Gymnastics Essay

i've done in my life. In my defense it was only once, i learned my lesson the first time. I will never ever try and do gymnastics in the bathroom again. Here's how it all went down. I was about 8 or 9, lets all understand that now i'm 13 and i don't do stupid things life this anymore. So, I was in the bathroom in my moms room and i was hyper. I was dancing around doing gymnastics in the bathroom. I thought I could do the thing were cheerleaders kick their legs up really high. I asked my big sister

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

After seven years of being a competitive gymnast, I have lost count of amount of times someone has said “Well, gymnastics isn’t technically a sport.” Obviously, these types of comments would send me over the edge with rage and frustration as I struggled to wrap my mind around how someone could so easily degrade the tireless effort I put into something every single day. I struggled to understand how someone could compare his or her one hour practice twice a week to my four hours six times a week.

I went back to the gym, where I had trained since I was seven years old. It was bouncing with many kids, bursting with excitement. I was one of those kids many years ago, not to know that one day that their dream is gonna have many twists and turns.That they might feel defeated and feel like they never gonna get back up again. But if they try hard enough they can do the impossible just like I did. A pounding, thrusting pain was coming from my head, while another sharp pain was going through my

work just as hard as all the other sport players with training. Sports require athleticism, as does cheerleading. “There is no question that competitive cheerleading is a physically demanding sport. Teams incorporate elements of dance, tumbling and gymnastics to create performance routines.” Says Kristi Dosh. Competitive cheerleading is directed by a coach, much as other team sports are directed by a coach or coaching staff. “In order to gain and maintain those athletic qualities, a competitive cheerleader

¨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

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

Gabby Douglas is true to her beliefs, and her personality shows that she is helpful to the world, and her family and she shows exceptional execution in gymnastics Gabby shows long and beautiful lines specifically in bars, floor, and beam. She is very powerful in the vault, as well. In the text, it states, “I compete for each element with great grace and strength… I will flow beautifully” (Douglas 192). This quotation supports the thesis statement because it shows how Gabby Douglas has long and beautiful

pain throbbing and pulsating in your finger. However, when you are in such extreme pain and it’s getting hard to breathe that’s, when your body goes numb. You never think that the unthinkable is going to happen until it does, you never picture a gymnastics competition ending in an ambulance with someone shaking your head so that you stay conscious. Things change in a heartbeat but it’s not about how hard you fall, it’s about how strongly you stand back up. At the beginning of my high school years

“Our members can train up to six hours during rehearsals where we take on cardio, conditioning, stunting, and gymnastics- and if i call extra rehearsals they never say no, they're all so dedicated (“Three Cheers For the Knights!” 1).” Some say Cheerleading is a hobby, not a sport. One may say this because cheerleaders cheer on the “true” sport, cheerleading is a element of looks, and no other “sports” take place on the sideline of other sports. However cheerleading has been officially declared a