Practice

This was Maddie at practice the other day. I thought it was kind of funny with her lying on the ground in a split position drinking from her bottle. I didn't have my camera, I only had the flip so this is a snapshot from the video.

Gearing up for meet season

Well no pictures or videos, but we are so close to her first meet and she is so excited. Last night at practice she finally hit her front hip circle consistently. One of them she had her arms mostly straight and the others she had bent arms. Doesn't matter though because she hit them and didn't fall off. That's a big step. Her elbow injury really set her back on some things. Bars was her best event, but she says she loves beam more now. I think that's because she couldn't do everything on bars that she had been doing. 2 more weeks until her first meet.

Season

Maddie didn't have a meet last Saturday. It was canceled.... bummer. She's been back to regular practice which means 4 days a week. Tonight she did a lot better on her level 4 floor routine then she has done. She still needs to clean up a few things, but her first meet isn't until 9/10 so she has plenty of time now. Her elbow is 100% and she's ready to compete.

Back

Tonight is Maddie's first night back at gym in 2 weeks. She is excited to go back. She has 4 practices until her 1st meet on Saturday. I'm a little nervous for her because of her front hip circle and her beam routine. She has her floor down and her vault is looking better and better. Her beam I'm just nervous that she won't remember everything. She has only run through the whole thing maybe 5 times. Hopefully they will work on it more this week. I'm sure they will.