Go Hard or Go Home!! (gymnasts)

[Antione Hoefflin]

Antione Hoefflin stood in his office that was on one wall of the gymnastics studio. In his hand he held onto his ever present clipboard and the other hand was resting on the back of his desk chair as he read through an email on his computer. The email had a list of the upcoming meets, and the first one was only in a couple of weeks. He knew that it was still the holidays, but he didn't care, and he wanted to get his gymnasts up and running as soon as he could. He had sent each of the gymnasts, the ones on campus and off, an email a few days earlier, letting them know he planned to have training session start that morning. And then last night he had sent the ones on campus a text to remind them. Sure, it was five o'clock in the morning, and sure, it was still their summer vacation time, but again, he didn't care.

Pushing the power button on the screen, he watched as the slimline screen went black and then he exited the office. This year he had two new gymnasts, and he was going to push them harder than the others to make sure that they were as good as he had been told. However, this year he didn't have his elite, as Cara-Jean had graduated at the beginning of summer, so this year his other gymnasts would need to work even harder as they didn't have their golden ticket any more, so medals were no longer something they could count on.

He checked his watch before he glanced up at the door, it was getting closer and closer to the half past mark, so he hoped that the girls arrived ready to go since they had left things so late. If any of them did arrive not ready to go straight into warm-ups, he was sure that fifty chin-ups on the high bar would correct their error for tomorrow morning.

Just a note: I will be replying to this in two days, no matter how many people have or haven't replied to it. Be warned, Coach Hoefflin doesn't go easy on people who are late (meaning if you haven't posted before I post again, you are LATE

[Serenity Oliver]

Serenity was tempted to hit the snooze button on her alarm as it grew louder and louder, until she remembered why it was going off. "OMG!" She cried as she threw the covers off, which also sent her kitten flying across the room. "Sorry, Lu." She cooed as she rushed over and scooped the feline up. "You can go back to bed." Placing Luna back onto the the duvet and then flicked the light on, time was running out and she needed to get moving.

Running into the bathroom, she quickly showered and then walked back out into the main room where she opened her wardrobe and flicked through the few leotards that she had purchased before leaving for the Academy. She finally settled on her two tone flame tank leo and then pulled on her velvet jacket and pants tracksuit and headed back into the bathroom to fix her hair into a messy bun and then grabbed her gymnastics satchel, even though it had dance printed on it, which contained her towel, water bottles, pain killers if she needed them as well as everything else a girl might need while working out. She then pushed her feet into her sports shoes and sprinted out of her room, down the stairs, out of the House, down the path to the gymnasium and then through to the studio that was set up for gymnasts.

She chewed her lower lip as she saw the man standing there, and guessing he was their coach, she marched forward. "Good morning, my name is Serenity Oliver." She flashed him a quick smile as she headed to the benches where she placed her bag, taking out a water bottle and towel, kicked her shoes off, slipped out of her tracksuit and then walked over to the mat were she sat down and began to stretch out her muscles.

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Lilith of course had been up at least fourty minutes early. It was a habit, waking up very early either to just get ready, study, or simply because of her gymnastics. Of course Blue Ridge wasn't the only one who called for gymnastic practices very early in the morning. Being completely silent, she changed into her old uniform, the leotard she had used as well as her black jacket with the name of her previous gym on it and just some ordinary track leggings. She stretched a bit on her own before working her black hair into a braided updo. After, she slipped on some sneakers before grabbing her gym bag and water bottle. Kissing the head of her still sleeping cat, Ajax, she set out of the dorm towards the gym. It was ten minutes early, so she didn't run even though she liked being in the gymnasium early. Lilith jogged slowly, warming her muscles up easily since she didn't let herself go over the summer, constantly warming up and practicing at her gymnastium. They were sad to see her go, their top gymnast but she didn't let guilt or anything get to her. They had other great gymnasts, and she didn't have any attachment to the people there so it was easy to just pack up and leave. This was just a new place, and a new opportunity. As she saw it of course. Lilith was sick of her old gymnasium, so maybe it would be better to go some place new. After she had slipped up and got second in nationals, everyone had thought she went soft, that she had let it go and wasn't going to compete or participate in gymnastics any further after her four day break from the gym. It was crazy, not going to the gym for four days, for her at least. She usually went everyday, sometimes two times a day. When she walked back into the gym, they were all pretty surprised, but it wasn't a shock to Lilith. People just tended to believe any and all rumors. Which were obviously that she quit.

But the fact she was approaching the gym doors right then and had been practicing still ever since was an obvious sign that she didn't give up on one of her passions. Slowing down to a walk she pushed open the door without even stopping, letting it close behind her as she walked over to the benches. Dropping her bag, she looked up to see the coach, Antione, standing there. Her expression remained emotionless as she looked at the man before nodding to him once in acknowledgment. Unzipping her jacket she dropped into her bag before pulling her shoes off as well as her track pants before moving over to the mat the other girl was on. She stayed clear of the girl, giving the girl her space as Lilith began stretching. Doing the middle splits she leaned over, grabbing hold of her pointed toes on each side after holding it for awhile. Those stretches were just simple easier ones before she began her others, using the stretches she had learned and always used before practicing. Glancing over at the coach once, she returned her attention to her stretches and thought out routines for each apparatus as they waited for other girls and the coach to say something or interfere. She continued to think up routines for whatever apparatus he instructed her if he did, old routines and new ones that she was just making up in her head. She liked to plan her routines out ahead of time, so she wouldn't go to her apparatus and wing it. She could make things up as she went but she preferred not to when it came to gymnastics. Continuing her stretches without a single word to Coach or the girl stretching, she simply waited for other gymnasts to come.

Outfit

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McKayla let out a soft groan as she woke up from her phone's alarm clock. Swinging her legs over to the side of the bed, she rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and combed through her hair to fix some of her slight bed head. She had a half an hour to get ready for their gymnastics training session. She actually really didn't mind, since she has a love for gymnastics, she didn't care if it comes to waking up like this every morning. At least these sessions will help her stay fit. She let out the last of her few small yawns out as she finally pushed herself up, off the bed, and quickly went to the bathroom to wash her face with some cold water. This definitely made her awake this time.

She tied her hair into a messy bun, for now, as she went over to grab her gym bag, which she uses for gymnastics, and starts filling them with the same old necessary things. She zipped up the bad once she made sure it had everything she needed and went over to her gymnastics gear that was already set aside on the edge of her bed. Once her leotard was on, she slipped over a jacket and sweatpants and went back over to the bathroom to fix her hair. Turning the messy bun into a tight braided bun, she pinned in any stray hairs from her bangs or anything sticking out that might bother her during the session. Doing a quick double check of everything, she pushed herself into some tennis shoes and went into a brisk walking pace towards the gymnastics studio.

Upon arrival, she noticed two new figures in the studio that she doesn't recognized from other meetings. Though she guessed the two must be new gymnasts and just let it slide. She heard how Cara has now graduated from the Academy, so now they are missing one of their best ones from the team. Those times when she was able to see what the girl could do, she would agree that she was one of the bests. She just hoped she could be as good. Entering the gymnastics studio fully, she walked pass over to the familiar face of the gymnastics coach, saying her usual formal hellos. She then went to slip off her jacket, sweat pants, and shoes off as she stuffed them back in her gym bag. Zipping the bag back up, securely, she went over to the mats and gave some room for her, and the other two girls, as she went into her normal stretches for today.

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Sam's blue eyes snapped open at the sound of her overly-annoying alarm clock. She groaned and flicked the snooze button on her phone's screen. Her body made an unpleasant noise as it connected with the ground and Sam stayed there for at least fifteen minutes. She had set her alarm half an hour early for these things exactly. Slowly but surely, she pushed herself off of the floor and walked to the shower. A freezing cold show woke her up enough so that she could put on her red leotard, a pair of running shorts, and start packing up her gymnastics bag.

She learned long ago that taking a spare change of clothes with you wasn't a bad idea. One day, when she was leaving her old gym, her sweatpants had caught on a loose hinge of the main doors, tearing them down the back of her thigh. Of course she didn't have spare clothes with her, so she had to leave with half of her upper leg exposed. Needless to say, she, just like today, packs an extra pair of clothes with her.

Along with her spare change of clothes, she tucked away a protein shake, her warm-ups, a towel, and two water bottles.

After mercilessly beating Keri with a pillow and tucking her hair up into a tight bun, Sam made her way to the gym. When she arrived there was already four people were already in the gym, three of which were stretching on the mats. Two faces she could identify, but the others were obviously new gymnasts. Well, two wouldn't compensate for Cara being gone, but it was a start.

Sam ditched her flip flops and shorts then made her way over to the mats to stretch out her long limbs. She flashed a quick smile to McKayla then eyeballed the two new gymnasts while she waited for practice to start.

[Antione Hoefflin]

Antione did no more than nod his head as one of his new girls entered and introduced herself before slipping out of her warm-ups and then went into stretching. He remained where he was as three more girls filed in one at a time, the second to arrive was his other newbie, and he left them to work through their own stretching routine - the one thing that he never actually said anything about unless the gymnasts where doing something that would hinder rather than help them.

His watch beeped when six o'clock hit and he blew on the whistle that hung from his neck, something he didn't normally wear as he never wanted to be confused as a basketball coach or a normal phys ed teacher, but today he used it nonetheless. When he had the attention of the four girls on the mat he gave them all a quick smile. "Welcome back." He said, his voice firm and always to the point. "I am hoping that you all kept your fitness levels up over the past couple of months, because our first meet is in a couple of weeks, and we don't have our golden girl, so you are all going to need to work your butts off. Now, on to business, I would like to welcome Lilith Johnson and Serenity Oliver to our happy family. Lawrence, I want you on the floor. Gilbert, vault, Johnson, bars and Oliver, beam." He was being nice and putting them on an apparatus that they were strong on, but not their strongest for the likes of Samanatha, he'd wean them back in gently and it would give him a chance of seeing what the two new girls could do. "Are you waiting for a written invitation? Go!" Even though the girls were already moving the last bit was just to let them know that he hadn't gone soft over the summer.

[Serenity Oliver]

Serenity wasn't at all phased when the coach didn't respond to her welcome, her previous coach was rather rigid too - though her last coach was female so her and the rest of the school gymnastics team always joked about her having permanent PMS.

She gently stretched out her muscles, focusing on one group at a time. She noted the three girls as they entered, but she didn't feel that this was the right time or place to be making friends, that and they all seemed a bit older than her, so she probably wouldn't be in their social groups when it came to classes.

She sat up, still in straddle splits as she heard the whistle, not able to stop her eyebrow from raising up at the whistle. SHe nodded her head as she was introduced to the others, well her name was mentioned anyway, as once again she didn't think it was the right time to talk. She listened carefully as the apparatus assignments were handed out, and she was instantly rising to her feet when the coach growled at them for not moving fast enough. She knew right then that this man was going to be a tough one to please.

Hurrying over to the beam, she quickly worked out a routine that might impress her new coach as she quickly chalked her hands and the soles of her feet - she wasn't one of those people that used beam shoes - and then walked over to the side of the beam, completely bypassing the springboard. Circling her shoulders, she placed her hands on the beam and mounted with a Side Split, she then rose up, and turned so that she was facing to the side of the beam and stretched out her right leg, then using her arms to balance herself, she went into a Triple Turn in Tuckstand. Shimming forward two steps, she rose her arms into the air and did a Tucked Arabian to face the opposite direction and then went straight into Back-HandSpring. She then danced her way to the end of the beam where she had begun her routine and then did two Back Hand-Springs, a Layout Full finishing with a Korbut Flick (flic flac swing down to Cross Saddle Sit), making sure to keep her weight on her hands even though it looked as though she had handed straight on her groin. She then used her hands to push herself back up to a standing position, where she shimmied and danced backward four steps, then raising her hands into the air, she went into a Front Aerial, then into a Grigoras (front tuck salto with half twist), so that she was turned around at the very end of the beam. Dancing forward three steps she did a Back Pike and then a Straddle Full. Standing at the centre of the beam, she raised her right leg and holding the ankle with both hands she did a Double Turn in Split. Making her way back to the end of the beam she went into her next string; a Switch Ring, Layout Step-Out, Tucked Full, Back Tuck, and Sheep Jump. This was followed by a Sissone (a split jump with a little added flair) and then a basic Split Jump. Once again at the end of the beam, it was time to finish her routine so she went out with a bang; two Back HandSprings and dismounted with a Patterson (double arabian). She landed on the ground, her feet together and bending her knees so that her bottom was almost touching the mat but as she threw her arms up, she also straightened her legs, sticking her landing in triumph!! She was so pleased that she had been assigned the beam.

Unsure what to do next, she jogged over to her bag and grabbed the water bottle and jogged back to the beam with the bottle. After taking a drink and placing the bottle on the ground off the mat, she used the spring board to mount with a Homma (three flying flairs), now having fun rather than working on a routine.

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Lilith stood up, watching the coach as he spoke to them. She simply nodded her head at some of the things he said, nearly raising an eyebrow at the words 'golden girl.' Whom Lilith assumed was their top gymnast and had most likely left or graduated. As soon as he said her name and the bars she immediately went to the apparatus. When it came to bars, Lilith wasn't the best but she did try with all her strength, pushed herself to the limits. She also tried new moves constantly so there was never knowing what to expect from her. Thinking over a routine as she quickly walked to the apparatus she thought about trying some moves she had seen in the Olympics by a, she believed to be, Romanian girl or style. Putting chalk on her hands, she looked at the uneven bars before taking a deep breath. After applying chalk to her hands she took a moment to prepare herself before raising her arms in a salute then using the springboard to do a Hecht jump mount before doing a cast. Despite bars being her weaker, she moved elegantly and quickly, knowing how to cover up any mistakes and after having poured countless hours and days, weeks into moves on the bar, had succeeded in growing to be better. 

Doing a Toe on 1.5 turn, she moved into doings a straddled jaeger, nearly slipping but easily tightening her grip without making it very noticeable. Doing another cast, she did a Ray before a Pak Salto, her movements fast yet not rushed. Next she moved into a Maloney and then an overshoot to handstand on the lower bar before immediately doing a stalder to the high bar. After doing a toe-on half turn, she did a Tkatchev, wobbling on slightly before easily recovering and covering the mistake and does a cast with half. Beginning her giants, she did a blind full before going to a double back dismount, sticking the landing exceptionally well. Dusting her hands together, she analyzed her performance in her head before figuring she did well. Applying the tiniest bit more of chalk to her hands, she moved around to the springboard once again, thinking of another routine in her head for a few minutes before approaching the springboard, beginning her other routine. 

OOC: I apologize for how short and bad it is

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McKayla glanced over as she saw another fellow gymnast arrive, this time she actually knew the girl. She flashed the blonde back one of her warm smiles as she went into a split and finished off her stretching before being called back to attention from a high pitched noise. She faced the coach as she never really saw him in a whistle usually, but just shrugged it off as she heard his firm tone hasn't faded over the vacation of summer.

She gave a nod towards the coach's direction as she spoke about working their butts off now that they didn't have their 'golden girl', already knowing who that was. She just let out a quiet sigh as she pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them as she continued to listen to what apparatus they will be assigned to work on today. She shot the two new gymnasts a small smile at the mention of how they will be joining their little 'family'. She heard her name, or last name, as she heard she was assigned the vault, one of her strongest apparatus as a smirk tugged at her lips. She started to straighten out her legs and start getting up and get going, unsure if she should wait for the actual 'go' signal. Her question was soon answered when she heard the coach bark out their cue to hurry up and get started.

Although it might have made her hesitate and flinch inside, she was quite used to it, so she barely showed any response to the man's point of how he is still the same coach they always have known. She fast walked over to the area of where one of the two vaults was. She dipped her hands in the chalk as she patted out the excess. She stared ahead of her at springboard and vaulting table as she thought about what move she should do. After a few seconds, she figured that she shouldn't be wasting any more time as she just finalized her decision at trying a two and a half twisting Yurchenko. She rolled her shoulders and wiggled her feet to make sure her legs weren't asleep from summer break. She then let out a breath before she made a running start towards the springboard. When it neared, she swiftly did a round off into a back handspring, curving her back in a reach forward as she pushed off the vaulting table, strongly. She kept her legs straight and stuck together as she did a two and a half twisting layout. She almost thought she didn't have the room to do the complete twisting layout, but somehow she did as she found back her focus when she felt her feet hit back on the ground, bending her knees to keep balance to stick the landing. McKayla threw both of her arms in the air for the finish. She then let another smirk appear on her lips as she made her way back to the chalk bin to start again.

[Antione Hoefflin]

Coach Hoefflin watched each of his gymnasts perform on their assigned apparatus and was pleased with what he saw, the new girls were obviously as conditioned as he had been told they were - he never based his opinions on what he read, more on what he saw - and what he could see gave him a little hope, at least he had a strong team to take to their first event.

He felt that they had barely touched the surface of what they could do when his cell phone alarm vibrated, telling him that eight minutes had ticked by already. "Oliver, floor! Johnson, vault! Lawrence, bars! Gilbert, beam!" He hadn't bothered using the whistle as a warning this time, just using his voice to send the girls scattering to their new assignments. He knew that the bars was Samantha's weakest apparatus, but he also knew that she needed to work on this weakness.

Leaving his position by the vault, he strode over to the uneven bars, she adjusted the height and space between the bars so that they were more suitable for the lithe girl's longer frame. He then stood to the side of the bars so that could spot the girl, should she need it.

[Serenity Oliver]

Serenity was working on her dismounts and was trying a Gainer stretched Back Salto with a triple twist off the end of the beam, but as the coach called out his instructions, it took attention away from what she was doing, and she lost her balance as she did the third twist and landed heavily on her side, shaking her head slightly as she suddenly saw stars.

Getting to her feet she grabbed her water bottle, jogged over to her bag and grabbed the CD that had her collection of floor music and carried it over to the the floor area.  She put the CD into the stereo and and found the track she wanted and pushed play. She had set this CD up so that it have her thirty seconds to get ready before the music started. She stood at the corner of the mat with her back to the main area, back arched, arms down with her shoulders back. She silently counted in her head as she waited for the music to start and the theme for Phantom of the Opera filled the studio and she then went into her routine.

The first diagonal pass was; RoundOff, BackHandSpring, and a Layout with two and a half twists. Step-Out, RoundOff, Whip, Tucked Double-Double and a Punch Front. Now in the opposite corner, she began her next pass; Layout with two twists, Step-Out, RoundOff, Whip Full, Full-Twisting Double Layout, Tucked Barani. 

Her dance sequence came next with included a Triple Turn in Tuckstand, a Quad Turn, a Switch Ring with a one and a half turn Split jump.

The next diagonal pass included a Layout Front with half a twist and Step-Out, RoundOff, BackHandSpring, Arabian Double Tuck and than a Layout brought her page the the opposite corner.

She then did another small dance sequence with a Switch Full.

Then her final diagonal pass of a RoundOff, Layout with one and a half twists, a Step-Out, RoundOff, Whip with one full twist, a Double Front Tuck and finished the pass with a Tucked Rudi. She then spiralled into the off centre of the floor and folded herself onto the ground, placed her right hand on her heart and the left arm stretched out as through she was asking someone to help her up and hung her head as the music ended.

She then rose to her feet as she headed over to stop the CD, she had made so many mistakes during her routine, she almost lost her balance in the tuckstand, had over balanced on the quad turn, had stepped out on the double tucks - yes, all three of them. She knew that her handsprings had been a little wobbly. The routine would give her a perfect 10 if performed perfectly, with the way she had done it, she would be lucky to pick up a four.

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In the middle of her routine, she quickly dismounted the bars once she heard the coaches voice. Listening to him, she made her way over to the vault. Lightly dipping her hands into the chalk she breathed in, going over several points in her mind. She had noticed that blonde girl who was at the vault earlier doing a yurchenko 2 1/2 twist or Armano. Lilith figured she could do something different from that, knowing she could already do that and wanted to do a different move. Brushing all excess chalk off of her hands, she took a deep breath before making her way towards the front of the vault after adjusting it. Looking at the vault for a few minutes she pondered over other moves she could do in the future. She had always been pretty strong at vault. No moves truly intimidated her. She would either plan out how to do it and when, or immediately begin practicing the move or routine. Always seeking to be the top of her game, always giving 110%, she didn't let anything phase her or get into her head. If something did, it could really screw her up and her chances, and she had learned that already in Nationals. Mentally shaking herself away from the memories, Lilith raised her arms in salute before dropping them and breathing in.

Taking a running start, she ran fast before doing a round off flic flax with 1/2 turn on, stretched salto forward with 1 1/2 turn on. Keeping her form tight and molding to the moves easily, she stuck the landings, bending her knees only very slightly before raising her arms again. Her features remained emotionless still as she played the vault over in her head. Sighing, she decided to practice another vault before maybe getting a drink. Reapplying a bit of chalk to her hands, she moved back to the front of the vault before raising her arms in salute once again. Keeping her features blank, she took her running start before doing a round off and then a yurchenko double back. She remembered her other coach saying she didn't have enough tuck the first time so she made sure to improve that this time. Keeping her form tight and tucking, she hit the mat and bent her knees, going a little lower than before but she still stuck the landing. Perfecting it more from the last time. Rolling her shoulder a bit absentmindedly, she decided against getting a drink before thinking of another yurchenko in her mind.

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McKayla was in the middle of sticking the landing in another Yurchenko when she heard the coach’s voice boom across the gymnastics studio. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as she tried to focus herself to quickly land this move to head over to her next assigned apparatus. She felt herself wobbling out of balance as she bent her knees to keep balance, but still ended up taking a small step backward. She bit her lip, but decided to not worry about it now and quickly sprung back up to quickly head over to her bag to get a quick drink before making her ways towards the beam.

She rubbed her hands, feeling the soft chalk against her fingers as she rubbed some on the bottoms of her feet and patted away the excess. She thought ahead of what routine she should practice on the beam today as she turned to face the springboard and beam in front of her. She decided on a front tuck salto mount, steadying her feet as she bent her knees halfway to stick a good landing onto the beam. She threw both her arms in the air to balance herself as she straightened herself back up. She pointed out her right foot doing two split leaps as she made her way to the other end of the beam. Doing a Back Handspring with two layouts and then a forward free Aerial walkover to one foot, she let out a deep breath she didn’t know she was holding as she felt herself wobble a bit. Going into a Gainer layout step out step out salto she then danced down two steps before doing a Onodi (jump backwards with half twist to walkover forward with step-out). She kept her moves swift as she transitioned between one another and tried to keep the best balance she has ever done, as the balance beam wasn’t one of her strengths. Gracefully, she did a double turn on one foot in the center of the beam followed by a sheep jump, now turned to face the side of the beam as she did a Tousek (flic flac with step-out in side position).

Now for her dismount she would be lying if she said she wasn’t worried about sticking her landing. Although she somehow grew the confidence as she let out another deep breath and did a Khorkina dismount (Gainer stretched back salto with 2 1/2 twist off the end of the beam). She kept her legs straight off the twist and thankfully had enough room to finish off the full two and a half twists as she felt herself bounce back on the mat. She bent her knees a few ways down as she did feel a seconds worth unbalanced, but she threw her arms in the air in a finish and salute as overall she stuck the landing and was quite impressed with her routine along with improvement in the apparatus. Letting a tiny smile creep up on her lip she walked back over to get another drink before heading back over to the beam to practice some more moves.

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Sam finished the last of her dance sequences with a bright smile plastered onto her face. It may not really be her best apparatus, but she always smiled after a floor routine. She shot onto her feet and trotted over to her bag, taking a few swigs of her shake before walking over to the uneven bars. First her favorite apparatus, now her least.

She dipped her hands in the chalk, wiping any excess onto the low bar. A few shaking breathes escaped her, partly because she was always nervous on the bars, and partly because the coach was watching her. She saluted quickly before she latched herself to the high bar with a forward salto and performing a cast so that she didn't end up in a dead hang. Next she did a Stalder forward with a one half turn, staying on the high bar and performing a C level release. Sam nearly lost her grip after a slightly sloppy Geinger layout, but tightened her grip and followed with a giant with a half turn.

Sam swung backwards into a straddled flight and a handstand on the low bar. While grinding her teeth, she did a Weiler kip with a full turn. Doing piked Stalder release immediately followed by a hip circle, Sam got herself into a small groove and felt herself getting slightly more comfortable with the bars. To help finish off, she performed a clear hip circle with a half turn, then dismounted with a tucked double salto with a full twist. Unfortunately, she wasn't necessarily prepared enough for the landing and ended up stumbling then fell backwards onto her butt.

Okay, the landing could have been much better, but it wasn't half as bad as she expected it to be.

Slowly but surely, Sam stood herself up and stretched out her back before attempting to work on the bars yet again.

[Antione Hoefflin]

Antione kept his eye on Samantha at his position beside the bars while he kept an eye on the rest of the studio as the other gymnasts took on their apparatus. He saw a few things that he needed to nip in the bud, but he would deal with all of that in the next practice as this morning was really just giving him a chance to see what the new girls could do, he would tear them apart in this evening practise for doing things that they didn't have any business in trying due to lack of strength.

His phone buzzed again five minutes later and drawing in a breath, he barked out their next assignment. "Lawrence, vault! Gilbert, beam! Johnson, floor! Oliver bars!" He moved so that he was standing more between the bars and the vault, where he had been at the start of the training. From what he had heard, Serenity could look after herself on the bars, but he still wanted to be close enough should anything happen.

Another round of apparatus and they girls would be onto what he liked to call free-time, when they got to work on their apparatus of choice - where having two of each came in handy.