Training Camp

On Friday we have a training camp with Kelly Manjak. I am really excited because Kelly Manjak is and olympic coach. It goes all weekend, but since I am going of vacation I am only going on Friday. It is going to be a great camp and I can't wait!

The August Training Camp!!!

The week of August 2nd to 5th was a summer camp. We would train from 8-11am then from 11am-2pm we did an activity and then from 2-5pm we trained. It was a pretty fun camp. Another gym called Capital City joined us for the camp.The activities were a lot of fun with them. In the end it was a good camp.

Finally! We're at the Go Center!

Yesterday was the orientation to get to know the Go Center. It is so huge compared the bubble! We got all new equipment which is awesome because we needed new equipment so badly! I can't wait to train today!

Preparing for Competition.

We have a competition coming up so I thought I would do a blog post on what we do to prepare for competitions. A couple weeks before the competition, we basically just work on making sure that our skills are solid and that we are consistent with them. If you are not consistent with them then your routines will not be very good and you won't do very well at a competition. Then about a week to a week and a half before the competition is when you start working on your routines and putting your skills in your routines. After you do that the rest of the time leading up to the competition is spent on perfecting our routines and your skills. Normally I just do 10 routines on bars and beam, 2 routines on floor and a whole lot of vaults. It doesn't seem like too much, but it is really important if you want to do well at a competition. It is all pretty basic, but it doesn't have to be a lot.

My Favourite Event the Uneven Bars!!!

One of the first skills in her routine is a skill I am working on. The one where she rotates around the low bar then lets go, flips and catches the high bar. Yes, I am working on that. Although it is dangerous because I smacked my feet on the bar and it made a loud pinging noise. Oh well, I'll just keep working it I guess.

The Go Center

This is the Go Center, where our new gym is located.

June is Going to be Awesome!!!

My gym is planning to do a whole bunch of things in June. We have a Carnival on June 4th from 10am to 4 pm. There are going to be things like throwing pie in peoples faces and a dunk tank! It is going to be so much fun, I can't wait! We are also having our own gymnastics competition on June 17th to 19th. It is going to be my first competition in the bubble and my last. I am so excited. We also have a golf tournament, but I don't know much about that because it hasn't been talked about much. As you can see the month of June for Ortona is packed full of things to do. It is going to be one heck of a month!