So tonight marks the end of our 2-day boot camp with the other two vaulting clubs in our state and it was quite an experience! The first day was...rocky to say the least. The other two teams are much more experienced and at much higher levels than anyone on my team, which is fine by me and I was excited to get some pointers but the first day they got here, all we seemed to get was disrespect. Everyone on our side left that day feeling pretty sour and dreading day two but this morning, for whatever reason, it was a whole different story. The one who'd been causing the most trouble was who gave me so many pointers on my compulsories on the barrel and became my assigned "legger" for the performance. To make a long story short, by the end of the day, though we're all still strangers for the most part, everyone was getting along a lot better, working together, and most importantly, starting to trust each other. I could really feel a sense of community beginning to build between teams. Suddenly, it wasn't like we were 3 separate teams anymore but one big one.
Now not only am I really looking forward to doing this preformance with them but I have hope that we will only keep growing closer as we continue to work together and that someday, maybe even not so far away, we'll be able to call each other "friend".
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