Life of a twirler

The moments twirlers go through every week

This week at practice, we cleaned the routine and in general had a ton of fun. By that I mean I almost died, but it is okay.  We were doing a cross toss and moving with a spin, but the baton just barely missed my face.  I already got a black eye at practice before; I was not about to get another one.  Practice with my team is so fun, but sometimes it can get dangerous.  This week, I also got hit in the shins five times while doing a cross toss.  The only thing my coach said was “Well Caley, sometimes you get hit, and you just have to get over it,” so I started jumping over the baton when I knew I was not going to catch it.  It worked but I almost fell; I feel like I always get hurt at practice.

I was in my living room practicing my strut and my mom yelled at me because I was blocking the TV, so I stopped and sat on the couch.  Then she yelled at me AGAIN because I was not practicing, but it was way too cold out to practice so what was I supposed to do.  I ended up going to my room and practicing, but it was a little difficult because I did not have as much space.

I am working for my next competition, but I cannot add too much details only because what I am doing has to be a surprise.  After the competitions, I will be able to update on more information.  So stay tuned for next week’s blog when I can give more information.