Personal Narrative: Double Illusions

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Last year around the end of the year, right before nationals, I got hit in the head and got a concussion. When I got my concussion, I was at baton practice. We had run through all of our team routines. Usually, after practicing twirl teams, we work on solo tricks. Each practice we have one specific solo trick that we focus on and practice. My new skill I was working on was a double illusion. All of my twirl team was working on different solo tricks. Every once in a while, we would take a break and watch our teammates. My two friends, Elizabeth and Anna, were watching me practice my double illusions. Then, I felt pressured to actually catch one. So I threw a straight, high, rotating toss. I go down into the first illusion, glance up and go into

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