Cheer, week deux

Covet: Kelsey was already in the cheer gym, having gotten out of her class early she'd gotten in and was taking a short nap before practice started. She was passed out on the couch, curled up with her head resting on a pillow. // Cadence came out of the bathroom in the locker room, having been changing. She walked into the Gym and looked around then made her way to the mats to get stretched out. // Coach Nevarez was sitting at the desk doing admin things as she looked up to see Cadence come in, checking her off along with Kelsey. The guys were doing their own thing in the weightroom tonight.
Covet: Kelsey was already in the cheer gym, having gotten out of her class early she'd gotten in and was taking a short nap before practice started. She was passed out on the couch, curled up with her head resting on a pillow. // Cadence came out of the bathroom in the locker room, having been changing. She walked into the Gym and looked around then made her way to the mats to get stretched out. // Coach Nevarez was sitting at the desk doing admin things as she looked up to see Cadence come in, checking her off along with Kelsey. The guys were doing their own thing in the weightroom tonight.
Smokeless: [did you guys jsut start?]
Covet: [Yep]
Smokeless: [good im not that late lol XD]
Tsaaq: Hayley drove her black acura into a parking space. "Oh fucking damn it." She scoffed, barely getting into the lines. "What the shit, I sort of had it earlier!" She cursed to herself. She opened her door, garbage such as candy wrappers and shit lined the floor of the vehicle already. She grabbed her gym bag and bolted to the gym. "Evenin' coach. Cay." She called out then glanced at Kelsey. "Hey, Aurora, wake the fuck up." She whispered softly to Kelsey with a giggle.
Alexithymiaa: -Steph breezed down the hallway with her bag slung over her shoulder, her phone pinched between her ear and her shoulder as she listened to her cousin ramble on the other end. "Okay, but I don't even know why you want to visit. Bryan's back in New York. There's literally nothing here for you to do." She paused outside the gym doors, shifting the phone. "Noah... I'm not doing this now, I have to head into practice. I'll call you tomorrow." Hearing him still talking as she pulled the phone away from her ear, she ended the call and shoved her phone back down into her bag, pushing into the cheer gym and glancing around. "Hey guys." Dropping her bag down on the floor, she walked over to join Cadence on the mats, taking a seat down to begin her stretches.-
Smokeless: Dori hopped on one foot as she pushed out of the girls bathroom fro mthe other end of the school. she got the shoe on and started to run down the hall."Excuse me pardon me thank you sorry" She huffed and started to pull her hair up as she ran as fast as she could down the halls towards the gym for practice. She didn't want to be late. She had exams all day and the last one took  longer then she expected. she finally made it to the gym and pushed the doors open panting slightly." i'm here i'm here." she drew in a deep breath and looked at the clock glad she wasn't late. She was all over the place and couldn't think straight for some reason today.
Covet: Kelsey stirred when she heard Hayley, and then it hit her that she was supposed to be awake, "Oh my goodness!.. Thank you.. I wasn't trying to nap that long...." She said sheepishly and went to get up, yawning as she made her way over to the mats. //"Hey Hayley, Hey Dick." She said as both of them came in respectively. // Coach Nevarez checked the rest of the girls off as they came in, "Okay Ladies, get to the center and start warming up. I noticed during tryouts that there are some of you that are struggling in the aspects of tumbling, So tonight we're going to, as a team work on getting everyone up to the same page as possible. So get stretched out, then I want  a 2 laps around this gym to get your heart rates up. Then you can catch a quick drink, before we get started on tumbling.
Tsaaq: "Why didn't you just go to the couches out by the quad?" She asked Kelsey before waving to the other girls."Got it." Hayley said as she went over to the mats to do her thing, leaning forward as she stretched.
Alexithymiaa: -Steph leaned forward and walked her hands out across the mat until her chest touched the floor, pulling her body forward to stretch a little bit of everything. "I have things to share with you, Bruce. Oh and I went out and very proudly bought your new album, Kels."-
Smokeless: Dori nodded her head and she went off to the mats. She sat down and started to strech. she leaned down and grabbed her fot streching her legs and back out. -
Covet: "Because if I did, then I wouldn't have woken up for practice. And I knew I couldn't miss it. So really, Thank you for waking me up." She said leaning forward  to grab the bottom of her feet as she stretched out. She smiled at Steph as she told her she bought her album today, "Thank you, I appreciate it, even if I could have gotten it for you for free."  // "Oh, good things to share?" She asked raising an eyebrow, "I may or may not of contributed in your sales as well." //  Coach Nevarez was also going about stretching out with the girls, listening to them chat idly while stretching out.
Tsaaq: Hayley got up on her feet and began to tug her arms to loosen her limbs. "Of course. I wouldn't just let you keep sleeping. That would be shitty." She sputtered. "Your album dropped today?" She asked softly as she turned to the blonde. "Awesome, congrats."
Alexithymiaa: "That's not the point. The point was to add to your numbers and support you, Kels." She flashed her a quick smile before pushing up to her feet, swinging her arms around to loosen up. "Yes Bruce. Good, heart-shaped things to share." She said with a bit of a giddy laugh, finally shaking the dark cloud that had been following her for the last week. She turned around and jogged away from the girls, making her way toward the wall so she could begin jogging the perimeter of the gym.-
Smokeless: Dori had listened to the girls but she didn't have much to say. She was lost in her own thoughts. She looked up seeing steph run off and she got up herslef and started to jog. The sound of feet pounding against the wooden floor echoed through her head. -
Covet: "Mhhm, It did, as did the video that I was working on right before school started." Kelsey said with a smile a she finished stretching out and got up so that she could get to running her laps. // Cadence got up and followed along with Steph, "Dude, people already try to over run Halloween with Christmas.. don't even start with that valentines bullshit."  // Coach Nevarez moved to the center of the mats watching the girls run around the gym. "Pick it up ladies, don't forget to get a drink when you're finished with your laps."
Tsaaq: Hayley went to run beside Kelsey. "Wow so you're like, hot shit now?" She snickered, her head turning every which way as her pony bounced about. She heard Nevarez and began to run faster. "Have you been practicing your tumbles?" Hayley asked Kelsey with a shallow breath.
Alexithymiaa: "I'm not jumping to Valentines day. Because if I do then it's my birthday and I'm not ready to be twenty three yet. I just meant Felix and I talked, and everythings good again. We're all on the same page." She picked up her pace when she heard Coach call out to them, making her way around for her second lap before bringing it in to grab her water and wait for directions.-
Smokeless: Dori breathed in her nose and through her mouth. she finished up her laps and went to her bag grabbing her water bottle and opening it taking a few swigs from it before returning it to her bag and walking off towards the mats. Her hands on her hips and she tilted her head back drawing in deep breathes.-
Covet: "I don't know aboout that. At least not quite yet. We'll see after the sales at least." She said with a laugh, picking up her pace, "I was doing some of it this weekend while I was back at my Parent's place yeah. What about you?"//"Oh nice, I'm glad that worked out in the end."  Cadence said making her way to her bag so she could get a drink and made her way over to the mats.// "Good Hustle. Alright, So which of you feel fairly comfortable with your basic motions. Back tuck, Backhandspring, Roundoff, Cartwheel, Splits..." Coach Nevarez listed off.
Covet: [*about.. apparently Kelsey went canadian]
Tsaaq: "I think so." She stuck her tongue out at Kelsey. "I've been doing my cardio and doing a lot of stretches when I'm at home. So it's kind of like tumbling but me avoiding hitting Hera or Lady. I read in splits now... With my door closed." Hayley said, her eyes darting once she finished her laps and went to grab her water bottle. Hayley looked around at the other girls then hesitated.
Alexithymiaa: -Taking a few sips of water, she replaced her bottle in her bag and walked out to the mat to join the rest of the girls, glancing around a little sheepishly when Coach asked about their skill levels before slowly raising her hand.-
Smokeless: Dori looked around and she took a deep breath."I've been practicing with Steph a little. I can do splits and cartwheels easy." she shrugged some but didn't raise her hand.
Covet: "I've become adept at all of those. I can do them individually, it's just when They are in a sequence that it gets harder to do." Kelsey said raising her hand. // Cadence raised her hand looking at Steph because well duh. // Coach Nevarez nodded her head, "Okay so we have a few things to work on tonight then. Cadence and Steph, since you two seem to be more the more proficient at those things, I'm going to use your help getting Dori, Kelsey and Hayley,all on the same page. Steph you'll be paired with Kelsey, Cadence you have Dori and I'll be working with Hayley."
Tsaaq: She rose her hand unsurely then lowered it hurriedly. She looked over to Dori and Kelsey then directed her gaze back to Coach Nevarez. Hayley pouted because she wasn't exactly paired with a peer but maybe it was for the best. "Okay." She said in a small voice, giving her head a nod.
Alexithymiaa: -Steph quickly looked over to Kelsey before turning her attention back to Coach Nevarez. "Uh... should we be starting now? Like... break off and do it?"-
Smokeless: Dori was really hoping to be paired with STeph. she felt more comfortable with her. She forced a smile on her face and nodded making her way towards Cadence."Okay" Perhaps it was for the best because Dori could try  and make friends with cadence.
Covet: Kelsey moved over to one corner of the mat, "Okay is there a way to incorporate these basic skills into some sort of pass, so that I can get comfortable with the transitions? Because that's where I seem to be struggling the most."  She said to Steph. // Cadence looked at Dori and nodded her head, " Jeez, I set shit on fire.. I don't bite. You don't have to force a smile or anything." Cadence said, her words dripping with sarcasm. "So I know you were working with Steph, so let me see how comfortable you've made yourself with what she's shown you." // Coach Nevarez looked at  Hayley and gave her a smile, "Hi, Okay so you seemed a little hesitant when I asked about the moves, are you comfortable with all of them? You seemed rather comfortable with flying."
Alexithymiaa: (Voting is up and open for SGA!)
Covet: [Thanks!]
Tsaaq: She walked up to Nevarez and lifted her shoulders into a shrug. "Well... I am comfortable with most of the moves. I guess I was nervous about saying I was but seconding guessing in the back of my head." Hayley said. "I think I've been in cheer long enough that I'm finally getting the hang of stuff." She said with a nod then smiled.
Smokeless: Dori chuckled abit at Cadence"Sorry just a little nervous..." she nodded her head"Well I've gotten pretty comfortable with my backhand spring. Splits and cartwheels are nothing to me I can do those all day."
Alexithymiaa: -Steph nodded to Kelsey, shifting out of her way a bit. "Before you start going crazy, why don't you try a round off into a back handspring. This is going to set you up for pretty much all passes without having to worry about any crazy elements. Your key to being able to incorporate more and more skills into one pass is finding the right speed and momentum in your run to match what you're doing. For example, a back handspring alone doesn't require any running. It's standing. But a round off back handspring requires maybe four or five steps of a run to give yourself enough momentum to complete the whip. So let's start there and see how you do."-
Covet: "I can totally do that." Kelsey said moving to the edge of the mat, so that she could get in those few extra steps. She took off and went from her round off into her back handspring and made it mostly through the handspring,but stumbled the landing and fell back on her butt."Ouch... Let's try that again." // "You're just struggling with your back tuck then? Honestly, it's pretty easy once you get it down." Cadence told her then went to go get some of the other mats and blocks stacking them up a bit. "Here.. I want you to stand on this one," She said pointing to the tallest block," and then you'll be going backwards, trying to land on the mats, I've put a couple extra because you'll need them the first couple of times, and they will make it a little less painful when you land. Get up there, and I'll show you what you need to do next." Cadence explained to Dori.// "That's good. It's more of a confidence boosting thing then?" Araceli asked. "Can I see each of the moves individually? And don't second guess yourself. I want to see all the potential you have." Coach Nevarez said stepping back to give her a smile.
Smokeless: Dori nodded her head to Cadence and she got up on the block like she had asked. She smiles and plants her feet into the block leaving them spread equally with her shoulders."Okay."
Tsaaq: She nodded in agreement. "Yeah. I think so." Hayley said with another shrug.
Tsaaq: ((NOOOOO enter button.))
Tsaaq: She nodded in agreement. "Yeah. I think so." Hayley said with another shrug. She went to stretch her calves then went to an empty spot on the mat. "Okay, start off with a back tuck first I guess." She said inhaling deeply holding her arms upward before swinging them backwards as she crouched then pushed off into her back tuck, pulling her knees in before landing on her and then posing a little. "Back handspring." She muttered. Hayley took a few steps back before running forward she threw her arms forward and leaned on her dominant side before going into her back handspring and landed clean. "How was that?" She asked, putting her hands on her hips.
Alexithymiaa: -Steph watched Kelsey's motions, nodding her head and walking over to her to help her up off her butt. "I know it probably didnt feel like it, but that looked really good. At this point you're just not used to having that much momentum on your tricks so you need to practice it so you can adjust to the speed and catching yourself to stick it. But your form and technique is spot on."-
Covet: "Okay, well that's good to know, I can definitely work on that."  Kelsey said as she got back up with Steph's help. // Cadence went about helping Dori I guess // Araceli nodded her head and gave Hayley a thumbs up, "I think you're definitely second guessing yourself, because both of those looked decent and were clean. I'd like to see a bit more snap as you whip around, but that's something that comes with practice."
Tsaaq: Hayley exhaled and bit her lip. "So I'll just practice more and clear my head." Hayley responded. "I won't let you down coach." She began to smile. "Anything else you want me to do?" She asked.
Alexithymiaa: "And I'll be around tomorrow after class for a couple of hours before I have to work so if you want to practice a little more, we can do that." She said with a small smile before walking off to get her bag from the wall, hitching it up onto her shoulder. "I'll see you guys tomorrow." She spoke quickly before turning and walking out of the gym to head home for sleeps.-
Covet: "I have plans tomorrow with Bradley. I'm actually taking a day off from classes to go to the zoo with him. But I'll keep practicing it on my own. Thanks Steph." She said then looked at Hayley, as she wrapped up with Coach Nevarez. // Araceli looked at Hayley, "I like the sound of that. Just keep working on making everything snap. I expect to see improvement next week." She called out as people started leaving.
Tsaaq: "I'll make that deadline." She said with another nod. "Night Coach!" She called out, seeing everyone else leave she went to walk with Kelsey as she went over to grab her gym bag. "How'd it go?" She asked. "Steph said you're doing better or-?"
Covet: "Yeah she said it looked good I just need to figure out how much momentum I need. That way I can gauge it better. Did you need a ride tonight, Or did you bring your car?" She asked with a smile.
Tsaaq: "I did bring my car... But I can leave it here and just get Adam to drive me to school in the morning and I'll pick it up tomorrow or something during my break. Is that okay?" She asked.
Covet: "Oh sure. If you don't mind leaving it here after all." Kelsey said, "It should be safe, I mean plenty of people park around here."
Tsaaq: She waved her hand. "Of course I don't mind. It's not like it's a lexus." She laughed. "I'm glad Steph said you're doing better. I really think that this team is not going to blow. Maybe we'll even win a competition?" She said, pulling her gym bag strap onto her shoulder and waiting for Kelsey.
Covet: "Or at the very least, get better than sixteenth place." Kelsey said, "I think we've got a lot better guidance this year, plus everyone seems to be in a better place." She said getting her bag as she made her way that direction, "How did Coach Nevarez say you did?"
Tsaaq: "She said I'm good but I need to get out of my head. And try to snap more but she told me to practice for that kind of stuff. Otherwise she said I had a handle on most of the tumbling." She smiled. "I can't wait to tell my therapist." She squealed a bit. "And my mom probably."
Covet: "That's fantastic. I think that's a problem that we all have at one point. I remember second guessing my rotations and completely flubbing it up. Plus it's great news to bring back to your therapist and I'm sure your mom is going to be super proud of you." Kelsey said as they walked out to he vehicle.
Tsaaq: "Stop." She said in a monotone with a small grin. "All around a good practice." She followed Kelsey and they probably talked more and shit, this bitch Dori ran out of practice cause she was crying and shit probz.
Covet: [Super sad because everyone 'hates her']
Tsaaq: ((Yeah I guess.))
Covet: [¯\_(ツ)_/¯]