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bribri514
not to brag, buuuutt today i won the level 10 AA, second meet in a row. it's been a bit of a struggle to get back to this level.
i started out the season okay, but hit a rut in february, during some family drama and not too long after i had ear surgery that put pretty heavy duty tubes through my inner ear/ear canals. my already iffy beam routine got knocked off and i was having problems connecting my skills, and kept falling off at my switch side and/or sheep jump.
that meet i got a 7.1 on beam, and not much better on the rest of my events, after nailing my vault (full layout yurchenko) but landing on my face, falling on my giant on bars (soooo embarassing, esp. b/c i was able to get my double layout dismount after i got back on it but it was all screwed up too) and overrotating my double arabian full and underrotating my my double back pike at the end of two my passes on floor, resulting in ugly falls. basically things were really bad.
but i started spending extra time at practice. i watched lots of tapes with my coach to get my rhythm back on floor, i switched my sheep jump to a wolf on beam and went over it on the floor again and again until i had the confidence to get back on the high beam and put the sheep back. i had put the work in but my head was getting to me.
so last meet i came out and got (dies) a 9.9 on vault and a 9.8 on floor!!!! eeekk. i have a feeling our regular state meets aren't scored as hard as the big invites or nationals or anything, but i was still so excited. i got a 38 AA and placed first. today was our second to last meet before state and i got 1st in AA again with a 36.8. i felt just as confident as the other meet. no bobbles on beam, hit all my handstands, stuck all my landings... total cloud 9! lol
i'm just so excited i had to share somewhere (i don't want to brag to my teammates and my school friends don't understand). i don't want to burn out though, i'm hoping to take this energy into the gym and practice hard so i can really come out with my best at state and hope to go on from there.
good luck with everyone and their op season!!
<3 <3
i started out the season okay, but hit a rut in february, during some family drama and not too long after i had ear surgery that put pretty heavy duty tubes through my inner ear/ear canals. my already iffy beam routine got knocked off and i was having problems connecting my skills, and kept falling off at my switch side and/or sheep jump.
that meet i got a 7.1 on beam, and not much better on the rest of my events, after nailing my vault (full layout yurchenko) but landing on my face, falling on my giant on bars (soooo embarassing, esp. b/c i was able to get my double layout dismount after i got back on it but it was all screwed up too) and overrotating my double arabian full and underrotating my my double back pike at the end of two my passes on floor, resulting in ugly falls. basically things were really bad.
but i started spending extra time at practice. i watched lots of tapes with my coach to get my rhythm back on floor, i switched my sheep jump to a wolf on beam and went over it on the floor again and again until i had the confidence to get back on the high beam and put the sheep back. i had put the work in but my head was getting to me.
so last meet i came out and got (dies) a 9.9 on vault and a 9.8 on floor!!!! eeekk. i have a feeling our regular state meets aren't scored as hard as the big invites or nationals or anything, but i was still so excited. i got a 38 AA and placed first. today was our second to last meet before state and i got 1st in AA again with a 36.8. i felt just as confident as the other meet. no bobbles on beam, hit all my handstands, stuck all my landings... total cloud 9! lol
i'm just so excited i had to share somewhere (i don't want to brag to my teammates and my school friends don't understand). i don't want to burn out though, i'm hoping to take this energy into the gym and practice hard so i can really come out with my best at state and hope to go on from there.
good luck with everyone and their op season!!
<3 <3
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