Informative Speech On Gymnastics
Hi, my name is Siobhan Pharaoh and I do gymnastics and I’m going to talk to you about why gymnastics is a dangerous sport. Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of skills requiring physical strength, flexibility, power, coordination, balance and control. In this speech I will talk to you about the health issues included in gymnastics and injuries that come with doing this sport.
Some people think gymnastics is all about having fun and learning extra ordinary skills, but when a person does the sport for 10 or more years it has serious effects to the body. Gymnastics is a dangerous sport because it can lead to health issues and eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. Examples of eating disorders and health issues are displayed …show more content…
Most elite gymnasts have more than 3 injuries a year and 1 serious injury that puts their training on hold for a few weeks. “There is no one I know in gymnastics that hasn’t been seriously hurt at some point” (Brooke Arrington, 2013). Examples of serious injuries in gymnastics are Nastia Liukin and Lauren Mitchell. Nastia Liukin suffered a serious back injury which she experienced when she fell off the uneven bars at the 2012 Olympic Trials; the injury ended her career and her last chance at competing at the 2012 London Olympics. After recovering from her injury Nastia Liukin went onto modelling leotards. A second example is Lauren Mitchell when she injured her shoulder at the 2012 London Olympics. It was this injury that put a hold on her career but the setback gave her a chance to go back to school to make up for all the years she had missed because of training. The injury has not stopped her from competing but has stopped her from performing the uneven bars event as she explained at the 2014 Gymnastics World Championships. She stated, “It was basically me training every day, just to get all those numbers and upgrades back into my routines, especially for beam, floor and vault because I’m only doing those 3 events due to my shoulder injury.” (Lauren Mitchell, 2014). This proves that gymnastics is a dangerous
Some people think gymnastics is all about having fun and learning extra ordinary skills, but when a person does the sport for 10 or more years it has serious effects to the body. Gymnastics is a dangerous sport because it can lead to health issues and eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. Examples of eating disorders and health issues are displayed …show more content…
Most elite gymnasts have more than 3 injuries a year and 1 serious injury that puts their training on hold for a few weeks. “There is no one I know in gymnastics that hasn’t been seriously hurt at some point” (Brooke Arrington, 2013). Examples of serious injuries in gymnastics are Nastia Liukin and Lauren Mitchell. Nastia Liukin suffered a serious back injury which she experienced when she fell off the uneven bars at the 2012 Olympic Trials; the injury ended her career and her last chance at competing at the 2012 London Olympics. After recovering from her injury Nastia Liukin went onto modelling leotards. A second example is Lauren Mitchell when she injured her shoulder at the 2012 London Olympics. It was this injury that put a hold on her career but the setback gave her a chance to go back to school to make up for all the years she had missed because of training. The injury has not stopped her from competing but has stopped her from performing the uneven bars event as she explained at the 2014 Gymnastics World Championships. She stated, “It was basically me training every day, just to get all those numbers and upgrades back into my routines, especially for beam, floor and vault because I’m only doing those 3 events due to my shoulder injury.” (Lauren Mitchell, 2014). This proves that gymnastics is a dangerous