So yesterday was my first day back for tumbling class, and it went relatively well. The only people in that class are my sister and I so it's basically like a private class and we get our own little instruction from the coach. It's really nice actually cause we get private lessons from our coach (who was actually the Captain for Varsity cheer last year at CP) and I was really nervous for this class.
My boyfriend drove my sister and I to gym cause he was gonna go with me to my game after that (literally an hour after tumbling). So we did some cardio just to get our hearts going and I knew right then it was gonna be a long practice because it was only like 15 minutes and I was winded. Keep in mind I'd been out for close to 3 months because of my broken thumb. But then we moved into the more basic skills like cartwheels and handstands and front and back walkovers. Still relatively easy, but the real test was going to be the back handsprings cause that's what I did when I broke my thumb.
So when Windy asked us to do a standing one I asked for a spot and she said I was basically good, just some form issues. But I was feeling pretty confident. Then she asked me to do standing two and I wasn't landing anything.. infact my back was really starting to hurt and on top of that I jammed my thumb on the floor! Of course it's scary when you smash your finger that just healed by doing the same skill you did when you broke it. But it didn't hurt terribly so I shook it off and kept going. But after missing a second time with my standing two I had to do them on the tumble track.
My back was really hurting after that and when I went and got water my boyfriend tried rubbing my back for me just to relieve the pressure of tumbling from me. He said he felt like either I had a knot in my muscle, or a rib was out of place.. I was a little scared but I didn't wanna stop tumbling, it's been a long three months and I've been waiting paciently till I could start again.
I feel ok now, just really sore, but there is still that spot in my back that sorta hurts.. Ok I know this wasn't a real carefully thought out post, I just felt like I needed to post atleast once a month... Finals are coming up next week and I'm stressed out about that as well as SAT and the chances of me being an All-Star cheerleader! Think I should do it?
