Hello fellow Chalk Buckets!
I just wanted to make a quick post about meets as season starts to wind down.
We were at a large meet here in Minnesota last week. Our session was a 2 flight session with both level 7's and Level 9's. Most parents at our gym sit next to each other at meets (there are 2 parents that always sit apart from us) On Saturday we gathered in the stands to watch the girls and something very nice happened.
As competition started, we struck up conversation with the parents sitting next to us. They were from an out of state gym. Turns out they had 1 level 7 girl rotating with our girls and and flight of Level 9's rotating separately. This group of mom's (and a couple dad's) were just delightful! They asked about our girls, caught onto their names quickly. Complemented them on their routines/music.
In an ulta competitive sport like gymnastics, where I have sat next to parents from other teams that seem to only talk about 'who is winning'. It was such a nice change of pace to have these parents cheering for our girls too.
If there is anyone out there from Omega Gym in Nebraska. Kudos to you and your sportsmanship at meets!
I look forward to seeing you at meets in the future~!
Thank you for making the meet more enjoyable for us!
I just wanted to make a quick post about meets as season starts to wind down.
We were at a large meet here in Minnesota last week. Our session was a 2 flight session with both level 7's and Level 9's. Most parents at our gym sit next to each other at meets (there are 2 parents that always sit apart from us) On Saturday we gathered in the stands to watch the girls and something very nice happened.
As competition started, we struck up conversation with the parents sitting next to us. They were from an out of state gym. Turns out they had 1 level 7 girl rotating with our girls and and flight of Level 9's rotating separately. This group of mom's (and a couple dad's) were just delightful! They asked about our girls, caught onto their names quickly. Complemented them on their routines/music.
In an ulta competitive sport like gymnastics, where I have sat next to parents from other teams that seem to only talk about 'who is winning'. It was such a nice change of pace to have these parents cheering for our girls too.
If there is anyone out there from Omega Gym in Nebraska. Kudos to you and your sportsmanship at meets!
I look forward to seeing you at meets in the future~!
Thank you for making the meet more enjoyable for us!