NAWGJ USAG Judge

When I was a little girl my dad practically had to drag me out to the car after gymnastics class. I'd beg my teacher-- "please, just one more?...I want to show my dad" :) Of course showing my dad was just a ploy to let me continue to play. I competed for 5 years when I was in middle school and high school. High school gymnastics was great cause I was still working out at the gym I grew up in--thank you Genie:) I was never amazing but I loved it--so much so that I was chosing to do two-a-day practices sometimes alone. I missed gymnastics when I was in college! Coaching/Teaching at summer camp was not always awesome in the moment but I loved it and then coaching at the Y in Ligonier was amazing! I remember my head coach there talking about becoming a judge but I didn't think it was something I would ever be qualified to do. My head coach in Martinsville is also a judge and there's a high demand for judges these days so she encouraged me along :) Lots of studying, lots of hoops to jump through and here I go... Saturday will be my first meet to judge. Am I nervous? You bet I am--I don't want lots of inquiries my first meet and I don't want to be way off but there's no wading into this field--you gots to jump right in to the deep end and hope your brain is filled with enough to keep you afloat.