Last weekend was Lexi's first NADAC trial, and she was amazing:) She ran 11 times, qualifying and placing in 9 of those runs!!! That is unheard of for us! I was so proud that she was running fast, and having fun!
We played a lot of new games like Hoopers, Weavers, Tunnelers, and Chances! Hoopers is all about handling skills. It reminds of Snookers because you have to plan your own course. We had never run under a Hoop before, but she picked it up really quickly @ the practice hoop before our first run! Hoops can appear in any course (except Jumpers I think) I found out, so she got really good at them by the end of the weekend:)
Weavers has 3 sets of 6 weaves in Novice, plus tunnels and hoops! Very fast and even though weaves aren't really Lexi's thing, she did great! Plus got lots of practice on weaves.
Tunnelers is my new favorite game! So fast and so fun! It is all tunnels!! 13 of them. One weird thing about tunnelers is that it is the same for every level, but you only compete with people at the same level as you. Every venue should have tunnelers:)
Chances was the one class that I figured would be tough. It is all about distance work! That is something that Lexi and I need to work more on:) BUT Lexi surprised me and did amazing! Especially on the 1st course on Saturday! It was a send from a tunnel to the dogwalk, and the dogwalk was at least 10' away! In other venues, novice sends are about 1/2 that distance and don't usually involve a contact... She ran that course like she read the course map before her run! She did great! I wish I had taped it!!!! Here is the map of the course by Matt McCarter:
On Sunday, she did just as well!!! Amazing girl is always surprising me:) Hope you enjoy the video of some of her runs!!
I am so grateful for the opportunity to run Lexi at a show, and boost her confidence when running at a trial!! She really looked like she was having just as much fun as I was!!
