Raising Emily: September 2011

The care and training of a young gymnast

I wish I had started this blog a while back. At that time I had no clue my youngest daughter would have the drive to be a gymnast. I just knew I couldn't contain her energy and needed an outlet for it's release. Hopefully this blog will be helpful to others that have a kid interested in gymnastics.

As I am a single disabled parent, money's been tight and this sport is not cheap. The commitment of financial resources, time and energy for the parent can be as demanding as the physical demands placed on the athelete.

This blog is created for all the unsung heroes behind that future medalist, the parent.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Aerials Fall Festival, Colorado Springs

Today was Emily's 1st competition as a Level 5 gymnast. Her scores were 8.45 on Vault (6th place), 8.05 on Bars (5th place), 8.95 on Beam (2nd place) and 9.0 on Floor (2nd place). She was placed in the Age Division "Junior B" with a total of 18 girls competing at that level and finished All Around 3rd place. The TIGAR 4,5, and 6 girls did fairly well in their first outing of the season. We've got a huge crop of Level 5's. It's almost embarrassing, but really kind of fun when you hear the parents screaming from the stands when they step out on the floor... I found a site called www.mymeetscores.com and discovered that my Emily is listed twice, once under the proper spelling of her name Emily Boyet, and then again as Emily Bpyet which lists the information from the CGI meet in February 2011. So I tried to find someone to contact at mymeetscores.com, but their "help" page has no help options. So I wrote CGI to see if they could fix it... we'll see what happens. I noticed that there are alot of misspellings on this site. Searching for Elizabeth Leduc for instance, will bring up at least 4 different spellings and scores for the same individual. It would be nice to be able to consolidate the scores on this site, without anyone monitoring the entries, makes this site pretty much "garbage out" and not at all easy to decipher if you're looking for your kid's scores on line. Somebody somewhere, hear my plea! Fix what ails MyMeetScores.com! I am sure Lizzy's parents would appreciate it, I know I would... Maybe you all should reference the kid's USAG #, but not print it on the site? That would be the easiest check. I don't think their USAG member number ever changes, but hey, what do I know?

Thursday, September 15, 2011

This Saturday is National Gymnastics Day!

TIGAR Gymnastics will be doing their part to help with the Guinness Book of World Records for most people doing a handstand at once!

This ought to be fun. I will be serving hot dogs. I can't do a handstand, I am far too old.

Hope to see many faces there this weekend. We're fundraising for Children's Hospital!