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    Cheerleading Cheerleading is an athletic activity that is a combination of gymnastic elements tumbling, dance, acrobatics and traditional cheerleading skills such as jumps and arm motions. A team consists of 3 to 36 athletes, male and female ages five and up. Cheerleading can compete against other cheerleading teams witch choreographed two and half minute routine to music. Cheerleading is divided into six different levels from level one for beginners and level 6 advanced skills. (World Cup Shooting

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    I laid spread out on the hot, humid top floor of the gym, surrounded by bags filled with bobby pins, brushes, glitter, and every other gadget a gymnast may need for a competition. The room smelled of nail polish remover and sweat, and was filled with anxious kids masking their apprehension by playing with hoola-hoops and cartwheeling all over the room. I was barely twelve, and freshly back in commision after two years off at the mercy of a sprained ankle. I had only had about a month to practice

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    to put me into gymnastics, one of the most challenging sports, both physically and mentally. Gymnastics revolves around obtaining perfection—an unreachable goal for anyone, especially a five-year-old. Albert Einstein defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Performing the same routine in front of a panel of people who will judge even my smallest flaws fits this definition to a tee. Welcome to the world of competitive gymnastics. What compelled

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    create something that will last forever.I won first place at a state gymnastics meet. I worked my hardest every day i went to the gym to train and become the best i can be. There is never a dull moment doing what l love in how much time and effort i put into doing gymnastics. To start off with, I started gymnastics when i was 2. I loved doing gymnastics. I would get out of the house and go flip around. I would want to do gymnastics anywhere i went. In fact, when i tried playing soccer i would do cartwheels

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    Coursework- strengths and weaknesses analysis: Strength 1- strength Strength is crucial to me in cheerleading because I’m a base and need to keep the flyer in the air. Especially when I’m basing in my stunt para-cheer team, as my flyer has Cerebral Palsy. Me and my other bases have to use more of our strength to keep her in the air as her core strength is week so it’s our job to make sure she stays straight and she doesn’t fall out/off the stunt. If we weren’t all working together to keep her in

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    Rhythmic Gymnastics - A Combination of Athleticism and Grace If, in six years time, I were to become a successful Hollywood screenwriter and was commissioned to write a screenplay about women in sports, I would have a hard time deciding what to write about. There are currently so many sports that women participate in that I cannot image what will be available in the future. Out of all the athletic activities in which women participate, I feel that gymnastics has been overlooked by Hollywood;

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    Tumbling is getting more and more popular across the globe. The hype all started when Gabby Douglas won the 2012 World Olympics. One of the signature tumbling passes of gymnasts around the world is the round off back handspring back tuck. This tumbling pass is not as easy as it seems. What people don’t realize is that in order to have the perfect technique like Douglas’, you must gain momentum during the round off, maintain good body control during the back handspring, and get as much height as possible

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    offered the theory of formalism in order to determine if a work was art or not. According to Bell, a work is art if it is an artifact that possesses significant form without referencing what it represents. In this context, the “significant form” is the artistic value of the work that the author intended for the audience to recognize. Additionally, the work does not have to be created solely with the purpose of possessing significant form.

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    they come to know at the end of the day that how many spectators did observe them. However, I argue that people shouldn’t build an invisible wall between stage and street artists by ignoring artistic languages, disliking of physical appearances, and focusing on price tags rather than originality of artistic work. I believe that besides world’s different languages there are also some other languages that don’t require words. These languages come from humans’ senses. For instance, if an infant

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    cool stunts, jumps, dances, and the gymnastics incorporated into it. My favorite part has always been the gymnastics part. I have always been fascinated by its beauty and gracefulness. Over the course of my experiences I’ve learned that gymnastics can benefit one’s day to day life physically, mentally, and socially. There are several physical benefits by one doing gymnastics. Gymnastics can benefit you physically in your coordination. Little kids who do gymnastics teach there eyes the proper coordination

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