Another Super Saturday

Holley and coach Kristin 10-11-08

Well friends, it has been another super Saturday around here for the Browning Bunch. Scott played a football game this afternoon and his team won. Yeah!! A great comeback from last week's loss. He tried his hand at quarterback for two plays today. He did pretty well according to Dad. He threw the ball directly to the receivers both times but the receivers did not catch it. This info is coming from Dad however, and we all know he is not biased or anything. He also told me that Scott played center and tight-end today too. All in all it was a good game. I wish I could have been there. I, on the other hand, took Holley to her gymnastics meet which of course was at the same exact time today. How many football games do you know of that don't start until 5 pm???? Anyway, Holley had a FANTASTIC meet. She scored high enough on the balance beam (9.0) and the floor (9.1) to earn blue ribbons. She scored an 8.2 on vault to earn a red ribbon, and her old nemesis the uneven bars proved too difficult once again. She scored a 6.8 earning a yellow ribbon. If only she could get one move, her kip, her score would dramatically change. There are two kips in her program, one on low bar and one on high bar and she can't do either one yet. That is the main new move that separates the level 4's from the level 5's. It is apparently a move that is difficult to get right but her coaches tell me that one day, all of a sudden, she will get it and then it will be easy for her. I hope they are right. Half of the girls have their kips and the other half don't, so I guess we will just have to wait until she figures it out. She's having fun anyway and that is the important part. Take care..... P.S. Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday Perry!!

Here's Holley's arch enemy, the uneven bars. Notice how her coach has to help her do each of her kips. The kip is the swing move to actually get on the bar. She does it on the low bar and on the high bar.