Kyle reflects on his personal feelings on returning to competition after months of injury rehabilitation from two broken patellas.
From his blog:
I have to admit, I was pretty nervous in the day leading up to last nights competition. I tried to be calm and cool and just conserve my energy so that I would be able to explode when it was time to compete.
During warm up I tried to stay relaxed by taking lots of deep breaths and moving at a slow pace in between turns. I didn’t want to go off and then have nothing left for the competition. I just wanted to get warm and hit one of each skill.
I am a planner. I’ve discussed it here before, but planning keeps me feeling calm and in control. I made a plan in the afternoon yesterday and I followed it to a T during warm up. Run, stretch, basic tumbling, vault, highbar, rings and then floor.
After the warm up was over, it was time to compete. …
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Day 2 of the Canadian Olympic Team test meet goes Saturday night.
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