Contortion & Dare to Dream Meet

Saturday was a busy day.  Etta had contortion class followed by a gymnastics meet at their own gym.  Here are a few video's of Etta at contortion class.  I just need to start video taping every time Zula puts her hands on Etta.  I missed one that was CRAZY.  She was basically into a tight circle laying down.  You could hear all the parents going "Uhhhh" because of the unusual position she was  molded into.

 

This was the first gymnastics meet Eric came to so it was exciting for Etta.  Since our gym Go For It was hosting they had plenty of room for a play gym off to the side for younger siblings to play in during the meet.  So, we pretty much didn't see Chloe unless she was thirsty or hungry.  It was awesome!

Etta during warm up.

Etta blowing kisses while warming up with Coach Ashley.

Etta started with vault and got a personal best, a 9.2 which was 4th place out of nine girls.

Next was bars but it was too far away for me to get a video of it. However Eric got a picture with the zoom lens.  She got a personal best on bars as well, an 8.95 (7th place).  She didn't have the best landing on her dismount and I'm thinking it needs to be changed for state in two weeks.

The third event was beam which is Etta's most difficult event since she is so loose (probably due to her flexibility.  I always tell her. "don't fall" just to keep her score from being terribly low.  She didn't fall but you'll notice on her handstand her hands were way too close to her feet and she didn't get her feet all the way up or together.  She ended up with an 8.65 (7th place).

 Her last event was floor which I thought was her best event.  I thought she was going to have a solid high score but was surprised to see an 8.9.  She ended up getting 7th place as well.

Etta was actually grouped with the older girls in the Xcel bronze which was really hard.  There was one other girl a few months younger than Etta (but she practices 16 hours a week (not the 6 hours bronze class) at our gym but is allowed to compete bronze...can you see my frustration?) but everyone else was a good head to a foot taller.  Competing has not been good for Etta's confidence in gymnastics.  I continue to tell her how proud I am regardless of where she places, but she doesn't understand her scores in relationship to where she stands on the podium.  It's slightly heart breaking.

Here she is getting her ribbon for vault.

I love this picture. It's like a first grade problem.  'Circle the one that doesn't belong in the group'.

Etta won 7th place All Around out of a group of 9.  I'm proud of how well she performed yesterday!