Acrobatic gymnastics

Billiards is also called as Cue sports. It is a game. In older days, the balls are made in clay or wood. Billiard balls, Tables, Cloth, Rack, Cues, Mechanical bridge and Chalk are the equipment s of the billiards. Pocket and carom are the different types of Billiards. In 15th century, the billiards was started. In the year 1340,billiards was played in outdoors. The King Louis XI of France was first introduce the indoor billiard table in the year 1461–1483. This game was developed and including the

“Gymnastics taught me everything- life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect,” says Shawn Johnson, 2008 Beijing Olympics All Around Gold Medalist. A hotly debated issue is whether or not competitive sports are beneficial for children and teens. (This, though, will focus solely on gymnastics.) However, research shows gymnastics is a perfectly healthy sport which teaches life skills such as time management, sportsmanship, and healthy habits. First, gymnastics teaches time management.

A gymnast requires being an athlete that pursues such elegancy as a butterfly, but also has the strength of a lion. It requires strength in both the body and mind. Gymnastics is considered the most dangerous sport in the world. For instance, the gymnast’s injuries vary from a broken finger to a fracture in the spine. Behind every routine that a gymnast performs is hours of training. To be a successful gymnast he or she needs to focus on having the right body, building up physical and mental strength

Description of a Subculture: Gymnastics Competitive Team Culture is the ways of thinking, acting and the material objects that form a people’s way of life. Within each culture there are many subcultures, which are cultural groups within a larger culture with similar beliefs. Many times, the subculture a person belongs to provide him/her with a sense of identity and belonging. Subcultures are characterized by their origin and the characteristics that define it. While growing up I belonged to many

The Stress of Childhood Gymnastics          For years gymnastics has been a sport that many children participate in. But as the years have gone by it has turned into something other than a place for kids to grow and learn. Its overwhelming commitment has continued to replace kids’ childhoods with stress, mental and physical pain and eating disorders. Many results have come from this change in the gymnastics society. Gymnasts have come to a point where they have been told and directed to understand

A long time ago there was District 16. The District 16 was controlled by a strict government. January seventeenth every year there is a meeting for the whole town to celebrate the children. This celebration is to introduce the children to a new item. When someone turns twelve in District 16 the government chooses a sport for that child to play. A family named the Smiths just got a new baby from the government to raise. They already had two children a sixteen year old boy named James and a eleven

Starting gymnastics has been the best decision I have ever made and has made me the person I am today. With every move, every skill, and every moment, gymnastics makes me feel alive. Ever since I was six, I have been doing gymnastics. I started when I said to my mother “I want to do that” with my high pitched little kid voice as I watched the gymnasts fly around the bar. My little sister had started me on the path of gymnastics because, ironically my sister wanted to do gymnastics and I never

Taking up gymnastics is one of the best decision I’ve ever made in my life. While I was in Nigeria, I saw an American gymnastics television show “Make it or break it”. When I saw those athletes use their bodies to gracefully propel themselves up in the air, I was in awe. Although I never really understood what the sport encompasses, I became captivated by it. While in the U.S., my friend who is also a gymnast informed me about the sport and I jumped at this opportunity and enrolled. Gymnastics- I realized

The topic of this experiment is to determine which type of gymnastics springboard will give the highest elevation. There are two types of springboards used in vaulting the traditional springboard and the air board. Based on research the hypothesis states that if a gymnast jumps on an air board then the height off the board will be higher than if jumping on a traditional springboard. To begin with, the vault has been in the Olympics for men since 1896 and for women since 1952. The vault requires

Dan v.s His Ego Dan’s pride and ego gets to the best of him. It makes Dan do things that are out of his comfort zone. What if Dan had the chance to change that, would he take that opportunity to become better? In the movie, Peaceful Warrior Dan Millman had the opportunity to change himself for the better. Dan had the chance to rethink his ways, his actions and do the right things. Throughout the movie it was Dan v.s his alter ego, but that changed when he meets a man named Socrates.