Physical education (often abbreviated Phys. Ed. or P.E.) or gymnastics(gym or gym class) is a course taken during primary and secondary educationthat encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting. Physical education trends have developed recently to incorporate a greater variety of activities. Introducing students to activities like bowling, walking/hiking, or Frisbee at an early age can help students develop good activity habits that will carry over into adulthood.
Top Gymnast in the World In 1967 in Romania Nadia Comaneci discovered the sport of gymnastics which changed her life. One day two little blond- headed girls were doing cartwheels in the courtyard at school. Bela Karolyi, Nadia Comaneci's future coach, was watching them. Then the school bell rang and all the kids ran inside. Karolyi went from class to class searching for the two girls doing cartwheels. He was ready to give up when he went to one last class. He asked, “Can anyone do a cartwheel?”
Gymnastics is one of the hardest sports to do in the world, with four different events female gymnast compete in. Some gymnasts have stood out in history and should be recognized like Dominique Dawes, Mary Lou Retton, Kerri Strug, and Nadia Comaneci. These are the gymnast chosen because they meet the following criteria, they must have gone to the olympic games, medaled in the olympics, in some sort of hall of fame, and they must have competed in nationals. Dominique Dawes competed for 14 years, and
Gymnastics is a extremely complex sport involving horrendous amounts of strength, power, flexibility, balance, grace, coordination, and control; if you have none of these qualities, you are not a gymnast because if you were, you would probably be dead. When you think of gymnastics, you may picture a girl, no taller than five feet, whipping her body across the floor in a series of tumbling, dance, leaps, turns, and ending with a double flipping summersault; or you might see a young girl flipping numerous
“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
Why is training as a professional gymnast so demanding on gymnast’s bodies? To partake in gymnastics it takes a vast amount of upper body strength. This strength alone is hard to build and maintain. ‘Trainings are extreme with any hours, lots of physical demands as well as mentally challenging’ . Great bursts of energy and power are needed to use this strength. Also a great amount of advanced physics come into executing skills perfectly. All of these aspects effect gymnasts can be positive and or
sticking to gymnastics which I had done forever or taking a leap of faith and trying out for cheer. I choose to tryout for cheer. I had grown up doing gymnastics, I loved the sport. I couldn’t possibly imagine myself anything other than a gymnast, but I decided to try out for my high school cheer team. I was unsure what the outcome was going to be, I was fearful of failure by not making it on the team as that was a big possibility due to my lack of experience. I felt safe in gymnastics, I was comfortable
mother was addicted to certain substances. Her sister was born two years after her. Her sister’s name is Adria Biles. As a child, Simone was homeschooled. Her sister was homeschooled with her. Simone did not go to gymnastics class to begin with. She went on a daycare field trip to a gymnastic arena. She then started doing a backflips off her mailbox after
Put down your pom-poms and prepare to learn a whole lot about the cheerleading you used to know. Throughout time, cheer has developed into an intense sport with elements of risk and danger. No longer are our squads dismissed while cheering on the sidelines for other teams to win. Today each cheer team is working their way to be the champion of their own division. Cheerleading has evolved throughout history into one of the fastest growing sports today; All Star competitive cheerleading. Competitive