Tuesday, April 7, 2009
My daughter, Emma, is 13. She's been doing gymnastics for about 5 yrs and has been competing for the past 4. At this point, she practises about 21 hours a week.
We should have known that she had a talent for gymnastics right from the start. When she was still a toddler, Emma used to like to sneak out of her crib and play in her room when she should have been sleeping. I remember trying to catch her out of her bed. I would tiptoe into her room, trying to sneak up on her, but she she would always hear me and make a run for her crib, grab the rails, and do a flip over the rails onto her mattress!
It was really jaw-dropping.
This year she qualified to compete at our state gymnastics tournament, which was last weekend.
In gymnastics competitions, there are 4 events. And everyone has a favorite.
- Vault. (If your daughters like running full force at a stationary object, this is the event for her.)
- Bars. (If she likes peeling off pieces of skin from blisters the size of quarters off her hands, and getting blisters on top of her blisters, then this is the event for her.)
- Beam. (If she likes falling off a 4 inch wide piece of wood - or worse, onto it - while doing flips and jumps, then this has got to be the event for her.)
- Floor. (If she likes to parade around in a leotard getting wedgies, doing dorky choreography, and falling on her butt, face, and pride, then this is definitely the event for her!!! )
Emma likes them all. And the past weekend she won a gold medal for her beam routine, placed in all events, and came in 5th in her age group!
Now her proud mom has to share. Here's a short video of Emma doing her beam and floor routine from the meet:
Isn't she wonderful!
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Jo x
It can be very stressful watching the events. Our 18 yr-old daughter went with us to the State Championships, and about half-way through, she told me that she was so worried about Emma (and the other gymnasts) performing on the beam, that she was breaking out in hives!
I think the beam is the worst with regard to injuries. It's so high up, you're on a 4 inch-wide piece of wood, and you can hit it on your way down.
About half the kids fell off. No one got hurt.
(Okay, as one of the nail-biting mamas, I have to say it: Be careful out there! Mooch would be so sad if you got hurt!)
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kathleen
I love watching the gymnastics at the olympics, that's usually the only thing I watch. :)
Congrats to Emma, and to you too Mom!
OMG! My word verification is: myedance ~ How conicidental is that? LOL
Vault: 9.325
Bars: 8.925
Beam: 9.4
Floor: 9.35
Total: 37