Handspring

I got my back handspring and my front hip circle and felt like the greatest in the world. Of course, I wasn’t. At that age, there weren’t any summer gymnastics classes at my gym. So it began to fade away. Gymnastics began to leave my…

the stands while we waited to be called for warmups. Once our coach gave us the five minute warning, we knew it was crunch time. We quickly scrambled to the warmup area and began to warm up our tumbling. We were practicing our round offs, back handsprings, some of us standing tucks, and running tucks. We were all so full of adrenalin, we didn’t even realize what was happening. After tumbling, we moved over to stunt warmups. We knew what we were doing, we have only done this for what seems like…

A New Team As I walked into the cold frosty gym, I couldn't get my mind off how excited I was to be back. It was the middle of March so it was halfway past the competition season. I was only able to compete three more meets since I was joining back so late. As I kept walking through the the gym, shivering like crazy, I heard the team talking and giggling in the other room. I walked towards the noise and everyone saw me and it got so quiet in the room you could hear a pin drop if dropped on the…

For seven years I was a competitive gymnast, training three hours a week, three times a week with meets every weekend. No one at school really understood me for it. They just knew I was always busy and was the one doing splits on the mats in PE. I wasn’t invited to the sleepovers on the weekends or had playdates 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…

Cheerleading was established in 1984. All-star cheerleading was established in 1992. High school cheerleaders, jump, scream and wave to support their sports team. All-star cheerleaders, tumble, stunt and sweat to prove they are the best and strongest girls with the biggest smiles. All-star cheerleaders and High school cheerleaders are so often bunched together because in the eyes of the general public there is not much to differentiate between the two. All-star and high school when understand to…

time when the art was created and realize that human are nature. An example of the mind portion of art is when it talks about Eadweard Muybridge’s Handspring. I found this extremely fascinating because when I first looked at the image I did not realize how the picture was created of that the man was actually only doing a hand stand and not a handspring. Using twelve cameras this artist was able to do a trick of the mind and made it seem that the picture was in motion. Another thing that stuck…

Things can change from passions to obsessions in the blink of an eye. When I started cheerleading in 9th grade, I fell deeply in love with it. Many things drew me towards it: the family I received, the idea of working hard to succeed, and simply the feeling of pure ecstasy when we hit a stunt or the team crushed a dance. I became very devoted, and soon it consumed my whole life.Everything I could learn, I wanted to learn. Cheerleading captivated my every thought. This continued on for two years…

appropriate behavior early on. My parents also did an excellent job of involving me in activities that would help me learn. Although I don’t necessarily remember all of the activity specific skills, like how to play the guitar or how to do a back-handspring, I learned many valuable things during my development from a multitude of teachers. A large part of my educational motivation comes from my family, both from my sisters and parents, as well as all of my extended family. Both of my…

Sports - My Life What is a sport? If you look it up in a dictionary it is defined as “An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.” For me sports is so much more than that. Sport is dedication, determination, teamwork and self discipline, for me sports is life. I guess that if asked I would consider myself athletic, I’ve participated in sports for most of my life. I think that the first sport that I ever…

From pom-poms to back handsprings cheer leading has evolved, yet kept the same foundation as before. Cheerleaders still wear short skirts and pump up the crowd during a winning home basketball game but what most people do not know is cheerleaders have found their own way to show off their athletic abilities. However, they are not showing them on the sideline of a football or basketball game. These girls will be flipping, jumping, and stunting on the blue mats in front of seven judges and a crowd…