physical sacrifice in my own home. Alexandra, my sister, is a Level 9 gymnast. She has been training in gymnastics since she was 3 years old. Her story of sacrifice continues today in this difficult sport. Gymnastics is physically challenging and time consuming. Gymnast must have strength, flexibility, and artistic ability. These skills must be used at the same time when performing a gymnastics routine. Difficulty is measured in Levels from 1 to 10. As you advance to a higher level, the sacrifice
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1.2. Gymnastics: A Historical Overview Gymnastics as a sport has been around for over two thousand years now. Gymnastics can trace its roots all the way back to the ancient Greeks, and has been included in the Olympics since the first modern Games in 1896. The earliest Olympic competitions most closely align with today's men's artistic gymnastics (MAG); indeed, at the time, all participants were male, and competed on events like parallel bars and high bar, though the rope climb was an event then
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unknown or independent to anyone. It encompasses all of us, and it becomes an experience for everyone. My experience wasn’t seen as a major downfall to most, in fact, it was trivial to people unfamiliar with my situation. It was my last season of gymnastics, and I was crushed to learn that I was not being moved up to compete at the next level with the rest of my teammates. While it was in no way a monumental failure that would drastically change my life, it was quite devastating to me. I was adversely
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What do you think of when you think of sports? I think of hard workers that compete against other teams. Do you think cheerleading is a sport? I do! Cheerleading requires all of the abilities of a sport. Sports require you to be strong, flexable, and confident. People who are cheerleaders compete just like any other sport and win trophies or medals. According to seventeen.com, cheerleading became an Olympic sport in December 2016. The first Olympic cheerleading competition will be in the summer of
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How to Stunt Stunting is a very important part of cheerleading in America. There is no one-way to do it either. With different cheer associations like USCA, UCA, and NCA there many ways of stunting. From basic Preps to more advanced stunts like Lib Full Downs they each are executed similarly. While every stunt varies a little bit they all are still very similar. Every basic stunt that has a main base, a side base, a backspot, and a flyer all virtually set up the same, hit the same, and cradle the
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important. But what are the things we are willing to fight for? Everyone loves different things. So everyone would fight and try to have the things they love. The things I would fight for is gymnastics and my close friends. These are deeply important to me. I have loved gymnastics ever since I was a little girl. Gymnastics now isn’t just a sport to me. It helps me relieve stress and I love the challenges it gives me. It has taught me a lot about myself and has taught me respect. I would and have fought
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artistic gymnastics portion was Shawn Johnson who won a gold medal at 16 years old. Body I. History a. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 19, 1992. b. Only child and lived with her mom and dad i. Extremely energetic and a daredevil ii. Loved to play on jungle gyms and climb all over tables and couches c. 3 years old- dance class and tumbling class- turned out she already had her heart set on gymnastics d. Three years later - Chow’s Gymnastics and
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My entire childhood was devoted to gymnastics. At the age of nine I began taking weekly classes at a local gymnastics center. By the time I was ten I was asked to join the “blue stars team”. At my gym the blue stars team was essentially levels one through four combined. The blue stars team served as an opportunity for young gymnasts to test the waters and see if they could be successful in gymnastics. The main goal of the blue stars team was to learn all the skills needed to compete in a level five
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Adapted Gymnastics, which is a program that was developed in the 1980s allows children with special needs to participate in the physical activity that they need while being in a safe environment. The University of Missouri-Columbia’s School of Health Professions developed this program in a donated area with staff composed of volunteers. “ The program is open to any special-needs child old enough to walk” (Heavin 2). The Adapted Gymnastics program gained Max Lewis, a lawyer
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The three concepts that will be discussed in this paper and were also heavily covered in the Applying Learning Theories course are behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. These three theories provide imperative methods for teaching students. Each concept will be applied to a story called, “Nathan the Gymnast”. The story is about a little boy named Nathan. Nathans’ gymnast abilities were uncovered at a young age and considered to be so profound that it came naturally. His inspiration to become
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