We got a super visit to Houston. Lots of time with Matt and Lindsay. Hung out with the team. Watched a competition. We didn’t get to watch Alex win anything though. He did well his first two events. He scored a 12 on the rings, his best score ever on that apparatus. Then he scored a 12.2 on the vault, even with a step-out at the end. Good start. But then he had his worst meet ever. He fell on the parallel bars. He never falls on the parallel bars. Then he fell on the high bar. Then he had a good floor exercise. Then he fell on the pommel. Even with the falls, the lowest score on any of his events was a 10. Everything else was still in the 11s. He didn’t do well enough to get any recognition, but things didn’t go nearly as far wrong as they could have. We saw two kids in a row score in the low 6s on the high bar.
A fall doesn’t necessarily hurt, it can just be a step-aside in the middle of a routine and you have to pause, regroup, get back up and finish the routine. It’s always a full point deduction. In some cases it has to hurt. The fall from the pommel made a thud. He got back up and finished the routine though. That’s what you do.
I guess every athlete has to have a “worst meet ever”. Now Alex has that out of the way.
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