Artistic gymnastics

Dance; it’s beautiful, artistic, strong, and incredibly hard, but is it a sport? Sure, it demonstrates grace, strength, and athleticism, but some would argue that dance is not a sport because of reasons varying from not including sporting equipment, to not burning enough calories when performed. Although it may not involve a ball, dance is a sport, because it requires athleticism, grace, harsh training, and physical effort. So what defines a sport? According to Dictionary.com, a sport is “An athletic

age of six, Alvin Jr. moved with his mother to Navasota, Texas. In 1942 Alvin and his mother moved to Los Angeles, California, where his mother found work in an aircraft factory. While living in LA, he became interested in athletics, joining the gymnastics and football team. He also started taking tap dance lessons at a neighbor’s home with luminary towards Gene Kelly (1912-1996) and Fred Astaire (1899-1987). After visiting the modern dance school

usher swimmers back into the flags, whilst keeping surfers out of the flags! Additional responsibilities include assisting in first aid incidents, spinal board rescues and general beach management and risk mitigation. I am also passionate about artistic gymnastics, having qualified for and competed at state and national championships. After an epiphany that I was not going to be the next Simone Biles I retired in my final year of high school, but still avidly follow the sport as a

Because of the physical demand, skill set needed, and the rules set to tumble, stunt, and jump, competitive cheerleading should be considered an official sport. Yet cheerleading has rules, guidelines, training, and many other things other sports also include. It also is definitely a physical and contact sport which has caused countless injuries throughout the years of the sports existance. But, most people only know cheerleading as sideline (school) cheerleading and have not had a glimpse into the

of this program is they want to provide a great learning environment. They want to treat students in the best way. Also Hearts & Hands want to give every child in their program the change to learn things that they will need in their life such as: artistic, physical, cognitive and also social development. This school is a special place which can give children the kind of love that children 's feel like home. Hearts & Hands have wonderful teachers, good and healthy food, fabulous toys and plenty of

From observing varying dental environments, what appealed to me most was the technicality and artistic skills that were encompassed. I shadowed three dentists for a total of three weeks at Penthaligon Dental Centre, where I saw a wide variety of treatments, ranging from general check ups to root canal treatments and crown fittings. While spending

The following three sources are propaganda posters from the Cold War. This form of publicity was used by many governments and groups to show ideologies and attitudes. Propaganda is a form of persuasion used to influence people’s beliefs and behaviours. It is essentially a way to advertise an agenda. Some key aspects are the ideas and emotions towards another, struggles of Communism and Western influence and the general breakdown of US-Soviet relations. These ideas are conveyed through bright colours

grandchild. Makayla is funny, outgoing, and full of energy and is has been in gymnastics and dance. Makayla has a personality that lights up a room and she wants to be a movie actress. Samantha is my youngest daughter and she is 27 years old and her husband James is 35 years old and they have four children. Emily is 11 years old and she entered sixth grade this year she is the second oldest grandchild. Emily is a bookworm, artistic, and very smart and responsible for her age and sensitive. Emily likes

caps or goggles and our hair is pulled back in a bun and gently coated with Knox gelatin. It makes our hair stay in place and its shiny for the judges. We also wear waterproof makeup and a lot of it. Most of a synchronized swimmers score is based on artistic impression, which would include the suits, makeup, and facial expressions. We also use nose clips to keep the water from getting into our nose when we go upside down and do our tricks. That is all there is to the world of synchronized swimming

As sports sign-ups sneak up every year, many parents find themselves wondering, how many sports should my young child be playing? Sports specialization is defined as “intense, year round training in a single sport with the exclusion of other sports” (Jayanthi). This concept of devoting one’s career to a single sport from a very young age in order to reach higher physical success in the long run has always been around, but recently it has been drawing an increasing amount of attention. The media places