Personal Narrative Cheerleading Competition

Hi, I am Arabella, a junior in high school and a varsity cheerleader at Siesta Key High School. I am four feet and eight inches tall and a flyer on the cheer team. I often dress like a nerd, and do not care what other people think. I am dating the star football player at SKHS his name is Tom. Tom was not only a star football player, but he is also very good at soccer, basketball, baseball and volleyball. He is a liar and a cheater too. Anyways, people just call me Bella. I love sports and love spending my days off at the beach. I especially love Major League Baseball; Tampa Bay Devil Rays is my favorite team. I am a happy person most of the time. Who’s dedicated to my cheerleading career; and I want to get a scholarship for Northwestern

career through my high school years until an injury brought my dreams of being a competitive gymnast

The week of ICCA State, I received my second concussion. This time I was not a flyer, but fell to the ground catching my flyer. I prevented her from getting injured, but it marked the end of my cheerleading career. After this incident, I realized that cheer was no longer worth the risk. Giving up cheer felt like I was giving up my dream. I planned to one day try out for a D1 college cheer team. Once I was fully recovered, I decided I would focus on dance. I had danced for years off and on, but I had never thought about continuing it, especially after high school. After a year of dance team, I had found my new passion. We received second place at nationals and I was the only soloist on my team. Today, I am thankful for the series of misfortune because they lead me to where I truly belong. Now I understand how precious life is and that mine was spared by the grace of God. I am currently a senior in high school and plan to dance at Lindenwood University next fall. I plan to study biological sciences on a pre-dental tract to one day become an orthodontist. My injuries have not only shaped my goals and work-ethic, but also my attitude, beliefs, and personality. I am a more positive and understanding person because I know what it is like to struggle but also to

The countless hours of sweat I had spent on seemingly the hottest days of the summer and once again during the reopening of school, the occasional bruises I would receive when a flyer wasn’t able to hit her spot on time and came tumbling down into my arms, and of course the persistent itch I would feel along my neck from my body suit all served as reminders of one of the biggest aspects of my high school life till date — cheerleading. Ever since I had sat in the bleachers as an 8th grader during the first fall pep rally, I had been mesmerized by the way the uniformed bodies seemed to move in sync. The way they seemed to hit every step with precision, the way their glimmering bows sat atop their head, and the way that confidence radiated off

I joined the Scholastic Scrimmage club because my brother Jason was in it before me and so, I wanted to see what it was all about. I soon found a community of people there who thought like I did, who were as curious to learn new things as I was, and as competitive (in a good way) as I was, and still am. I always looked forward to going to practices and competitions after school, to find the limits of what I knew, and to ultimately expand those limits. Then, in my junior year, I became captain, and I had to become the trainer and leader, not the student, and that has become a very fulfilling duty as I see freshmen coming into Scholastic Scrimmage practices just as excited for the next hour as I was. Scholastic Scrimmage is not only a

One of my most meaningful achievements is completing physical therapy, which is one of the main reasons why my career goal is to become a physical therapist. In April 2016, I broke my ankle playing a soccer game. I fractured the Talus bone and was put in a cast for over a month, hoping that

On March 3rd I went to my sister's gymnastics meet where they stretched, warmed up, and, practiced. first when they stretched they did simple things like Heel to butt, toe touch, and lots of other stretches. when they started to warm up they got on the balance beams and walked back and forth to get ready to practice. some of the other kids Suede back and forth on their hands. finally, when they started practicing they started doing some of the things they learned throughout the season. this the season was balanced beans they had to know how to walk backward on the balance beam and how to stand on one foot on the beam. the component of fitness in gymnastics Is flexibility, muscular endurance, And muscular strength. I was at this event for

I am a cheerleader who cannot dance. A cheer routine consists of three main components, stunting, tumbling, and dancing. I have been cheering for over six years and still have no rhythm. Every year when it comes time to learn our choreography my coach already has my spot. It does not offend me because I have learned to overcome and find pleasure with my inability. Choreography is the best day of the year for a cheerleader. You get to learn a whole new routine and find out what the year holds for your team. While everybody else gets to learn the new dance for the upcoming season I sit with my coach. While I may not have beat I do have good ideas and my coach always lets me voice them during the dance. In the end while my teammates preform the

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.

By the end of my third year, I had many statuses, as many do, such as a student, peer helper, employee, cheerleader, etc. What made me realize I was so unhappy with cheer was when being a cheerleader became my master status. It was my status that became the most important to others in everyday life, and sometimes even to myself (Ballantine, 116). I was more likely to be identified and grouped with cheerleaders and their attitudes, actions, and thoughts. This became clear to me when my mother, whom I am not close to at all and only see a few times a month, would introduce me to her friends and coworkers as her daughter who cheer for Beavercreek High School. That was my only status that made her proud. She never bragged to others about my successful

One thing you should know about me, is that gymnastics is my life. I have been doing gymnastics since I was six and have earned many titles I am proud including: the 2016 Southeastern United States Xcel Regional Champion, the #1 gymnasts in the state of Florida, and earned the spot of the 2017 Team Florida caption at regionals. I attend Golden City Gymnastics about 15 hours a week. It's a huge time commitment but it's worth it. Gymnastics isn't the only sport I've done. From kindergarten to 8th grade, I attended Nativity Catholic School. In 7th grade I tried out for flag football because we were in need of a running back and rusher and my friends told me I would be a perfect fit due to my speed and agility from doing gymnastics all my life. Football was so fun, I ended up doing it again in 8th grade where I got the player of the year award! All of my teammates called me “lightening” because I was the fastest. My

The pain in my back doubled and I knew I was done. The doctors told me that I had two stress fractures in my 5th lumbar and that in order to fully recover I would need months of physical therapy and to wear a brace at all times. This injury brought many new obstacles into my life. My focus was not only on school but on recovery, which took time away from homework, friends and family. Not only did it change my daily schedule, but it also took away my ability to participate in the sport that I loved. At first glance this situation seemed unbearable, however, it was a blessing in disguise. I learned a lot about myself through this injury. I learned that the course of my life was in the hands of someone much greater than me, and to trust in a plan not devised by myself, but by God. I learned to push myself, but to know my limits and to listen to my body. Most importantly I learned who I wanted to be. My doctors, my physical therapist, my family and my friends poured themselves into my recovery, helping me and encouraging me

Since then, I still haven’t competed at my best ability, but I am confident that I will one day once my knee is healthy again. I ended that season with an unpleasant 50th place finish at my championship. Luckily, I have track coming up, and I hoping to do great things this season and get my knee back to its original state: slightly damaged but not bad enough to bother

This season he has brought a fresh voice and an aggressive mentality pulling out all the stops to make this team a consistent winner again. He has traded fan favorites Jason Heyward, Evan Gattis, Craig Kimbrel, and Justin Upton. You look at those names and you say how are you ever going to win a game again, trust me that's what I was thinking and many other fans were too. The crazy thing is I think we have won every single one of those trades or at least they are even. Let's take a look at what I'm talking

I began gymnastics at Gymboree when I was only three years old, I competed in my first competition when I was seven years old, going onto winning my first medal at the age of eight. After competing for nine years, I was entering my freshman year of high school my parents told me to make a choice between