Week 2 of Practice - Practice & Team Photos

Hello everyone,

Welcome to week 2 of Memorial's gymnastics season!

Week 1 Recap: We have a total of 14 competitors on the team and 2 managers. We hit each event multiple times this week and the girls survived with some first week soreness. The shaky beam was recovered with a new pad, tightened, and lowered. The competition beam is next up to be recovered (ideally happening this week).

The girls were assigned their main competition leotards and able to try them on to make sure they fit ok.

The girls did some goal setting during the week to help them know what skills to aim for. We had a minimum of 3 goals completed (Timmia did a roundoff-backhandspring-backtuck on floor with a spot, Mia bravely threw her back gainer off the competition beam for the first time this season, and Cami and Tenzin did their first bails of the season onto a mat stack).

Week 2 Schedule:

Monday: Practice from 5 - 7 PM

Tuesday: Tuesday report due at practice, Weight Room from 4:00 - 4:45 PM, Practice from 5 - 7 PM

Wednesday: Practice from 5 - 7 PM

Thursday: Practice from 5 - 7 PM

Friday: Be at the school by 11:15 AM, Pictures in Waunakee at 12:00, Practice from 1:30 - 3:30 PM Week 2 Plans: Monday: Sister assignment, 2 event rotation (beam and floor) with a flipping group on vault. Cardio at the end. Tuesday: 3 event rotation (bars, vault, and open gym). Hoping to recover the beam this evening. Wednesday: 2 event rotation (floor and beam) with an overshoot group on bars. Cardio at the end. Thursday: 3 event rotation (bars, vault, and open gym) with conditioning at the end. Friday: Team pictures at noon, followed by practice until 3:30. I will also be available before and after practice to help make floor routines. Saturday: I will have time in the morning to help make floor routines. If anyone wants to come in and practice while I am making routines, they are more than welcome to! Just let me know in advance that I should plan for you. Every gymnast is still expected to workout on every event. Specialization on events will be available after Thanksgiving break. First Weight Room Practice / Bring sneakers: Our first mandatory weight room day is on Tuesday this week. Girls need to be in the lower weight room before 4:00 PM. The locker room will be opened by our AD right after school is done. I will join the girls as soon as I can get to the school. Until I arrive, Mr. Frontier will be in charge of the girls. He already stopped by practice and introduced himself to the girls. Girls need to have sneakers for weight room training. I recommend that they bring a pair of sneakers to keep in their lockers at all times. Snack Locker: Thank you for all the donations to the snack locker so far. Anyone interested in signing up for a week to donate snacks can sign up here: Snack Sign Up First Tuesday Report: Our first Tuesday report will be due this Tuesday. Girls can pick up a Tuesday report in the athletic office or I will try and get some to put in the gym on Monday for them. This is mandatory to give me an idea of where grades are currently sitting. Floor Music Due & Routine Sign Ups: Floor music for all gymnasts wanting to do a floor routine is due ASAP. If you use YouTube for your music, all I need is the link sent to me. All other forms of music can be emailed or texted to me and I will save them to my phone. Any girls that need help making / choreographing a floor routine can ask me for help and sign up for time with me. If starting from scratch, I recommend 60 to 90 minutes to choreograph. Floor routine sign up times can be found here: Floor Routine Sign Up Team Photos & Senior Banners: Team photos will be on Friday November 17th (when the girls don't have school). Everyone MUST be in attendance. All girls need to meet at the school at 11:15 AM and be in their competition leotards. Please plan to have hair and makeup done before arriving. Seniors will need to bring both leotards for this event (I will assign the extra leos this week).We will carpool over to Waunakee for pictures as a team. We have all the drives we need for this event. After pictures are complete, we will head back to the school and have practice from 1:30 - 3:30. Media Day: We will have a media day on Monday, November 20th from 6:15 to 7:15 PM. This will be a day that we will have a photographer in the gym taking group photos, photos by class, and individual photos. This can include action shots, headshots, or anything else the girls are interested in. We will have practice from 4:30 - 6:00 that day, give the girls time to change into their competition leo and then just have fun in the gym. If any of the gymnasts want to wear different leos for their individual photos, let me know and I can walk girls through the different leos we have (we have 6 generations of competition leotards to pick from). Team Roster & Contact Info: All of the gymnast, coach, and parent contact information is located at the link below. Contact List Spaghetti Dinner Sign Up: We still have dates available for hosting a spaghetti dinner before a dual meet. Remember that you can either host individually or team up with another parent to host as well. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me or have your daughter get information from other gymnasts. The link for sign ups is below: Spaghetti Dinner Sign Up First Invite (Wisconsin Rapids): Our first invite is Saturday December 2nd in WI Rapids. We will have 2 SUVs plus Derek's SUV transporting equipment up heading up North. I will start preparing a roster of competitors as I see routines start to come together. If I have space in the car to bring non-competitors, I will offer those seats up once I get a count of how much room we have. Going to invites is a great way for the girls to bond with one another while also getting the experience of what these invites are like. Having more gymnasts tag along for cheering and moral support is also always appreciated!

It was great meeting many of you at the parent meeting and I look forward to a successful and fun filled second week of practice! Cheers!

Danielle