Friday, April 24, 2009

I'm so excited!

Sort of a random post, as it has nothing to do with the girls or things that we are doing as a family, but I am going to talk a little about work. I have been working my butt off the last few weeks, preparing for try-outs for my first All-Star squad. I started working at a gymnastics center a few months ago. They had a rough year last year with the squad/coach/etc. and hired me to take over the program once the competition year was up. This is no small feat, but I was and am VERY excited about it. I decided that we need to start from scratch and take the program in a whole new direction, and focus on building a Junior Squad (ages 7-14). I was nervous, as last years coach left me with nothing. I believe the squad had dwindled to 5 girls by the time Nationals rolled around. I have been recruiting hard in my classes and in the paper, as it is not a cheap sport by any means, so it's not like girls are just lined up waiting to join the squad (not yet, anyways...give me a year or two-ha!;)

Anyways, tonight I hosted a Clinic at the gym to prep the girls from try-outs that are coming up this weekend. We had a GREAT turn-out, and I am hopeful that I will be able to build a strong squad of 16-25 girls. YAY!!!

5 comments:

The Cantlons said...

Annie - That is awesome!! I'm very proud of you and very excited for you!!!

A Whole New McAfee Crew said...

good for you!!! i was the cheer coach at our school for the first couple of years at my school. we had a 80 girls try out each for and only 7-9 girls could make it. YIKES! talk about stress! :)

The Utz Family said...

That's awesome! It sounds like you are right where you need to be! Have Fun!

V. Murray Shockley said...

Good for you Annie!

Dawna said...

That is so great!! Good luck and I hope you have a great squad!

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