DD11 had her first (preseason) meet this weekend. We didn't know what to expect because she skipped the gold level and there is a big jump in the required skills between silver and platinum. Add to that she really has only been training many of these skills a few months. But she really did well, especially considering she is still 2 months away from her first season meet. She scored between 8.4 and 8.8 on all events. AA of 34.85 (Actually, I can't remember the decimal but it was in that range;-).
I hadn't really seen her doing skills close-up in a while and was amazed at some: she has a 180* split jump 1/4 turn on beam with excellent height, excellent wolf jump on beam (again great height), hyper-extended straddle jump on floor (though "only" about 160* on actual straddle). I was just amazed by this. She has always been flexible but I never realized she had gotten to that level of flexibility, especially on beam.
I hadn't really seen her doing skills close-up in a while and was amazed at some: she has a 180* split jump 1/4 turn on beam with excellent height, excellent wolf jump on beam (again great height), hyper-extended straddle jump on floor (though "only" about 160* on actual straddle). I was just amazed by this. She has always been flexible but I never realized she had gotten to that level of flexibility, especially on beam.
