De Vita followed up with a near perfect floor routine. For this performance she's now
ranked number two in the state.
The pair's performance at the NSW championships has gained them a place in the national finals in
Melbourne on Friday and Sunday.
This is a dream come true according to De Vista.
"I feel really good because it has taken me nearly seven years to get this far," De Vita said.
| "It is going to be interesting
what new techniques we will have to learn this year.
"Every four years after an Olympic games the governing body change the point scoring system.
It is getting more difficult to score in gymnastic routines because the code appears harder
every time they change it.
Hockey agreed with
| De Vita.
"Under the new code,
you don't know how the new point scoring system will rate
the routines you'te familiar with," Hockey said.
"Your old routines may not be considered very difficult anymore, this will leave you with a
low score if you do them in competition.
"Though you can't worry about that stuff, you just have to go
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out there and plan for a clean
competition and land every routine."
Coach Wen Song said he had faith in the girls because the pair was exceptionally talented.
"Over the past five months the pair have improved more than 70 per cent because they are
much more focused on their training," Song said.
"My best example of this is with Kayla, she
| can gymnastics judges.
"Teaching the girls the right techniques is everything because a major injury
like a broken arm will end their career," Song said.
Sond admitted this was why the gym had such a good track record - it has had no serious
injuries in the six years it has been open.
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