Oct. 7, 2009

Hey Tiger Fans!

I can't believe it is already October! We just finished our second week of preseason, and everybody is looking good in the gym. It was a medium week for conditioning, skill numbers, and in the weight room. Everyone is coming into the gym with a good attitude and ready to work.

The team, as a whole, is further along than we were last year. We already have some girls doing full routines on bars! We also started doing combinations on beam. This is where you leave out the dance in between the skills but still make them back-to-back. On floor, we started doing sprint routines with all of our new floor routines. Amy even choreographed a routine for me so that I could have a real floor workout, which I am so excited about! On vault, everyone started twisting onto a soft surface. In the weight room, for our Friday Fun Day with Coach Looney, we got to go through a maze, which was a lot of fun and very entertaining as some people got caught up in some of the obstacles.

On Saturday, the girls who stayed in town went to Wal-Mart to learn how to shop in the grocery store with Coach Heitmeyer. Afterwards, we went to Shepard Elementary School for their Stallion Stampede. We put on an exhibition for the kids and their parents followed by a short question/answer session. On Sunday, we had a team meeting with Jenny, our sports psychologist, to discuss a theme for this year as a fun way to look at our goals and accomplishments for the upcoming season.

Keep checking in to stay updated on your Tiger Gymnastics Team! GO TIGERS!

Brooke