Everyone has a passion in life, mine so happens to be passion for flipping in the air, falling on my face and swinging on bars. Gymnastics has allowed me to mold myself into who I am today. During the summer 2008, while learning my routines for beam, bars, and floor, I came across a skill that was difficult to perfect in each event. My passion for gymnastics has trained me to be disciplined, have confidence, and joy.
Balancing work, school, gymnastics, and softball have taught me the importance of discipline. Balancing is an objective for life, similar to my gymnastics life it could be the difference between first and second place. Gymnastics really prepared me for the adult life. During my freshman year of high school, I started experiencing …show more content…
During elementary school when I was struggling with dealing with bullies the confidence I learned from gymnastics helped me reach out to my mom and teacher. In elementary school I had a bully named Ammon he would pick me up and slam me into the ground. At the time I was terrified I felt like I was all alone and there was no one I could talk to. During this time it was also my first time learning how to do bars. I remember looking at the safety mat and fearing the impact of falling on my face. I can distinctly remember the first time I was on bars. My breath was uneven my knuckles popping from how tight I gripped the bar. My hands were so sweaty. It felt like I was moving in slow motion I felt each one of my finger give out. Then I was falling I could only focus on how bad it was going to hurt when I slammed into the mat. When my body hit the mat I went into shock. I couldn 't believe that was it. I jumped up and couldn 't wait to try it again. I felt my confidence grow from within. I conquered my fear of bars. I didn 't care that I hit the mat all I could think about was the fact that even though I was terrified but I still tried. As my confidence grew each time I was on bars I knew I could not keep letting Ammon bully me. I finally told my mom and she went to my teacher. Ammon was reprimanded and after that day we no longer had any problems. The confidence I learned on bars has till this day stayed with me. I know …show more content…
I found extreme joy in sticking every floor routine. I love the the rush of adrenaline I get from smiling at the judges and putting on a show. I remember when my cousin Ashley was going away to college. My whole family was very proud of her because she got recruited to play tennessee. I was super proud but I did not want her to go. I remember the day she left she hugged me real tight and told me not to be sad because this was not good bye it was see you later. The next day I had to wake up really early for a gymnastics meet my heart was still really heavy from saying goodbye to Ashley the night before. I tried not to let it affect me but I was having a really hard time concentrating on my floor routine. Five minutes before I was about to go out my mom took my hand and told me not to let Ashley leaving affect my performance. She said we can always go visit and Ashley would be back for Thanksgiving and Christmas she hugged me and went to her seat while I finished stretching. After the talk with me mom I felt so much better. When I got to the floor I started to remember the joy I felt when I performed. I smiled at the judges as I came to life when my floor music came on. I ended up getting second place on floor that day the joy I get from gymnastics is something I would not give up for
Balancing work, school, gymnastics, and softball have taught me the importance of discipline. Balancing is an objective for life, similar to my gymnastics life it could be the difference between first and second place. Gymnastics really prepared me for the adult life. During my freshman year of high school, I started experiencing …show more content…
During elementary school when I was struggling with dealing with bullies the confidence I learned from gymnastics helped me reach out to my mom and teacher. In elementary school I had a bully named Ammon he would pick me up and slam me into the ground. At the time I was terrified I felt like I was all alone and there was no one I could talk to. During this time it was also my first time learning how to do bars. I remember looking at the safety mat and fearing the impact of falling on my face. I can distinctly remember the first time I was on bars. My breath was uneven my knuckles popping from how tight I gripped the bar. My hands were so sweaty. It felt like I was moving in slow motion I felt each one of my finger give out. Then I was falling I could only focus on how bad it was going to hurt when I slammed into the mat. When my body hit the mat I went into shock. I couldn 't believe that was it. I jumped up and couldn 't wait to try it again. I felt my confidence grow from within. I conquered my fear of bars. I didn 't care that I hit the mat all I could think about was the fact that even though I was terrified but I still tried. As my confidence grew each time I was on bars I knew I could not keep letting Ammon bully me. I finally told my mom and she went to my teacher. Ammon was reprimanded and after that day we no longer had any problems. The confidence I learned on bars has till this day stayed with me. I know …show more content…
I found extreme joy in sticking every floor routine. I love the the rush of adrenaline I get from smiling at the judges and putting on a show. I remember when my cousin Ashley was going away to college. My whole family was very proud of her because she got recruited to play tennessee. I was super proud but I did not want her to go. I remember the day she left she hugged me real tight and told me not to be sad because this was not good bye it was see you later. The next day I had to wake up really early for a gymnastics meet my heart was still really heavy from saying goodbye to Ashley the night before. I tried not to let it affect me but I was having a really hard time concentrating on my floor routine. Five minutes before I was about to go out my mom took my hand and told me not to let Ashley leaving affect my performance. She said we can always go visit and Ashley would be back for Thanksgiving and Christmas she hugged me and went to her seat while I finished stretching. After the talk with me mom I felt so much better. When I got to the floor I started to remember the joy I felt when I performed. I smiled at the judges as I came to life when my floor music came on. I ended up getting second place on floor that day the joy I get from gymnastics is something I would not give up for