hilly1981
Yellow Belt
Hey,
My 10yr old daughter yesterday competed in her first ever tournament at the (Australia) NSW State Open Championships.
Even though she went down to a more experienced opponent in the arena she gave it her all. The scoreline really was not a true reflection of her effort. The end result was 12-0, however she was taken back very early (a bit shell shocked) and was down 11-0 after the first round. A couple of clean hits were not awarded to her however, and the opponent had a few low kicks awarded for some reason. IMO score should of been about 7-2 at this point.
Anyway with the first round gone, she found some rhythm in the 2nd and lasted about 30 seconds into the 2nd round before conceding a point and losing.
Without a doubt she has taken away some valuable match experience, and is not discouraged by the scoreline at all. In fact she still took away bronze due to only 3 players in her division, but to her its a medal
I am very proud of her!!
We had a chat about it all afterwards, and she identified the areas she needs to work on, so when she goes around again she will be better for it. It must of been pretty nerve racking for her before going on, and she has the type of personality to jump into anything and try it out.
My 10yr old daughter yesterday competed in her first ever tournament at the (Australia) NSW State Open Championships.
Even though she went down to a more experienced opponent in the arena she gave it her all. The scoreline really was not a true reflection of her effort. The end result was 12-0, however she was taken back very early (a bit shell shocked) and was down 11-0 after the first round. A couple of clean hits were not awarded to her however, and the opponent had a few low kicks awarded for some reason. IMO score should of been about 7-2 at this point.
Anyway with the first round gone, she found some rhythm in the 2nd and lasted about 30 seconds into the 2nd round before conceding a point and losing.
Without a doubt she has taken away some valuable match experience, and is not discouraged by the scoreline at all. In fact she still took away bronze due to only 3 players in her division, but to her its a medal
I am very proud of her!!We had a chat about it all afterwards, and she identified the areas she needs to work on, so when she goes around again she will be better for it. It must of been pretty nerve racking for her before going on, and she has the type of personality to jump into anything and try it out.
