FLYAWAY

HEY FOLKS ITS TIME TO CRACK OPEN THE BOTTLE, MARIAH HAS GOTTEN HER FLYAWAY SKILL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD YOU ABOUT HER INJURY WHILE TRYING TO DO  FLYAWAY BUT SHE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HAS STRUGGLED TO GAIN THE CONFIDENCE TO TRY IT AGAIN. SHE HAS SLOWLY BEEN TRYING THIS PAST WEEK AND TONIGHT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO IT ON THE HIGH BAR. AS PROOF SHE VIDEOED HERSELF. TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF FLYAWAY.

WHAT GETS ME ABOUT THIS DEFINITION IS THAT IT SAYS ITS BASIC..OK FOLKS I AM AFRAID OF WHAT INTERMEDIATE OR ADVANCED WILL LOOK LIKE. HOLD ONTO OUR PANTS THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN RIDE.

SO FRIDAY WE ARE OFF TO CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA FOR ANOTHER MEET. 5 HOUR DRIVE AND MEET BEGINS AT 730AM SATURDAY  MORNING. ORDER UP AN INJECTION OF CAFFEINE FOR ME.

Definition: A flyaway is a basic gymnastics skill performed as a dismount from the high bar, uneven bars, and rings. In a flyaway, the gymnast swings forward, releases, and performs a back flip off of the bar or rings. 

Elite gymnasts perform very difficult variations of the flyaway dismount with multiple flips and twists.