Thursday, June 09, 2005

Ahhh!! Trampolining Assessment!!!

my 10 bounce trampoline routine:

- front sommersault
- swivel hips to full twist seat drop
- front drop
- tuck
- back sommersault
- pike jump

END

the day i dread is very very near.. it's next week!! AHhhHHH!! my trampolining assessment! and guess who's first up on the tramp? ME!!! ohhh myy!! so unlucky!!! coz the order is randomly chosen.... there's a pile of names... and then each person will take turn to draw out a name from that pile...without looking at the names of course.. and my friend monique was first up to draw.... and when she was drawing.. i was like.. "monique, it'd better not be me!"... tough luck! it was me.... what in the world did i do to deserve this???? arghhh!!!!! just ain't my day... i'm not ready!!! i still can't do my backflip.... i just started doing it without the harness today.. and believe me, it's not pleasant at all.. my hands are all over the place, it's not consistent, it's not smooth, it's jerky and i lack dexterity... all the points that show i'm a novice.. and i can't be one coz then i will get less marks.... i cant' get less marks coz this worth 20% of my end of year AS PE results! (i've a feelin this is gna be a long post)

i'm happy that my 10 bounce routine is all written up.. and it's really 10 bounce... meaning 10 contact on the trampoline.. not 10 tricks....i can do everything well except when it reaches to the part where i have to do the back sommersault... i'm happy with my front sommersault coz my exit is pretty well controlled and i have enough height to do the swivel hips (seat drop, half twist, seat drop) and then straight to full twist seat drop( 360 seat drop)... but after my tuck jump and the eye sore back flip.. i'm screwed!! i couldnt' land in a well-controlled position where i can go onto a pike jump and end.... i do the tuck jump, the back sommie and right after that, my hands go flying all over the place.... looked like an idiot! honestly i don't know how i look but i can imagine judging that my teacher was laughing as well as other ppl having badminton training at the gym!!! i laughed as well coz i felt like an idiot.... my teacher is very encouraging tho.. he believes that i can do it next week and i will be ready after a few practice.. he's even more sure than me! haha! so i suppose, trust the teacher? (yupzz.. i'm rite, it's a long post n gna get longer)

it was kinda scary after school doing trampolining in the gym.. yea, i stayed back for another hour to train. i HAVE to coz i'm being assessed next week! and we only hv trampolining once a week.. so basically nxt thurs i will hv like a few minutes of warm up and then start to be assessed... why is it scary? well, i trained in the old gym.. and the badminton training goes on in the new gym... and the new gym and old gym is right next to each other separated by a sliding door which was slide open coz tmrw is school assembly... so yeaa.. there's so many ppl and some of them just stare.. and then there's those ppl who just got changed ready for rugby standing outside the gym, looking inside, being amused at us trampolining... i was a bit pressured by them when i was practising my routine (exclude the back sommie)... at first couldn't do the front sommie.. coz they were looking! and if i dun do it good, then i will be embarassed... n true enuff, i was... i did a front sommie and cldn't go straight into my seat drop.. so i had to stop and do it again.. kinda frustrating coz i'm nt reali comfortable with front sommie... it's not like every single time i will do it correct.... but later on after a few embarassments, i managed to do it.. so i'm pretty happy... (wow.. i wonder how long this post is gna be)

so now, all i'm worried is the ending of my routine.. the back sommersault and then straight to pike jump.... i'm afraid i can't do them.. i mean, i took like AGES to learn the front sommersault.... to be able to do the back sommie in like 15 minutes next week.. i'm not really sure.... if i cant' do it, i will just have to swap it with a lame ass back drop.... GrRRrRR... then my level of difficulty will drop which leads to a drop in marks.... ohh wellzz.. life's life... i will definitely tell u all about it next week if i do actually get assessed coz i sorta beg the teacher to have it next next week but he said that we were running out of time... but he'll try to make it next next week.. but i have to prepare myself for next week....n if i do finish nxt week, then i need not stress out anymore... right now, i need to stay focused and determined... and gotta believe in myself.. (ahh, finally thsi post is finished! thnx for readin!)

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