Dedication.
It’s 5:50 pm and I am just arriving at practice. I am 20 minutes late so I have to warm up by myself. I jog back and forth along the runway for about 5 minutes and stretch for 10 before I jump in with the rest of the group. We split up and move to our first event. After the coach tells us what we will be doing for our first event, we start with three main passes. The first being a front handspring step out front handspring. Next, a front tuck and press handstand with a full pirouette. Then, a round off back handspring back tuck. For the next 30 minutes we slowly work towards the full routine.
Rotating to our second event, I put my grips on before we start on the bars. I start with a back uprise and pirouette going into a backward giant with a free-hip circle into a handstand with a forward giant. Ouch! I think to myself as I am falling to the mat. I look at the palm of my right hand and see a quarter-sized chunk of skin missing. Taking the athletic tape I wrap my hand, put some chalk on it, and continue my training. I’ll take care of the rip when I get home. Now we are almost halfway done with practice but there is still two hours and four more events left. …show more content…
While eating dinner, I work on my homework. Finally around 11pm, I go to bed.
After another long day of school, I have a short break to grab a bite to eat and watch last night’s episode of the “Big Bang Theory” before I start working on my algebra homework. By now it’s almost four o’clock, I have barely started my homework, and it’s already time to leave for another night of gymnastics practice. I guess I’ll have to finish it after practice, again.
I have been involved in gymnastics since I was two years old. There have been many long days and nights with gymnastics practices and homework. I would have liked to have stayed in gymnastics, however my high school academics and sports became a new
It’s 5:50 pm and I am just arriving at practice. I am 20 minutes late so I have to warm up by myself. I jog back and forth along the runway for about 5 minutes and stretch for 10 before I jump in with the rest of the group. We split up and move to our first event. After the coach tells us what we will be doing for our first event, we start with three main passes. The first being a front handspring step out front handspring. Next, a front tuck and press handstand with a full pirouette. Then, a round off back handspring back tuck. For the next 30 minutes we slowly work towards the full routine.
Rotating to our second event, I put my grips on before we start on the bars. I start with a back uprise and pirouette going into a backward giant with a free-hip circle into a handstand with a forward giant. Ouch! I think to myself as I am falling to the mat. I look at the palm of my right hand and see a quarter-sized chunk of skin missing. Taking the athletic tape I wrap my hand, put some chalk on it, and continue my training. I’ll take care of the rip when I get home. Now we are almost halfway done with practice but there is still two hours and four more events left. …show more content…
While eating dinner, I work on my homework. Finally around 11pm, I go to bed.
After another long day of school, I have a short break to grab a bite to eat and watch last night’s episode of the “Big Bang Theory” before I start working on my algebra homework. By now it’s almost four o’clock, I have barely started my homework, and it’s already time to leave for another night of gymnastics practice. I guess I’ll have to finish it after practice, again.
I have been involved in gymnastics since I was two years old. There have been many long days and nights with gymnastics practices and homework. I would have liked to have stayed in gymnastics, however my high school academics and sports became a new