My Personal Experience

We are interested in learning more about you and the context in which you have grown up, formed your aspirations, and accomplished your academic successes. Please describe the factors and challenges that have most shaped your personal life and aspirations. How have these factors helped you to grow? (800)

One of my personal experiences that I had was when my family decided to move from New Jersey to Florida. I never planned on moving with them but my mother basically forced me into moving with them. It wasn’t really all that moving stuff because the new house was actually pretty nice, it was just I had all my friends there and I was doing well in school. Nothing I said convinced my mother so after a week of packing we was off to Florida. The first week being there was a horrible week. Nothing was going right for me, I missed the school bus for a whole week, dropped my milk on my new shoes, and tripped over nothing in lunch. It was just trying to move back but parents always have this life lesson speech about trying to make new friends and try to get used to being here until we move again. It’s been about a month since we moved to Florida and I met about zero friends but I got used to living here since I’ve found something that interested me as an after school hobby and that was fishing. There’s barley any lakes or ponds in New Jersey so fishing wasn’t really something you do as a time waster. I usually fished right after I got home but on that day it was rainy and it wasn’t really a good time to fish so I just decided to practice my free shots until it started raining hard. I think I was outside for about 20minutes and suddenly a couple kids from my new school asked if they can shoot

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

I learned to enjoy the sport through the loses and the wins. There were times when I was unsure that I would make the cut for a more elite practice, but I did my best and made it through. Things are always scary in the beginning but with courage and persistence I was able to make the cut.

It all started when I was going to gymnastics with my friend Annabelle, before the elite tournament. When we got there, we started with stretches in the class. Our teacher Ms. Wilson thought we were ready to do level six gymnastics. Annabelle and we gave it a try. I doubted that we could do it but I had to just believe.Level six one of the hardest levels in our gym. Most girls on this team were 12 and 13 and Annabelle and I were 9.

I really enjoyed this class due to the variety of activities that were assigned, and the people I was able to bond with. I would have to say that “Turbo Kick” was my favorite activity we did. Although I ended up spraining my ankle during the session, it was still a lot of fun. Another one of my favorite activities would be the free workout days at the corec. I felt like I could workout at my own pace, without holding anyone back. I also was able to work on cardio, strength, and endurance activities as many or as little as I wanted.

I learned how my muscles respond in doing certain exercises and positions. I learned how my muscles relax and contract. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the class and how quickly I felt the benefits. This class showed me that it doesn’t take a large gym full of all kinds of equipment or hours upon hours of time to become toned and fit. All you need is the knowledge to perform the movements correctly, and the motivation to do it. This course has helped me in more ways that I could simply explain. It helped me not only gain strength in the places I’m sure I needed it, but also helped me with a lot of stress going on in my life. I have even more of a reason to continue this type of exercise throughout my life not only because it is fun, and pretty easy to do, but because it helps me feel really good about

This experience showed me that you cannot be lackadaisical in life and expect things to be handed to you on a silver platter. Instead, you must work for the goals you aspire to achieve. This changed me as a person for the better, and I now believe I am a much more dedicated person who will persevere through any challenge to achieve my personal

One thing that I like about this class is that it gives you a chance to get familiar with the weight room, equipment, and procedures. I really liked this because before I came to Missouri State University I participated in sports such as soccer, and track and field. Back

With the exception of tap and clogging, before moving across the floor in the class I will be teaching, ten minutes of conditioning will be included to increase core and upper arm strength to assist exercises such as inversions and port de bra. In addition to the technique classes, I would appreciate an opportunity to include an optional history class every Friday to enhance the students’ knowledge of each contribution to the form of art. These contributions include the development of tap, the pointe shoe, and each different technique of modern, whether the phrase is Graham or Horton. The way I will instruct the class will be cognitively and associatively by demonstrating two to three eight counts of the phrase as the dancers follow, review the counts from the beginning, and repeat. This teaching method will hopefully grant the dancers to accommodate each step with clarification. Depending on how fast the dancers are capable of learning the phrases, there will be multiple times I review the phrases in order for every dancer to pick up on the phrasing

The first two skills I had to acquire were a cartwheel and a handstand. These skills required upper body strength which I lacked. I worked on push-ups, inch-worms and bridge push-ups to build my upper body muscular strength. Similar to my custom of asking for help from my school teachers, I pleaded with other gymnasts to help me develop my skills. After a month of unremitting exercising, I achieved my first skills as a gymnast: a cartwheel and a handstand. Although first level skills, I was proud of my accomplishment. My principle of implementing hard work and commitment to achieve anything I set my mind towards once again proved successful. The next skills I need to acquire are the front walk-over and the back walk-over. I eagerly look forward to that momentous day when I advance further in my

As a second grade girl it seemed like a right of passage to join a gymnastics class. I was so excited to be alongside my friends and I felt like gymnastics was the thing for me. I went to class every week total ignorant to the fact that I was skyrocketing over everyone else in my class at Rita’s Gymnasium. Awkward, lanky, and clusty, are all awful characteristics of someone aiming to be on the US Olympic Gymnastics team. The coaches paid absolutely no mind to me and focused on the girls that seemed to be rapidly advancing in their skills, but I just couldn’t get the hang of anything. I put in the effort and then some because I thought that was what being great would take, but sometimes we are just at a disposition in life

I walked straight in there determined to get my back handspring. I felt so left out because I felt like everybody was so ahead and better than me. I went to go do the back handspring, but couldn’t. “Why was this happening again?” I thought, ashamed of myself. I realized I was scared that I was going to break my wrist again. “Focus. You can do this.” My coach said to me. After that, I did it. All by myself. Everybody started clapping for me and I felt like I was on top of the world. Since then I have become a strong tumbler and still love doing

Gymnastics has always been a part of my life ever since I was a little kid. When I was a child I always had so much energy, I drove them crazy all of the time, little did my parents know that I had ADD and I could not sit still to save my life. My parents finally found a way to release some of that crazy energy I had built up all day. So, when I was about four to five years old my parents had gotten me my first ever trampoline, and that's when I fell in love with the idea of gymnastics.

During the summers in between my high school years, I took the opportunity to volunteer as a coach for gymnastics camps held at my high school. I quickly learned that with coaching required a sense of leadership and role model for the kids in the camp as well as patience and encouragement. I took the role of setting up different activities to help the kids learn the variety of skills gymnastics had to offer throughout the gym and then taught them how to do each activity and the benefits of each. Learning skills is not easy in gymnastics and while spotting the kids I had to be patient in letting them learn on their own how to land the cartwheel or handstand properly. When they did learn the skills, it was exciting to see their enthusiasm and