Gymnastics

in my family. We watch a variety of different events, from fencing to volleyball to gymnastics to track. My sister’s and my favorite event is gymnastics. We keep up with who is going to the Olympics and how long they have been competing. It’s our ultimate favorite event, because, not only is the American team amazing, but they are role models for us and how we should live our lives. The American women’s gymnastics team of 2016 was able to express themselves as responsible…

Is gymnastics a respected sport? Gymnastics is not very respected but, little do people know it’s harder than football. Gymnastics is a more difficult sport than people think. Gymnastics should be more respected because, it helps you with other sports and everyday life, it’s an Olympics sport, and it improves confidence. To begin with gymnastics helps you with other sports and things in life. Michael Strauss says “ Gymnastics helps with running, jumping, swimming, throwing,…

Many would agree that gymnastics is one of the most daunting sports participate in. Flipping and twisting through the air and safely finding your way back to your feet is not a meager accomplishment. The weightless feeling you experience when you’re flying ten feet above the ground is what makes this sport so thrilling. Nonetheless, it’s also what causes it to be so intimidating. Throughout my gymnastics career, beginning at the age of two all the way until I graduated high school, I had plenty…

Power Tumbling, Trampoline Gymnastics Two years ago I made one of the best decisions of my life I started to do T&T(Tumbling and Trampoline). I came into this sport a lot later than most people do at the age of 15, but I picked it up rather quickly. I joined a competition tumbling team and competed very well in my first season competing. Starting as a level seven on every event I mobilized as far as I could on the event known as double mini, and this is where I ran into some problems. I…

Why Olympic Gymnastics Teams Will Have Four Members in 2020 Julia Fincher in the article, The Future Four: Why Olympic Gymnastics Team Will Have Four Members in 2020, states that in 2020 the Olympic Gymnastics committee will be cutting the team sizes down from five to four members. This is a disadvantage and an advantage and can be argued from both sides, this article argues from both points of view. A pro of this is that it would allow six gymnasts per team but, two would only be individuals. A…

Olympic all-around women 's gymnastic champion proved, many champions start from nothing and work hard to earn the gold. Of course, Nastia Liukin was not a United States Women 's Gymnastic team member from the start. As a matter of fact, she was born not even a United States citizen. She was born Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, Russia when it was still apart…

The sport Gymnastic derived from the early Greek civilization. It consisted of a series of exercises that included jumping, running, swimming, throwing, wrestling and weightlifting. Fitness was a highly valued sport in ancient Greece and men and women participated in gymnastic exercises vigorously. After Rome conquered Greece the gymnasium was used to prepare their troops for war but after the fall of Rome gymnastic became a form of entertainment. In the mid 1770’s the sport began to modernize…

With her determination she won all- around gymnast and group gymnastics in the Olympics. Gabrielle Douglas was born December 31, 1995. At the age of three she mastered her first cartwheel. Her older sister Arielle, a former gymnast taught her how to do a cart wheel, she mastered that and taught herself a one handed cartwheel(source 1)She automatically fell in love with the sport. Arielle told her mom about how capable she was to do gymnastics. Arielle gave up her spot to let Gabby have a chance…

Favorite Gymnast My favorite gymnast on the US Olympic Gymnastics team is Gabby Douglass and her fellow gymnasts Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman. Gabby Douglass has an interesting story about her life with the other gymnast and the history. At that point, Douglass was very strong when she was doing her routines. Gabby Douglass was the most impressive gymnast because she was mostly doing gymnastics when she was younger She learned how to do a one-handed cartwheel…

after school because I was always in the gym. I was fine with it and I was used to it. Gymnastics was what I did, it was who I was. For a while it was what defined me. My goals were college scholarships, being a student athlete, and, one day, the Olympics. My 5th grade year I hit a massive growth spurt. I was already taller than the other girls training with me, but now I was taller than some of my coaches. Gymnastics is a short girl…