Artistic gymnastics

“ I wish I could do that” that is what I used to say. Now I’m closer than ever! I tried to accomplish doing a backhandspring without falling. I had A class at the CCC and I have been at it for about five weeks although I did not accomplish landing a backhandspring I am closer than I have ever been before. The materials needed to do the skill are yourself, a spotter, and a mat. I wanted to learn this skill because I have always thought gymnasts looked awesome doing their things and the backhandspring

MFMS Cheer Rising to New Heights The Cheerleaders at Marble Falls Middle School have had a phenomenol season this year. The 30 athletes are divided into a 7th and 8th grade squads plus Marble the Mustang Mascot. Traditionally, the cheerleaders only cheer at home football games but this season they travelled to two away games. They perform amazing stunts, cheers, and dances. You may have seen them in the Marble Falls Walkway of Lights Parade or in the Alamodome performing at halftime for UTSA. “The

the right answer. Gymnastics, is first of all, in the Olympics, so why do people say that Gymnastics isn't a sport? It may come to mind a few times, but if gymnastics isn't a sport, yet it's in the Olympics, wouldn't every other sport in the Olympics, not be a sport? This man made a website saying why gymnastics

Ever since I was in diapers my mom has taken me to gymnastics class. I have been through all of the stages in gymnastics, beginning in mommy and me classes and excelling all the way to level ten gymnastics. By that time my whole life revolved around gymnastics, and a college scholarship was the goal. My whole life changed September of 2013. Early one September morning was just like every morning. The team ran, stretched, and then started the apparatuses. My group began on floor, and because competition

parents decided to put me in gymnastics. I excelled immediately and became a provincially ranked gymnast until the age of fourteen when I shattered my ACL and meniscus in my knee which required surgery. While my gymnastics career was cut short, I learned a great deal of skills that I carry with me to this day. Primarily, exceptional self-discipline, time management, and balance (metaphorically and physically). During my peak, I was training between 25-36 hours a week. Gymnastics taught me that if you want

amazing gymnast skills. Believe it or not, there are some similarities between these two olympians. A similarity between Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas is that for one, they're both in the olympics, and both are famous because of their skills as Gymnastics. The third similarity is both did the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. My last similarity is both have given up things to be in the Olympics. Simone Biles gave up going to school, training 5 times a week 7 hours a day, while Gabby Douglas gave up

it was called class act and it was where my love for gymnastics started. This building was where I learned to do my first cartwheel and it was also the place where I spent most of my days and weeks when I was younger. I loved this place, and even though I ended up stopping gymnastics to pursue other sports this was my first sport and it played a part in shaping me into the person that I am today. Even from a young age I could see that gymnastics was going to be a sport that consumed a lot of my life

movements as if they can fly while controlling their bodies. I loved watching gymnastics and always wanted to try the sport. However, when I saw the passage “Is Watching Gymnastics Worse than Being an NFL Fan?” written by O’Rourke, I was astonished by the author’s doubts to the sport. In the article, the author talks about the development of gymnastics and emphasizes its sexual and emotionally abusive history. In her opinion, gymnastics is bad for female athletes and she doesn’t enjoy watching the sport as

According to Dictionary.com, the definition of sport is “an athletic activity that requires physical prowess or skill and often a competitive nature;” so by that definition, cheerleading is a sport (Popoloski). Cheerleading is defined as a sport because it meets the requirements of a sport: competitive physical exertion and chance of injury. Due to the fact that cheerleaders can become greatly injured from cheerleading like other athletic activities that are said to be sports proves that cheerleading

¨Hard days are the best days because that's when champions are made.¨ That was the day I learned I would not be a champion in gymnastics, but especially not on the balance beam. When I was 4 I thought I was quite the gymnast. So, I took lessons at Gym corner in Washington. Well, I saw my sister do a cartwheel on the beam, so I had to be just as good as her and do one also. So I did one of those I-am-better-than-her-and-I-am-the-best-at-everything-kind-of-struts to the beam. So I get up on that beam