Week 3 - Short Week

Happy Sunday everyone!

We had a busy 2nd week of practice and now we will have a short week for gymnastics since we have thanksgiving this week. Here's some important info for the upcoming week:

Practice Times This Week:

Monday (7-9 PM)

Tuesday (5-7 PM)

Wednesday (10 AM - 12 PM)

Thursday (No practice)

Friday (No practice)

Overview of the week: Monday: Bars, Floor Routines + Tumbling Passes, and Open Gym Tuesday: Water Bottles + Picture Day. *Water Bottle Decoration will be before practice. Girls can stop by the gym after school or before practice and start decorating their water bottle and doing their hair for pictures. Team & Individual photos will be taken starting at 5:00. Gymnasts must bring their competition leo for pictures. Everyone is required to be part of the team photos but individual photos are optional. Any extra time will be used for open gym. Wednesday: Beam, Floor Routines + Tumbling Passes, and Open Gym Routine Deadlines: The deadline for preliminary routines to be locked down will be Monday (11/28). This applies to all events. Thursday was a productive day and we got through almost ALL of the floor routines for the team which is amazing. This week will be focused on getting all the routines on all the events locked in. This will allow the girls to start perfecting their routines and starting the process of making them solid. Preparing for WI Rapids Invite: Our first invite will be December 3rd in Wisconsin Rapids. I haven't received the official information letter from the school so the schedule I am providing is tentative. Thinking of the timing for that day, it would tentatively look like this: 7:30 - arrive at school 7:45 - stop for coffee 8:00 - leave for WI rapids 10:00 - arrive at school, get dressed, warm up 11:00 - meet starts 3:00 - meet ends 3:15 - stop and get food (eat in the car) 5:30 - get back to memorial We will take 2 minivans up to the meet. Once we know how many competitors we will be bringing up, we will offer any extra spots to non-competitors and do a random draw if there are more people that want to attend than seats. The coaches and I are hoping to make a decision on Monday of next week (11/28) who the final competitors will be. As I get more info on the invite, I will update everyone with the info. If you have any questions before my next update, don't hesitate to reach out. Housekeeping Items: This last week was a week of MAJOR progress. The pit is complete, the air track is inflated, the bars were correct, and over 75% of the junk in the gym is gone (with all dangerous junk moved out completely). Here's the things still on my to do list: The 2nd vault runway was picked up and now needs to be unrolled and set up. The new beam cover for the low beam was ordered and is expected to arrive this week. I still need to investigate the shakiness of shaky beam. Pictures: Pictures will be Tuesday 11/22. We will do team photos and individual photos. The photographer, Holly Oxley, is a close friend of mine and she is excited to help capture our team's beauty and strength. Jason Deli Sign Up: Don't forget to sign up for Jason Deli boxes. That's all I can think of for now. As always, please reach out if you have any questions or comments. Cheers,

-Danielle