In gymnastics people tend to get hurt a lot. Some gymnasts will suffer through the pain, but that’s not a good thing to do. Most coaches will encourage you to tell them, but every once in awhile you’ll have that one coach who won’t. When I first started gymnastics I didn’t really have a great coach. His name was Mr. Mark, and he would always get at least one girl to cry by the end of practice. No one really liked him, but he taught us a very bad lesson. The lesson was hiding the pain we felt. One time, one of my teammates named Sky fell off the beam. She said to Mr. Mark “Sir my arm really hurts.” “You’re fine. Get up and keep practicing!” Mark exclaimed. We all were very worried about her and a couple days later she came back with a cast on her arm. Mr. Mark told her to keep going even though she hurt herself. That’s what made her arm worse. I finally left that gym and went to a new gym. My new coach, Ginelle, was an amazing coach. All my teammates were so amazing and we all had nicknames. My nickname was Emmy G. I had hurt my ankle at one of the practices, but since I had gone to my old gym for about 5 years I tried hiding that it hurt. Haley, one of my teammates asked “ Are you ok?” …show more content…
Obviously I wasn’t cause my eyes were tearing up. I walked up to the bars, and I saw Haley walk over to our coach and say something to her. I jumped on the bar then fell off cause of the pain at that moment Ginelle called me over. “Emmy G, do you need to tell me something?” she
“Pain speaks a language almost anyone can understand” (Aalten, 2005). However many ballet dancers are worried about their career especially if he or she has an injury; which is the norm of thinking in the culture of ballet. But there are some rare cases, that dancers use their injuries and take away a positive experience. Which heightens his or her sense of awareness to their body and gives them the opportunity to learn the possibilities and limitations of what they can or cannot do physically.
Be strong, i’m here for you, why do you feel the need to do this to yourself? Those are some common phrases I hear from day to day. I have always been a happy girl, I have a good family good house and a amazing gymnastics career, but two years ago my life changed forever. Ever since I was a little girl I had always known my goal and pushed myself to the highest levels to get it. My goal was the olympics and there was nothing holding me back or at least that's what I thought.
Many people have the same misconception of gymnastics, it is a girly sport and does not require much work or very much muscle. (Wrong!) Also I have come across quite a few people who did not even believe gymnastics was considered a real sport to them at all. Those people soon learned they were very wrong, once I had explained to them what is required and everything you do for training in Gymnastics. This sport is far from easy and requires very hard mental and physical dedication.
Fourteen years of my life. Fifty two weeks of my year. Five days of my week. Four hours of my day. This is what I have given to the sport of gymnastics. Friday night football games. After school clubs. Sleeping in on the weekend. This is what I have sacrificed in pursuit of my passion. Perseverance against adversity. Dedication throughout hardships. Discipline in body and mind. These are the qualities this sport has engraved into my being. There is not a time I can remember when I was not involved in gymnastics. When I reflect on the milestones of my life I don’t reminisce on the loss of my first tooth or a move to a new house, but instead I recall my first trip to nationals and mastering my back tuck. Gymnastics is the foundation of who I
Gymnastics is the physical activity that create and show quality, parity, and nimbleness performed on or with specific device. Cheerleading is one who drives the cheering of observers, as at a games challenge. On the off chance that you haven't saw yet, the definitions are totally distinctive. Gymnastics is the superior sport to cheerleading, which is not in any case considered a sport. Gymnastics is an overall better, including cost and the numerous advantages aerobatic offers.
Especially in high school, you see and interact with many people on a day-to-day basis. Some are your close friends you know really well, while others you barely know. Therefore, one of the struggles of high school is getting to know people you don’t usually see outside of class. Having to interview Marissa Braddock, someone I don’t see outside of class, gave me an opportunity to learn new things about her. Being involved in multiple athletics, being extremely committed to family, and having dreams and aspirations to travel when she’s older reveals Marissa to be a very well rounded girl.
With the rest of the basketball girls from the surrounding area, I began summer basketball camp. There was a basketball tournament where we played 4 games in one day. During the game an opponent stole the ball, so I chased her down the court. Once I reached her under their basket, I tripped over her foot, fell, and heard something snap. I was absolutely freaking out. The referees ran down to me. All I could say was “Something popped! Something popped!” I couldn’t bend my leg at the knee, it was scary. I was brought to the main lobby to walk it off. I couldn’t bend my leg for two weeks.
Medicine parallels gymnastics in multiple ways. Embarrassingly falling off the beam is just as mortifying as answering a question incorrectly in front of the attending. Struggling to perform gracefully on the floor is similar as suturing for the first time in front of a packed operating room. One of the most rewarding experiences during gymnastics practice is ringing “the bell” when first executing a skill independently, which is just as gratifying as taking a complete history and physical of your first patient or diagnosing a rare condition for the first time.
Vault, floor, balance beam, and uneven bars. Gymnasts achieve complicated vaults in divergent body positions, such as tucked, piked or stretched. Judges eye for decent body alignment, form, quick repulsion, the height and distance traveled, as well as the number of twists. In addition, gymnasts should “stick” their landing by taking no additional steps.The floor gives gymnasts the chance to deliberate their feelings through their music elite and choreography. Throughout the routine, the gymnast must harmoniously brew dance elements and tumbling while making all around use of floor space, changing both the guidance and level of movement. Just four inches wide, the balance beam challenges because they must execute routines that give the impression
I didn’t care I still tried out. The cheers they had us do were easy the jumps were jumps I was doing in first grade. I made the team. I was happy even though deep down I was upset that I could be on the worst team in history. So as I started on the team, I soon realized that my idiot brother had no idea what he was talking about and it was a good team. I wanted to go back to my old coach so that I could learn how to do a back hand spring because everywhere I went I just couldn’t get myself to do it. Some coaches told me that it might be because I don’t trust them enough to do it. So I had a private class with her before her normal cheer practices. We were working on my round offs and cart wheels when she walked away to go answer her phone I went for my round off and didn’t land right and fell because it felt like my knee gave out. I got up and kept trying. When it was time for her teams to practice I was sitting on the floor in pain doing stretches with the girls thinking maybe if I just stretch it out itll feel better it didn’t I ignored it for a while till I went home and took my shoes off my foot swelled up like a balloon. I could barely walk
The sheer energy of a gymnast alone can be felt by audiences of all ages, but what the spectators lack the ability to feel is the pounding of the bodies that bear the impact of the athletes in action. Gymnastics consists of a mixture of acrobatic performances of four different events for females, and six different events for males (Gianoulis 1). Gymnastics is demanding in a multitude of ways, including: physically, emotionally and mentally. It requires countless hours of dedication. The concerns of most gymnasts are moving up to the next level, or getting a more advanced skill, while the concerns of the doctors, coaches, and parents revolve mostly around the athlete’s health, which is put at stake for the adored yet dangerous sport. Injuries are common among both male and female gymnast alike, but due to the fact a female gymnast’s career peaks at the same time of major growth and development, a female gymnast’s body as a whole is more likely to undergo lifelong changes or affects (Gianoulis 2). Among the injuries of the mind blowing athletes, the most common ones affect the ankles, feet, lower back, wrist, and hands of individuals (Prevention and Treatment 1). From sprains, to the breaks, the intriguing sport of gymnastics is physically demanding on a gymnast’s body.
The ball made a jump into the air. I had no time to react. The ball went straight to my face. I fell to the ground in pain but I tried my hardest not to show it, I would be strong for my team. I got up now realizing that there were about 7 people rushing towards me. Ugh, now they would keep examining me. I said I was fine, I said I would stay on the field. Kirsten you're bleeding ridiculously, you're coming off of this field, my nurse mom said. After screaming and crying I agreed to come off of the field.
As I saunter onto the school field, I survey the premises to behold people in coats, shielding themselves from winter's blues. The sun isn't out yet, but the place bursting with life and exuberance, with people gliding across the ice covered floor almost cat-like. The field is effervescent and despite the dire conditions, the field seems to have taken on a life of its own. The weather is bad and the ice seems to burn the skin if touched, yet the mood is still euphoric. The bare shrubs and plants about the place look like they've been whipped by Winter himself. The air is frosty and at every breath the sight of steam seems to be present. A cold, cruel northerly wind blows across the playground and creates unrest amongst some. Crack! The crisp sound of leaves is heard, as if of ice splitting and hissing. Squirrels are seen trying to find a point of safety, scurrying about the bare trees that lie around the playground. Mystery and enigma clouds the playing field, providing a sense of anticipation about the place. Who is going to be the person to spoil the moment? To kill the conversation?
It was the start of summer 2002, and the Mid America Youth Basketball (MAYB) national tournament was taking place in Andover, Kansas. Along with the rest of the team, I was excited to play some basketball for the first time since the middle school basketball season was over. Our team, Carlon Oil, had been together and played every summer for the last four years. We were a really good team, with an overall record of 65-4 over those four years and were hoping to continue our legacy. Lonnie Lollar, our coach for the summer, was also the coach of our high school basketball team. I had a history of groin injuries, and every summer it seemed that I would have to sit out at least a game on the bench icing my groin. But this summer was different, and I along with everyone in the gym wouldn't have expected my summer to end with a injury such as a broken leg.
It was my first time back to gymnastics after I just go off crutches I sprained my ankle really bad it was close to a fracture. How I was on crutches is I jumped Down five of my stairs, and I would put one hand on the railing, and the other on the wall the hand on the wall slipped, and down I went fell on my foot it was 8:40 P.M the doctors office closed at nine P.M. I used to always jump down my stairs I have never jumped down my stairs since that day. Now let's get to the first day back to gymnastics it was fine until vault I was third to go in line. It was my turn, and the coaches forgot to adjust the spring bored I though they did, but I guess not. I was running down the vault runway about to bounce on the spring bored then my foot missed the spring bored then I hit the vault hard, and fell off vault then hit the concrete. My coach tried to catch me. After I could kinda walk, but it hurt so bad it felt like I kept stubbing my toe over and over