Tumbling

over Greece, they made gymnastics into more of a formal sport. They used gymnasiums to physically prepare their men for warfare. With the decline of Rome, interest declined in gymnastics with only tumbling left as a form of entertainment. Once gymnastics was more of a sport, gymnasts only did tumbling and a primitive form of vaulting. Hieroglyphics from years ago show a variation of backbends and partner stunts. Gymnastics has changed dramatically throughout the years. In 1932, the…

explosive tricks in the air and bases need to know how to throw and catch them, it can oftentimes be dangerous and athletes have precautions in place such as spotting and bracing stunts. Flexibility if needed for jumps, toe touches and hurdlers. Tumbling requires both strength and flexibility, with cheerleaders performing standing and running skills having to flip their bodies with precision and force. Bennett also says that cuts, or broken bones as well as broken teeth are common cheer related…

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…

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 million times. My stunt group was solid,…

Tumbling is when you jump backwards and either put your arms down and push yourself over or you jump backward and set and grabs your knees and go back, or go backwards and twist fully or halfway. There a lot of different tumbles that can be done. They are…

Cheerleading which would satisfy this rule. Stunting and Tumbling. Stunting involves a flyer being held up or thrown into the air, either by one or up to four people. Stunts include both held and thrown stunts. Flyers are also expected to perform tricks and pull intricate positions while in the air which requires the overcoming of the resistance of mass. The second section of Cheerleading that would assure that the rule is met is Tumbling. Tumbling requires Cheerleaders to perform skills such as…

I would never listen to my coach when he would tell me that I needed to stop or that I needed to change the way I would tumble. He would try to teach me the correct way, and I would just brush it off because I thought that I knew everything about tumbling. But of course, I didn’t. I was working on my fulls and my coach kept telling me to use my hips to spin. “I am getting all the way around, so I don’t need to change anything.” I kept telling myself. I would do it and land up right, with my…

into the person I am today. Having been a free spirited wild child, gymnastics was perfect for me. I practiced twice a week for two hours. During each practice there was about five to six different activities we worked on. This included stretching, tumbling, bars, balance beam and my favorite, trampoline. There was never a dull moment in the gym. The long term benefits to gymnastics is great. Such things as balance, increased self-esteem, disease prevention and social skills. There is also a…

It was an unquestionably scorching June evening, three years ago. I would be going into fifth grade. My mom had just dropped me off at the tumbling gym for an open practice. I couldn’t wait to start practicing. I had been looking forward to the open gym all week. I walked into the gym and almost everyone was already there, I think there were about twelve people. I started practice with the regular routine, stretching and doing warm up passes. Once I was stretched I went to floor and started…

cheerleader saw me and figured that I had come there for tryouts since I wore shorts, cheer shoes and a big bow in my hair. She took me to the gym where at least sixty girls had shown up to compete. The first thing I saw was cheerleaders doing high level tumbling with no fear. I knew it would not be easy to get selected to the Varsity Sideline and Competition teams. Right then, I realized that I needed to work really hard to make it on either squad. Tryouts lasted four exciting days. I…