Just now I’m psyching up to go out late to the competition organizer’s get together after the “Big Show” at the Great West Gym Fest.
One of the girls I coach at summer camp was injured in Vault warm-ups during Finals. I’m bummed.
She was completely healthy and had a great competition 2wks ago. Now this set-back.
Crap.
Intellectually I know that the risk of injury is worth it in Artistic Gymnastics in exchange for the many, many benefits of the sport. This gymnast will be far healthier when she’s my age than her non-gymnast friends.
But emotionally, all I can say is that injuries really, really, really suck.
… I wonder if we should compete vault on to softer mats? Or simply into a foam or resi-pit?
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