We were warming up. I had always thought it was the easiest and most boring part of practice. But I guess in gymnastics it really does matter. Being stretched and warming up skills. “First up cartwheels,” My coach Jason said.
Everyone would go through the lines on the floor and do cartwheels. Then we would all go through handstands, back walkovers, and Jumps. I had always loved doing these things because when I got a lot of power I would rebound and I felt like I could touch the sky.
“Now everyone go to the corners; we are going to warm up our tumbling” yelled Jason. His voice was loud but soft and comforting at the same time. Making sure everyone on the team could hear him.
We were beginning to do back handsprings, the easiest of all the tumbling for me. I would always do them on the freshly cut grass outside of my house. I would pretend I …show more content…
Usually I go right to doing a roundoff backhandspring back tuck. I asked coach today, but he said I couldn’t. I went along with it and just did the roundoff back handspring. I started the trick. First up the roundoff, I got through it perfectly. My eyes were focused on the floor. It was navy blue with white tape lining the edges. The springs squeaking every time I land. I jump up and flip into my backhandspring, and with all the power in the world I land. The rebound made me feel like I was a bird. Able to stay in the air for a few seconds before I came back down. I started to come down all out of control. I couldn’t control my body, and all of a sudden I was on the ground. I fall all the time like this, so to everyone else it was no big deal. I noticed that I couldn’t feel my wrist. When I looked down it was misshapen. My arm and hand were in the correct places but in between there was a gap. I sat and stared at it for about 3 seconds before I quietly walked over, feeling a bit nauseous, to Carly. On my way over I popped it back into the socket where it should have been in the first
Everyone would go through the lines on the floor and do cartwheels. Then we would all go through handstands, back walkovers, and Jumps. I had always loved doing these things because when I got a lot of power I would rebound and I felt like I could touch the sky.
“Now everyone go to the corners; we are going to warm up our tumbling” yelled Jason. His voice was loud but soft and comforting at the same time. Making sure everyone on the team could hear him.
We were beginning to do back handsprings, the easiest of all the tumbling for me. I would always do them on the freshly cut grass outside of my house. I would pretend I …show more content…
Usually I go right to doing a roundoff backhandspring back tuck. I asked coach today, but he said I couldn’t. I went along with it and just did the roundoff back handspring. I started the trick. First up the roundoff, I got through it perfectly. My eyes were focused on the floor. It was navy blue with white tape lining the edges. The springs squeaking every time I land. I jump up and flip into my backhandspring, and with all the power in the world I land. The rebound made me feel like I was a bird. Able to stay in the air for a few seconds before I came back down. I started to come down all out of control. I couldn’t control my body, and all of a sudden I was on the ground. I fall all the time like this, so to everyone else it was no big deal. I noticed that I couldn’t feel my wrist. When I looked down it was misshapen. My arm and hand were in the correct places but in between there was a gap. I sat and stared at it for about 3 seconds before I quietly walked over, feeling a bit nauseous, to Carly. On my way over I popped it back into the socket where it should have been in the first