Jillian's Gymnastics Journey

A long story about a small girl gymnast and her mother who thinks alot about the sport.

Friday, July 28, 2006

Level 8 Summer Progress

Level 8 Summer Progress

Summer has been productive and not so hot since the gym installed air conditioning this year. Level 8 is looking strong with still 6 months to go.

Jillian has her floor tumbling ready.....LO full, FLO, FLO or FLO FT, and I'm not sure what else is in there.

Beam will have a press handstand mount, BHS BHS, wolf half-tuck jump, and RO tuck or LO or full dismount. She had never even tried a RO on beam until a couple months ago but it's ready now to take to the high beam.

Vault is the most exciting progress. Jillian is landing her tsuk and she is doing Yurchenko timers which are making progress daily. I'm thinking that this year she will have a tsuk and a FHS half twist as her vaults. The yurchenko probably won't be ready in time.

Bars has come a long way this year. She can do the entire Level 8 bar routine without spotting and without dragging her feet on the ground. Everything is to handstand and looks great to me.