Artistic gymnastics

to do gymnastics Imagine if around you there were people taunting you by doing things you couldn't do. How would you feel? Well, this is how I felt in fifth grade. I would watch other girls do cartwheels or other amazing flips and tricks. Whenever I would tried to do a cartwheel or handstands I would fall on my face. This caused me to go home one day in tears. My grandma asked why I was crying. I told her what was happening at school every day. That weekend she took me to this gymnastics…

Although gymnastics isn't considered a race, young elite gymnasts themselves are definitely in one. They're in a race with their own growing bodies and with all aspects of the sport that they dream of conquering to bring home Olympic gold before they expire. The physical and mental deterioration from the pressures of winning are brought on through intense training tactics implemented by coaches, their own parents, and even the governing body of gymnastics worldwide. The International Gymnastics…

This weekend I had cheer practice and non-important subjects but I am only going to conclude cheer practice which I was very anxious about. Me and my team always start out with with ten laps around the gym and then warm up/stretch which to me it is very soothing and which is my favorite part. Then to follow up after that the team warms, we then do running tumbling and standing tumbling which is for example a roundoff back handsprings. I always enjoy warming up tumbling because it makes me feel…

All-Star cheerleading should be considered a sport. Cheerleading is one of the most physically demanding activities that's not considered a sport, but should be. All-Star is a combination of dance, gymnastics, and motions. All-Star cheer is highly competitive. All-Star cheerleading requires participants to be physically fit. Cheerleading requires the strength similar to a football player because you will have to use your upper body strength for stunting. All-Star also requires endurance…

My sport is called Trampoline. In this sport gymnasts perform acrobats while jumping on the trampoline. They do stunts such as 360 spins,front flips,and backflips. All these moves could be done in 3 ways. The 3 ways are tucked,piked,and straight. Tucked is when your knees are clasped to your chest with hands. Piked is when hands are close to touching feet and arms and legs are pointed straight. Finally,straight is when your body is straight and your legs are close to each other while your arms…

competed in gymnastics. It became a huge part of my life and I enjoyed it very much. Then freshmen year came along and I started wanting to spend more time with my friends than at practice. Also, more importantly, I had to devote more time to my homework and studying than before high school had started. While I still liked gymnastics, I came to resent the demanding schedule and even some skills and events. I realized that I had to make a huge decision. Should I continue to compete in gymnastics,…

of a team, but it showed me something greater which is work ethic. When I was in gymnastics I learned that you will have to work with people that you necessarily do not get along with. You sometimes will have to be a part of a team and you may not like someone in it. However in the end of the day you people are a team and have to overcome any differences you may have. Another valuable thing I learned in gymnastics is that nothing will come easy to you. You have to work hard for what you want…

Olympics in 1976 when she was only 14! She was born in Onesti, Romania on November 12, 1961. She grew up in Romania in an apartment with her parents. She loved to pretend she was a gymnast with her friend, and that is where Bela Karolyi, her soon-to-be gymnastics coach. At the time, she was only six years old. Bela found her and invited her to try out at his gym. Nadia and her parents agreed, so they went to try out. All she had to do was do a long jump, a 15 meter sprint, and walk on the…

I have dedicated fifteen years of my life to one sport, gymnastics. Throughout the years, there have been countless times where I just wanted to give up. But above all else if there is one thing that gymnastics has taught me, it would be that no matter how many times you fall down, it is always worth it to get back up and try again. With a sport like gymnastics, you literally fall flat on your face when attempting new skills. And you do not just fall one time, you fall fifty times in a row.…

Back pain is one of the most common injuries sustained by collegiate cheerleaders. Factors like position in a stunt, experience, and previous back injuries can cause an athlete to develop frequent or chronic back pain. In college cheerleading, there are two different positions in which a cheerleader can be placed. The first position is the flyer, her job is to stay tight by having a strong core and contracting every muscle in her body so that she can be thrown in to the air easily. It is…