This past Sunday, Springfield competed against a pair of Division II schools in Southern Connecticut State University and West Chester. We had a team score of 181.875 and we showed more improvement.
There were a few obstacles we had to get by this week in the gym and even at the meet. Between injuries and sicknesses, our team has been suffering a little bit. Having one of our strongest competitors, junior Brittany Baglow, out on two events due to injury was a little bit of a struggle. However, sophomore Jen Habeeb had no problem stepping up and putting up a score that was counted towards our team score. Each person contributed to the team and each person’s effort was valued!
This week’s word added to our team rope was strength. As a team, we focused more on our mental strength than our physical strength. We all know we are capable of hitting routines and hitting skills, but it is the mental side of gymnastics that can get the best of us.
The girls said, “We all know how to do our routines. We have done these routines a thousand times. Lets focus on the mental strength and put it in automatic.” This was great motivation to the team and really stuck in our heads. We didn’t perform our strongest routines at the meet, however, we are taking the things that went wrong and using it as fuel to improve and clean up.
Springfield is looking forward to traveling down to Louisiana to compete on Saturday! Check back in next week for the next blog! Thanks!
-Sophomore Keelin O’Connel
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