High jump

more on that later. After what seemed like an eternity she finally finished her thought and asked me to come to one of the practices. Once again I told her, “I am AWEFUL at running.” She then replied, “Well good! I don’t need you to run, I need you to jump.”…

the 220 in 21.8 seconds, the 440 in 51.8 seconds, the 880 in 1:57, the mile in 4:35, the 120-yard high hurdles in 15 seconds, and the 220-yard low hurdles in 24 seconds. He could long jump 23 feet 6 in and high-jump 6 feet 5 in. He reached 11 feet pole vaulting. He could throw the shot put 47 feet, and discus 163…

was 9 his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio . Jesse Owens was a tract and field athlete. Jesse Owens weight was 165 pounds and his height was 5 feet, 10 ½ inches. Jesse Owens athletic career began in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio where he set a Junior High School record by…

ever since I read the book Winners Never Quit! by Mia Hamm. I muttered it to myself as I stepped out onto the track. The season had been frustrating. I had contemplated quitting, but I kept repeating my motto plus I loved the sport. My event was high jump, and I excelled at it too. My goal for the season had been to break the school record. I was not making significant progress, but it was the last meet, and I knew I had the strength do it. We were competing against Center Grove. They were a…

Tyler used to play basketball, but he was not professional. Tyler taught Nate the basics in basketball and then he was ready to try what Nate was dreaming his whole life, but Nate knew he couldn't jump high enough to do it, so they spent a little time jumping. After they were done, Nate still couldn't jump high enough.…

Although cheerleaders can use any jump they want in a cheer, the toe touch is the main one they use. When doing this jump, the cheerleader needs to make sure to have his or her chest up so they do not fall forward. The herkie was named after Lawrence Herkimer, the founder of the National Cheerleaders Association. Herkimer held the first NCA cheer camp and also invented pom poms. For this jump the person will choose their most flexible leg. The leg they decide to…

While in high school and taking dance classes, I was quite proud of my flexibility. However, that was not well maintained post-high school and I have noticed that particularly in this class. One movement that makes it especially noticeable is grand battlements. My height use to be much greater for those kicks, but, in this half of the semester, I have struggled to get them waist high. Developes are also not as high or as strong as I would prefer. I could work on…

as easy as people say. Some people even think cheer isn’t a sport but I would beg to differ. Cheerleaders have a high chance of getting just as sweaty, tired, and hurt as you can in other sports. Cheerleaders can’t be afraid to perform in front of people because we have to be loud and proud of our team. Practice gets tough when you have to do painstaking stretches, many difficult jumps, then, depending on the day, stunts or cheers. To begin cheer practice, all us cheerleaders get changed,…

What is the purpose of math? This is an age old question asked by the majority of high school students. Math teachers throughout the years have been exhausting themselves with how to get their students interested in math. One way to get their pupils enthusiastic for math could be as simple as giving them a purpose of doing the math by teaching them the history of it. The Greek school system had this idea since the nineteenth century giving the American school system an idea that could…

if she tried doing the skating herself to find the answer.as she found the answers to how they went so fast and how high the went she was able to help the make there turns and there jumps even better they won't fall or anything while there on the ice . The physics concept she is focused on is find the maximum height that the skater jumps in the air and the and angle of the jumps and there initial velocity and how much gravity . In the…