In my life failure was always there‚ yet I always grew from it. At the age of 4‚ I started the sport of gymnastics and failure is exactly how you learned to do the movements. From every slip and fall‚ off the beams‚ every rip on bars‚ to every terribly executed jump on vault. Last but not least‚ every body slam onto the floor from a weak arm in a cartwheel and landing bad from a backhand spring back-tuck combo. In my eyes‚ this sport was really brutal when I think back on it‚ but I had so much fun
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or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Cheer does all of that‚ but people this don’t think it is a sport. No one was really into cheer until 2012. Cheer became so popular‚ that boys started to join it’s a Co-Ed sport now. Cheerleading is a sport because they compete against other teams‚ they use skills and physical for everything‚ and they put a lot of effort and work into everything they do. Cheerleaders compete against other teams‚ "The Golden Hawks have won three national
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In gymnastics you constantly fail on every event‚ bars‚ beam‚ vault and especially floor. When you jump crooked and miss your feet on beam or swing around a bar only to fall on the mats creating a chalk cloud. Failure can either make you quit or make you stronger in the future Gymnasts has been part of life since I was 8‚ wearing leotards more than jeans and having hands‚ ripped and callused‚ from years of getting bloody blisters on bars. A million memories created in a chalky gym‚ worn and equipped
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Cheerleading: As “Sport” as it Gets Joy Anthony Contrary to popular belief‚ cheerleading takes a lot of skill‚ practice and team unity. Would you be able to stand on the shoulders of girl‚ and bear the weight of another on your own? Don’t feel too bad - not just anyone can. In fact‚ it requires extensive practice‚ precise technique‚ and incredible athleticism to pull off stunts like these safely. The official definition of a sport is this: “An activity governed by a set of rules‚ involving
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worst event and make it your best... (Gerald S. George‚ Ph.D.) When you walk in the gym you leave everything behind. Its like a total diferent world‚ its your second family. We gymnast spend more time in the gym than with our parents. We do gymnastics not to please our family but to please ourselfs. (Angelina Soto - 12 years old gymnast) Hope is to wish you could do something. Faith is to believe you can do something. Courage is to get up there and do it because you know you can‚ you have
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Olympic Competitive Gymnast for fourteen years and it has shaped me to be the person that I am today. Gymnastics is a large part of my life that has taught me time management‚ perseverance‚ and how to believe in myself even when the odds are stacked against me. When I was thirteen years old I qualified to the Level Eight South Eastern Regional Championships of the United States. Level eight in gymnastics is one of the most difficult levels and the one where college coaches start to recruit the best competitors
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Cheerleading Captain Essay There are many different opinions out there about cheerleaders‚ many good‚ and many bad. Some think of them as the girls standing by the football field‚ but I think of cheerleading as a symbol of all the spirit that we can share‚ and a token of appreciation toward the team that’s being cheered on. Cheerleading is such a vital part to many sections of the school. If I‚ Nina Guenther‚ am chosen to be a captain for the Burrell High School Junior Varsity squad‚ I will make
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a gymnast is supposed to look like. The world of gymnastics has lofty standards on athletes’ appearance‚ and it is extremely uncommon to see someone outside the norm to be successful. Although gymnastics has begun to value a healthier body type for its athletes than it has in the past‚ competitors are still expected to conform to ideal expectations in both their body and the way they dress. Particularly in the discipline of acrobatic gymnastics‚ competitors face real repercussions through the judging
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Cheerleading‚ a Sport What is the definition of a sport? A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team is competing against one another to win. The sport cheerleading contains a wide range of physical exertion including: tumbling‚ various jumps and tricks‚ stunting‚ and choreographic dances‚ thus resulting in needing great stamina. Another reason cheerleading is a sport is the preparation time involved‚ and the athletic scholarship opportunities competing
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“In the early 2000’s‚ cheerleading was considered one of the most dangerous school activities. The main source of injuries come from stunting...injuries can be as serious as whiplash‚ broken necks‚ broken vertebra‚ and death” (Wikipedia contributors). “There were two fatal injuries‚ 13 that led to paralysis and 29 very serious head or spinal injuries without paralysis” (Hughes) . II: prevention: “Most injuries occur due to lack of training” (Hughes). Only 3% of the 2.9 million female high school
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