So Monique and I started basketball this week. We both played one season when we were a lot younger, and neither of us were very good. I was so shy that I was happy when I got to sit out two rotations in a row, and when I hurt my knee and could only play half of the last game that became my favorite game of the year. Monique spent a lot of time walking, not running, across the court behind the big group and tucking her hair behind her ears. So with that as our history, neither of us every imagined we would be doing basketball for our school team, but here we are.
This week was a clinic for all the middle and high school girls. It started off pretty embarassingly for me, and probably Monique too, as we have virtually no experience, but by the last day, I think I only embarassed myself a minimal amount because I definitely improved over the week. I don't know if I will end up playing in the games very much, but it should be fun anyway! It's so different for everything else I've done :)
Friday, October 21, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Change is in the Air!
Kelsey:
A lot has been happening since I last posted on here. Our name (acrogurls) is pretty much not relevant anymore as the three of us no longer are an acro trio. It was a very big time commitment and very stressful, and this year when we began attending a school with a more normal schedule there was no way it was going to work. But we did have a wonderful season and went farther than we ever could have dreamed for being in the sport only one year. We began the season in level five, in which we were undefeated, and then moved up to compete level six halfway through the year. We won all of our level six competitions through state, placed second at regionals, and third at nationals. After the season we would have begun training level eight (we already had most of the required skills), but we decided it was time to leave the sport of acrobatic gymnastics.
(our second and only day working together, before we started up again this year and began competing!)
More surprisingly, the three of us have also left artistic gymnastics. The time commitment was the main factor for Emma and Monique, who wanted time to hang out with friends, and to not be kept up late at night with homework. This was a major factor for me as well, but I also felt like I had pretty much topped out in Gymnastics. We all still love the sport a ton, but it was time for us all to move on and try new things.
I have gotten involved with cheerleading, which I have done in the past, but only one year and I was injured for six months of that year. It feels great to be back doing cheer, and it also feel great to be actually contributing to my team this year, instead of being the gimpy girl in the back (lol). The timing of leaving gymnastics and acro worked out perfectly so I did not have much time between gymnastics and cheerleading tryouts. I have been placed on the level four senior team at the gym I am attending, and I'm loving it. I'm still not an amazing cheerleader because I have very little experience, but I feel as thought I'm improving every day and have a lot to offer for my team, which is a lot better than I felt last time around! With cheerleading, unlike gymnastics, I feel as though I still have places I can go and that I have not yet reached my limits. I am very excited for this season and these next couple years of cheerleading ahead of me.
Not related to anything I have done in the past, my new school has a basketball team, and despite my shortness and general lack of basketball skill, my mom managed to talk me into trying it out. Since my school is small I'm guaranteed to make the team, so this could be an interesting season. I think it will be a lot of fun to try something so different from gymnastics for a change.
Monique has been looking into doing some dancing now that she is no longer in gymnastics. She has attended hip-hop, jazz, and acro trial classes, but our cat ate a lot of the outfits she bought for dance, so I don't think she has gone back yet, but it's definitely a fun new thing for her to do!
My mom got ahold of Monique, along with her PE teacher, and both have convinced her to try for the Middle School basketball team. I don't think she's completely convinced that it's something she want to do yet, but she has agreed to attend the clinic and check it out.
Emma is currently between sports right now. I think she's enjoying the socializing time it's giving her, and she's also enjoying relaxing and having fun after school rather than coming home, changing, and heading back out for practice. I'm trying to convince her to do cheerleading with me, or join the hip-hop dance team at the gym that I cheer at, which she seem interested in, but not motivated enough to do it. Maybe by try-outs next year I'll have her convinced!
Our brother Ethan, who appears in many videos on our channel, is still involved with soccer, which he loves, and will probably play basketball this year for the second time. I have seriously no idea how our family turned from a gymnastics family to a basketball one in such a short time, but it did and I'm loving the change! It's so different from everything I'm used to!
(Ethan scoring a goal two seasons ago!)
As for our youtube channel (acrogurls2463), it will remain up. I still have a few gymnastics meets as well as many acro meet videos to upload. That will probably take up a few months, and after that I will continue to upload videos, but they will be different, featuring cheerleading skills, us trampolining in our backyard, dancing, and stuff like that. We will probably also start uploading more gymnastics/cheerleading tutorials as well! I'm having problems with my camera and video maker, so it will probably be awhile before I begin making and uploading these new videos, but the meet stuff will probably be up soon!
Sorry for the length, but thanks for reading!
Kelsey
A lot has been happening since I last posted on here. Our name (acrogurls) is pretty much not relevant anymore as the three of us no longer are an acro trio. It was a very big time commitment and very stressful, and this year when we began attending a school with a more normal schedule there was no way it was going to work. But we did have a wonderful season and went farther than we ever could have dreamed for being in the sport only one year. We began the season in level five, in which we were undefeated, and then moved up to compete level six halfway through the year. We won all of our level six competitions through state, placed second at regionals, and third at nationals. After the season we would have begun training level eight (we already had most of the required skills), but we decided it was time to leave the sport of acrobatic gymnastics.
(our second and only day working together, before we started up again this year and began competing!)
More surprisingly, the three of us have also left artistic gymnastics. The time commitment was the main factor for Emma and Monique, who wanted time to hang out with friends, and to not be kept up late at night with homework. This was a major factor for me as well, but I also felt like I had pretty much topped out in Gymnastics. We all still love the sport a ton, but it was time for us all to move on and try new things.
I have gotten involved with cheerleading, which I have done in the past, but only one year and I was injured for six months of that year. It feels great to be back doing cheer, and it also feel great to be actually contributing to my team this year, instead of being the gimpy girl in the back (lol). The timing of leaving gymnastics and acro worked out perfectly so I did not have much time between gymnastics and cheerleading tryouts. I have been placed on the level four senior team at the gym I am attending, and I'm loving it. I'm still not an amazing cheerleader because I have very little experience, but I feel as thought I'm improving every day and have a lot to offer for my team, which is a lot better than I felt last time around! With cheerleading, unlike gymnastics, I feel as though I still have places I can go and that I have not yet reached my limits. I am very excited for this season and these next couple years of cheerleading ahead of me.
Not related to anything I have done in the past, my new school has a basketball team, and despite my shortness and general lack of basketball skill, my mom managed to talk me into trying it out. Since my school is small I'm guaranteed to make the team, so this could be an interesting season. I think it will be a lot of fun to try something so different from gymnastics for a change.
Monique has been looking into doing some dancing now that she is no longer in gymnastics. She has attended hip-hop, jazz, and acro trial classes, but our cat ate a lot of the outfits she bought for dance, so I don't think she has gone back yet, but it's definitely a fun new thing for her to do!
My mom got ahold of Monique, along with her PE teacher, and both have convinced her to try for the Middle School basketball team. I don't think she's completely convinced that it's something she want to do yet, but she has agreed to attend the clinic and check it out.
Emma is currently between sports right now. I think she's enjoying the socializing time it's giving her, and she's also enjoying relaxing and having fun after school rather than coming home, changing, and heading back out for practice. I'm trying to convince her to do cheerleading with me, or join the hip-hop dance team at the gym that I cheer at, which she seem interested in, but not motivated enough to do it. Maybe by try-outs next year I'll have her convinced!
Our brother Ethan, who appears in many videos on our channel, is still involved with soccer, which he loves, and will probably play basketball this year for the second time. I have seriously no idea how our family turned from a gymnastics family to a basketball one in such a short time, but it did and I'm loving the change! It's so different from everything I'm used to!
(Ethan scoring a goal two seasons ago!)
As for our youtube channel (acrogurls2463), it will remain up. I still have a few gymnastics meets as well as many acro meet videos to upload. That will probably take up a few months, and after that I will continue to upload videos, but they will be different, featuring cheerleading skills, us trampolining in our backyard, dancing, and stuff like that. We will probably also start uploading more gymnastics/cheerleading tutorials as well! I'm having problems with my camera and video maker, so it will probably be awhile before I begin making and uploading these new videos, but the meet stuff will probably be up soon!
Sorry for the length, but thanks for reading!
Kelsey
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