coachmolly
Coach
I had posted in the "Good Luck" forum about my first meet with a new time, so decided I would write a quick, update report. It was just a small, local meet with one other local team that is of a similar skill level (no club teams in the area, so these kids have at most a few years of once/week rec. gymnastics experience). However, the other team did arrive with a former club gymnast who just moved to the area who helped with their scores a bit. Oh well, it just prepared our team for things to come at bigger meets out of the area.
Started on floor, and did okay. Really sloppy performances from all but one girl, something we really need to work on. It has not been a priority in years past, so that process really needs to be drilled into their minds in the next few weeks. Headed to beam (wacky rotations) where there were lots of falls, missed connections, forgotten choreography, missing requirements- but overall not bad. Easy scoring, so some nice, motivating scores to start off the season with and glimmers of hope for some of the girls who did not think they could possibly hit their skills under pressure. Vault was a solid event, our best by far. One girl vaulted for the first time for a pretty good score, 2 did easier vaults than they are capable of- so hopefully are more willing to upgrade for the next meet, and one did the best vault she's capable of doing. Bars was rough- all the girls needed a spot on at least 1 skill and only 2 have flyaways, many don't have the required number of skills, so their routine SVs were in the 6-7 range.
We placed well behind the other team in terms of score, and the local judges don't really compare to the ones we'll see in more gymnastics-experienced areas, but it was a pretty solid start to the season. A lot of the girls have some more drive to learn more skills and improve the old ones which is what I had hoped for going into the meet, so I feel that was perhaps the best possible outcome rather than a numerical win.
We have another meet tonight against the same local team and one additional one with slightly more gym experience, so we haven't had much time to make changes and any major improvements. Our first big meet is on Saturday against the big name schools, so hopefully this extra meet experience and 4 workouts this week will help gear them up as much as possible for that experience!
Started on floor, and did okay. Really sloppy performances from all but one girl, something we really need to work on. It has not been a priority in years past, so that process really needs to be drilled into their minds in the next few weeks. Headed to beam (wacky rotations) where there were lots of falls, missed connections, forgotten choreography, missing requirements- but overall not bad. Easy scoring, so some nice, motivating scores to start off the season with and glimmers of hope for some of the girls who did not think they could possibly hit their skills under pressure. Vault was a solid event, our best by far. One girl vaulted for the first time for a pretty good score, 2 did easier vaults than they are capable of- so hopefully are more willing to upgrade for the next meet, and one did the best vault she's capable of doing. Bars was rough- all the girls needed a spot on at least 1 skill and only 2 have flyaways, many don't have the required number of skills, so their routine SVs were in the 6-7 range.
We placed well behind the other team in terms of score, and the local judges don't really compare to the ones we'll see in more gymnastics-experienced areas, but it was a pretty solid start to the season. A lot of the girls have some more drive to learn more skills and improve the old ones which is what I had hoped for going into the meet, so I feel that was perhaps the best possible outcome rather than a numerical win.
We have another meet tonight against the same local team and one additional one with slightly more gym experience, so we haven't had much time to make changes and any major improvements. Our first big meet is on Saturday against the big name schools, so hopefully this extra meet experience and 4 workouts this week will help gear them up as much as possible for that experience!