- May 24, 2011
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I would give my left arm for them to be on a blue competition mat at least once before the day of the first competition. We were trying to explain what it will look like to girls who have never stepped foot on one before and they so weren't getting it. Our 42x42 outline was as close as they were getting. I'm definitely grateful I had that luxury growing up and grateful they have a cafeteria with high ceilings and 2 gyms so we always have somewhere to go. I told her today "Gee, I always imagined us coaching in some rich town where we had like 3 maybe 4 full competition floors for our team.."
For my middle-school-aged rec team, I have to coach on a baseball field (HAHAHAHA sigh) so I put BIG orange cones for the corners of the 42x42 "mat" and smaller orange cones at the front spaced 6 feet apart to help them visualize where the lines between the panels will be on the floor. It really helps with spacing.