Go Green was Z's hardest meet last year and this year did not disappoint in that regard. Although I warned her that it was a hard meet, she had a good attitude going in. Unfortunately, a good attitude only gets you so far.
We started this meet on floor, something we have never done before. Although the girls all thought it was a good thing, since they all excel at floor, I wasn't so sure. When none of the girls got a 9.000, I knew something seemed off. Z had a great routine and yet only scored an 8.725. The highest of our girls was 8.775. This was not something we were used to. The judges apparently told our coach that the girls looked great, but if that was the case, why didn't the scores reflect it. Until the last rotation, I was thinking maybe the judges were just hard because Z was in first place, even with her low score. Then all of a sudden, the girls in the last rotation were scoring exceedingly high and Z was knocked down to 10th place (and only 9 places got medals).
Vault was next. Her first vault looked good in the air, but she touched her hand on the mat when she landed. The second vault was better, but her score was only an 8.525.
Bars was again a disaster--even worse than last week. This time, when she did her squat on, she fell backwards and landed hard, to the point she was crying. Despite this, she got back up and finished. She missed her kip to the high bar and as such was counted for another fall. She only received 6.800, which is by far her lowest score on any event. This was also frustrating because during warm up, she did a great routine, so to see this was a bit unnerving. I'm thinking her nerves are getting to her.
Beam was looking really good, until the handstand at the end of the beam. I could tell when she was coming down that she was a bit twisted and she fell. She still scored an 8.175, which means her score would have been very similar to last week if she hadn't fallen. While she was obviously disappointed with the fall, her routine looked good otherwise.
Overall she scored a 32.225. Again, by far her lowest score ever. She's never had anything lower than a 35.125, so almost a full three points lower. Although she was in good spirits during awards, when walking to the car she said that it was embarassing coming in last place. I did tell her she wasn't last, although she was second to last. I think she is going to use this as a learning experience.
I did tell her that I was still proud of her for her attitude and not quitting. We do have a private for tomorrow afternoon to work on her bars. Last night she did two good routines, but then when the coach was there to spot, she fell on the squat on again. I'm not sure where her mental block is.
We have another meet this weekend--close to my parents, so they and my sister will be there. It is closer and a smaller meet, so hopefully she will do well again and we can move on. Since she was not the only one who again had problems at this meet, we are hoping that we don't do this one again next year.
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