Grace Hauge 's Life And Life

Wednesday, April 7th, 1994 started out like any other day, I was attending Jr. hHigh sSchool, in St. George Utah. As a I was a young 12 year old girl that was obsessed with gymnastics, I breathed it, studied it, and lioved it. Gymnastics was my Life.! I daydreamed about competing in front of hundreds of people, lights dimmed down, the spotlight right on me as I performed each skill I worked so hard at perfecting each day at practice. I would picture myself going over my routines, every step, every pose, each body positions, how I’d present myself, f . . . . everything. I wanted to be a college gymnast.

Due to a debilitating back injury, last year I had to give up the sport that was my life for so long. My emotions were all over the place, from depressed, to lonely, missing my friends at the gym, I was a mess. Gymnastics was what I did for so long. All my hard work went down the drain. My main focus turned to school. My interaction with society outside of gymnastics grew stronger. However, I soon discovered that gymnastics skills were not the only thing I learned. Gymnastics is a sport that has hidden life lessons, lessons that I did not realized were ebing taught. These lessons I have taken away, I am applying to my new life. From small things like eye contact when being spoken to that represents respect, how to look at the bright side of things, the value of time, and to never give up on even the most difficult things in life. These lessons have shaped my life and made me who I am. It wasn't all for nothing. The outcome was actually pretty

I work as a gymnastics coach at Trousdell Gymnastics Center. It is a recreational center that provides programs for all Tallahassee residents, specializing in gymnastics and exercise. The goal of this organization is to provide a safe and affordable program that keeps the community fit and engaged. They offer recreational gymnastics classes for boys and girls of all ages. There are also preschool and kindergarten programs for the younger children. On the other end of the spectrum there are adult classes that teach gymnastics and overall fitness. In addition, the gym offers classes for children with special needs. Finally, Trousdell offers a competitive gymnastics program for exceptional boys and girls. Three Olympic gymnasts have come through this program. Trousdell Gymnastics Center is named after a former Tallahassee Parks and Recreation Director Randy Trousdell, a man passionate about his community and the health of its children. Since it’s opening over 60 years ago the gym has impacted 500,000 children’s lives. I coach recreational classes for girls ages seven to fifteen years old. I begin every class by leading an extensive stretch and then we go to the events of the day where I set up stations for gymnasts to practice different skills. I end every class with conditioning to help the gymnasts grow stronger so that they can perform skills successfully. Trousdell Gymnastics Center coaches have a responsibility to these children. It is our goal to make the two hours a

She also performs in a diverse way out of the sport as well. Gabby Douglas had many barriers in her life to defeat. Her path to the London Olympics stood disastrous. There were many distasteful roads to pass. She bestowed perseverance and grew through these troublesome circumstances with God's guidance. She showed her determination by winning a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Team Final and the All Around Final. Gabby Douglas is true to her beliefs. Her personality shows that she is helpful to the world, and family as evidence of her faith, her charismatic ways, and her graceful execution in the sport of

One of the major themes in Everything I Never Told You, Trophy Kids, and the article “Pushy Parents are Chasing Lost Dreams Trying to Make their Children Succeed”, is parent’s expectations of their kids and how that affects them as a person, specifically emotionally. In the book Everything I Never Told You, the protagonist, Lydia, seems to live a typical teenage life, but throughout the book the author reveals details of Lydia’s life that may explain why she chose to kill herself. By the end of the book, the reader can conclude that one of the leading factors to Lydia’s death is the pressure and expectation that her mother places on her. She wants Lydia to become a doctor and because she understands the amount of focus and hard work this takes,

Soon after the competition Jacie’s Coach got a call from Aly wondering if she could train Jacie. Of course, Jacie was thrilled, she began to work everyday doing whatever she could with her broken foot. After what felt like 1,000,000 days, actually 6 weeks, Aly began to train her! They were constantly working and getting Jacie ready for bigger things. Just 3 years later, with the help of coaching, Jacie went to Olympic Trials. After the first day she was in 6th with a devastating fall on beam, but the 2nd day she killed it! She could not have possibly done better! Jacie had made the team, she would be going to the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. Of course, Aly went with her as Jacie’s coach. Jacie competed all events and the All-Around. With 3 golds (All-Around, Floor, Bars) and 2 silvers (Beam, Vault), she led her team to the 2020 gymnastics Olympics Champions. With the help from Aly ,her coach, her dreams came true. One of Jacie’s favorite things she ever said was, (to Aly) “WOW, I am so glad I broke my leg back in 2017! I would have never become the Olympic champion! I am so happy that you have helped me and you are the best Coach I could ever ask

When born with a Apgar score of zero, a test given to all newborns contrary to belief Shawn Johnson would never be thought to be a world champion today. Although, this was near to impossible for Shawn, she overcame the impossibilities by winning gold at the Beijing Summer Olympics. Her gymnast career began to emerge at the age of three, when she was placed into Chow’s Gymnastics in Des Moines, Iowa (“Shawn Johnson”). By the age of twelve she was already competing at the national level. Shawn was winning a significant amount of titles before she began to make herself known. Amazing achievements were in Johnson’s favor, being a three-time holder of US all around championship. This is not the only accomplishment Johnson should be proud of, in 2007 she won gold

To anyone who dedicates their life to sports, especially athletes, any injury could be career ending. However, no matter the injury, the athlete refuses to take “no” for an answer when it comes to their active sport dreams. Full Out is a 2015 dramatic biography of gymnast Ariana Berlin who dreamt of winning gold in the Olympics and attending University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), home of many strong Olympic gymnasts. Nonetheless, after enduring a car accident that left her with a broken wrist, two broken femurs, a broken collarbone, broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, pancreatitis and in a coma for 5 days, doctors claimed that she would never fulfill her dreams of being an Olympic gymnast; or a gymnast at all for that matter. Ariana

She began her career of gymnastics in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona. By the time she was 12, she knew that the dream of being in the Olympics was actually becoming a reality, but she needed a better coach. The coach that she knew could take her to the top was none other than Béla Károlyi. She would have to sacrifice everything including her family to train with him, and she did. “I wanted to really go somewhere in gymnastics, so I figured I would have to leave home,” she said. “And if you’re going to leave home, you might as well come to the best.” So Strug packed her bags and left to go train

At 10pm we sat silently in my mother’s car. I had just spent the entire day competing in a wrestling tournament, and not well I might add. I was frustrated, and ready to quit. My 8th grade wrestling season had been a disaster, and I decided I was done. But I had been wrestling for half of my life, for 7 years and my mother knew this was difficult for me. She looked at me and said, “Just give us one season of high school wrestling Justin. I have a feeling you will really like it if you just give it a chance.” I looked at her cautiously, “One season. Fine.” Ordinarily, participating in an extra season of wrestling wouldn’t sound serious, but I thought it was. Toward the end of middle school I weighed only 75 pounds; I was small for my age. In high school the lowest wrestling weight class is

A Memoir of Grace is a biography/autobiography hybrid about the life and ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith. The book is written in the first person as told by Chuck Smith to his son Chuck Smith Jr. Most people might find it a quick and easy read, and this makes the book accessible to readers. I read it as a mental break from heavier texts. Nevertheless, the truth and the message of this book is rich and does not seem too oversimplified. On the other hand, the only trade-off is a lack of depth. One can only skim the surface in a book of this style.

Some parents are at their children's back, daily pushing them to excel academically. Families pressuring their child to perform well on a test, push them to aim only for performances goals rather than learning goals. For example a student will study for his test only because he wants to have the higher grade and not for the pleasure to learn. Parents is one of the many institutions that makes students feels as if their life success depends on getting the highest SAT or GPA score. One of the common scenario that parents do that really impact a student mentally is when they use the comparison method as a mean to pressure their child. Parents will compare their child's performances but comparing students among st themselves or even among st family member is the core of competition. For example, you will avoid being the subject of conversation during the next family reunion by coming back home with good grades. Many reasons can be attribute to the pressuring attitudes that parents inflict to students. It could be reasons related to the past such as parents that didn’t have the opportunity to have an education when they grew up, so they want their children to experiment what they have missed.

Using my old experience and old habits I had become just as good or even better than before. As I was on the freshman team for gymnastics, I had brushed off the rustiness from the break that I had taken. Even though the sport is as not tough and rough as club, I still felt the rush that I did before. As I take the skills and lessons that I learned from club gymnastics, I still work just as hard and have just as much fun. As freshman year continued, I started to remember the habits and the reasons why I loved this sport. With a different coach and new teammates, I still felt at home. Jumping back onto the equipment was like riding a bike, even though I was a little rusty at first, I will always remember what was taught to me. Throughout freshman year I have improved and grown potential that I hope to apply later in life and later in gymnastics. I push for new skills and moves every day, but most importantly the sport makes me feel

Nadia Comaneci created inspiration to gymnasts all over the world. “When Nadia was about 14, she scored the first perfect 10 at the Olympics in Women’s gymnastics”(“Nadia Comaneci,” 2001). Nadia continued to succeed throughout her experience. “ She won the American Cup in New York City in 1976, becoming the first woman to perform a backward double salto as a dismount from the uneven parallel bars”(“Nadia Comaneci Romanian Gymnast,” 2015). Girls from all around the world were inspired by Comaneci’s accomplishments. They wanted to be like her, scoring perfect 10s or winning medals. So they decided to join gymnastics.

At the age of three my parents decided to put me in gymnastics, I excelled immediately and after a couple months I entered into the pre-competitive program. My love for gymnastics continued and I became a provincially ranked, high level gymnast until the age of fourteen when I shattered my ACL and meniscus in my knee which required surgery. However, my years of gymnastics taught me a great deal of skills that I carry with me to this day. Primarily, I learned exceptional self-discipline, time management, and balance (metaphorically and physically). Gymnastics is exhausting on the body and the mind as you need total cohesion of both to excel. During my peak, I was training five hours per practice, upwards of five days a week and during the summer I would train six hours a day, six days a week. Gymnastics taught me that if you want something badly enough you will work as hard and as long as it takes to reach your goals. After shattering my ACL I pushed to continue training and I competed in my final competition and was the provincial champion on the bars event for my age category. I refused to let this surgery end my career. Six months after the surgery, I joined a competitive cheerleading team who I competed with for three years. Cheerleading was very different for me because it required all of the skills I had learned from gymnastics and on top of that I had to learn how to work with a team. I believe gymnastics is a huge part of who I am and has helped me to become the