22 Hours of Gymnastics Later...

So you would think that over holiday break we would get a break from gymnastics...think again.  Over holiday break they pretty much doubled our practice hours. We had practice every day over break except for Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Our workout schedule was like this...
Monday, December 22nd:  1-3:30
Tuesday, December 23rd: 5-7:30
Friday, December 26th: 9 am - 2 pm
Monday, December 29th: 2-5
Tuesday, December 30th: 2-5
Wednesday, December 31st: 9am-2pm

The days that were 6 hours each were called "gymnastics camp" these were the days that we got the most work done.  All of the levels came to the gym and we rotated through events and coaches. This was nice because we got to get corrections from new coaches that we had never been coached by before.  On these days we also got to work new skills and take a break from the same old routines.  Kylie got a new beam dismount, a round off back tuck off the end...I was too scared to try it.  I worked on fly-aways on bars.  A fly-away is where you are swinging on the high bar and you let go and flip once before you land. Like this...

Creds: gymnastics coaching

On most of the days during break, Kylie and I got to work in with the level 5 and 6 girls since that's about the level we are.  It was really fun to train with some new girls and make new friends.  One of the girls we met, Taylor, was from Ohio and was staying in Park City and training in our gym over winter break!  She told us that at her gym in Ohio, they had 4...yes 4 floors, 15 beams, 6 sets of bars, and like 5 vault runways!

Our last day of Gymnastics camp was on New Years Eve, it was another 6 hour practice. I was the only one there from our team. I worked with the level 5 and 6's again. This time was a little different, because we worked less on Beam, Bars, Floor, and Vault, and more on tramp, tumble track, and rod floor.  This was fun because tumbling is my favorite! I got my tumbling to be more powerful and I even attempted some layouts. (key word being "attempted".)

It wasn't JUST tumbling on the last day...because if you've ever tried to do backflips and twists for 6 hours straight...it doesn't end well.  We worked on bars and vault a little.  Here is a video of me working bars...(no fly-away :( )

So I guess that's all! But I'm not at my word limit yet so let's talk some more!  I am having a meet this weekend in draper...BAILIES. *dun dun duuuuun*. We all hate the Bailies meet, so prepare for a rant when I post about it.  Literally last year at that meet:

• I got a 7.8 on floor (my best event)
• Brenna completely forgot her beam routine
• They registered Cody in the wrong age division.
• They didn't even register me!!

Ok byeeeeee.