I was at the 2013 Midwest twisters Harley invitational it
was the second meet of the season and I wasn't able to focus very well (It was
obvious that I was bouncing off the walls).
The first event that I went to was Still Rings, which is usually one of
my stronger events. On my first warm- up
turn, everything was fine up until my
dismount, which was two back flips(It felt like I was a bird gliding through
the air), I landed on my feet but, I had over rotated and rolled back. The second turn that I took for warm-ups my
coach wanted me just to do the double back again when I let go (It didn't feel
or seem to be right and I was lost in the air I just didn't know which way was
up or down). I compensated for over
rotating by opening up earlier but I guess that my early was way too early because
when I opened up I landed on my head hard.
I would have been seriously injured if my coach hadn't helped me by
giving me a boost so I didn't land on the top of my head. One of the other competitor’s dads who was a
doctor and a friend of my dad’s didn't know if I was going to get back up
because he thought that I had broken my neck.
When I got back up, my coach asked me if I was okay. I said
that I was but he still had me go to the physical trainer that was on site. They hadn't seen me fall but they saw how I had
landed. Because of the way that I landed
they had to test me for a concussion I didn't have one but because I had hit my
head really hard I still couldn't compete and had to be cleared by my doctor
before I could do anything in the gym other than stretching and some of
strength.
This was the most disappointing thing that has happened to
me this season because I was not able to compete when I was excited to and it
was only my second meet of the season. Being
excited is one thing but being overly excited to the point that I could
possibly hurt myself is something that I want to avoid for the rest of the years
that I do gymnastics.
