Watching warm-up and the morning meeting you can tell the girls have the summer camp routine down pat. They are in perfect step during Coach Becky's morning dance routine and they even take their own attendance! Yup that’s right, instead of the traditional daily attendance where Coach Paul calls each girl’s name and each girl responds positively somehow indicating that she is present, the girls sound off in order (they know who they are after) just saying “here”. If there is a pause in the “here”, “here”, “here” rhythm Coach Paul notes the absence and the sound off begins again. Its strange to observe, but a very quick way to complete the morning roll call. Efficiency experts would love that model!
There were a couple of surprises in the Wednesday morning announcements; not only was Tuesday’s last place team in first place, but each of the team totals were only tenths apart. Usually the first and second place teams lead the third and fourth place teams by a couple of points – but not this week!
The midweek handstand challenge of one minute and twenty seconds on the rail was also close. The last click of the stop watch showed the girls surpassed that goal by a whole second! Phewww! No push ups!
The midweek handstand challenge of one minute and twenty seconds on the rail was also close. The last click of the stop watch showed the girls surpassed that goal by a whole second! Phewww! No push ups!
Thursday it was to time to empty the pit and rid it of blocks that have seen better days and those annoying l
oose block particles that sink to the bottom and manage to fly up and land right in the gymnasts eyes from time to time. Looking around the gym you could gymnasts creatively outfitted in surgical masks, sunglasses, and even swim goggles to avoid the "pit stuff". You could also see creative ways off moving the blocks from the pit to the sidelines. These included Miss Liz's beloved parachute, blankets, trash bags, and towels. Once the pit was emptied everyone was happy to see the dreaded pit stuff swept up and removed. With that done Coach Paul was able to perform routine maintenance on the submerged sub pump and dehumidifier. Once everything was in good working order the girls tossed the blocks back in. Wow.....its truly incredible to see the depth of the pit and how many blocks it takes to fill it. It was also incredible to see how hard everyone worked and the team spirit that made light work of this huge task. Great job everyone! Its awesome to have a nice clean, fluffy pit ready for the last day of camp and the fall season - which is just a few weeks away!
oose block particles that sink to the bottom and manage to fly up and land right in the gymnasts eyes from time to time. Looking around the gym you could gymnasts creatively outfitted in surgical masks, sunglasses, and even swim goggles to avoid the "pit stuff". You could also see creative ways off moving the blocks from the pit to the sidelines. These included Miss Liz's beloved parachute, blankets, trash bags, and towels. Once the pit was emptied everyone was happy to see the dreaded pit stuff swept up and removed. With that done Coach Paul was able to perform routine maintenance on the submerged sub pump and dehumidifier. Once everything was in good working order the girls tossed the blocks back in. Wow.....its truly incredible to see the depth of the pit and how many blocks it takes to fill it. It was also incredible to see how hard everyone worked and the team spirit that made light work of this huge task. Great job everyone! Its awesome to have a nice clean, fluffy pit ready for the last day of camp and the fall season - which is just a few weeks away! 
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