud of her, I can't even put it to words!!!
The little girl that got 1st place scored a 35.8 AA soOo close!
Here's her video if anyone is interested! It's best viewed if you click the link on the bottom right hand side of the video marked "watch in high quality". I don't know why the video uploaded in such poor quality it wasn't like that before I added it to youtube, hmmm.
YouTube - Pixies Level 4 Gymnastics Meet
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