Have you ever thought about getting recruited for college gymnastics? Getting recruited into college gymnastics is an amazing opportunity. It allows you to train at a higher level with great resources and coaching, that can help you advance your skills even further. Overall, college gymnasts have a lot of benefits. Often, when you get recruited into college gymnastics, you can receive a scholarship. Scholarships offer incredible opportunities for personal growth and development. Studies show that scholarship student-athletes, both male and female, were found to have significantly higher GPA’s than non-scholarship student-athletes. Many student-athletes rely on athletic scholarships to fund their education. It provides less stress for you and …show more content…
Being a gymnast has many positive lessons that are taught outside of the sport. Many of these skills gymnasts learn through the daily grind in the gym. These life lessons will help each gymnast grow as a person, as well as as a gymnast. Being in college gymnastics doesn't mean just doing the sport you love, it also means gaining beneficial things that can help you as a person. Not only does being recruited into college gymnastics allow you to do what you love beyond your high school career, but it also gives you networking opportunities. It allows you to connect with different coaches, along with your teammates and other professionals in the gymnastics community. These connections can lead you to a chance at a coaching position, mentorship, or a different career in gymnastics. Conversating with former gymnasts who have had an amazing career in the past can help you navigate and help you decide what you want to do after your college experience. Lastly, physical fitness is important. Gymnastics is a demanding sport where you need to do multiple things, including strength, flexibility, and
“Gymnastics taught me everything- life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.” -Shawn Johnson (Former Olympic gymnast). In my interview with Franchesca Hutton-Lau I found this quote to prove very true to her. Franchesca Hutton-Lau, often called Frankee by her friends and teammates, has been a gymnast ever since she was five years old. In my interview with her, she enlightened me on her struggles, experiences, lessons, and successes which she’s taken from this treacherous sport. Chesca, as I call her, has a very different life from the average high school student.
Most college athletes, when they were young children, dreamed of playing for a college team. For them that was their passion and their greatest dream/ accomplishment. College athletes are there because they love to play the sport that they do. They love the thrill of the game and winning o...
...make time to study, be involved in college campus activities, work part-time and participate in athletics in order to succeed. Not having to deal with the pressures and status of being a paid professional will allow the student-athlete to focus more on the sport than on all the legalities of the sport. Leaning to set goals and achieve them as a student-athlete will help them become a well rounded individual.
Asking these questions, has forced me to step back and examine my life and what I have been involved in the past as well as how my college days ahead will prepare me for my future.
Many people believe that College athletes have it easy, and who wouldn’t think that? A free education, free living; getting to travel and play the sport that many people would love to still be able to. Student athletes also get to pick classes earlier than a regular student and have the ability to be excused from classes to go to games and special events. The life of a student athlete sounds like an enticing thing for many people; especially those who are not student athletes on scholarships or walk-ons to a college team. The rising cost of attending college has made the younger athletic population work just as hard to receive a scholarship to play a sport, because they may come from poverty where they can’t otherwise afford to attend school, which is beneficial to them. Understand, that college is a place where academics comes first, and everything else is second; this includes athletics. But are these athletes treated fairly and given all the right things they need to succeed in life, let alone college?
Naturally, I faced the competition of other gymnasts, however, meets were not where my most valuable lessons were learned. The impact was greater in times I wanted to quit, and didn’t. For instance, my flyway, a skill I acquired as a child, became impossible for me to execute as a teenager. Each time I attempted to perform it, I froze, fear lingering in my mind. Frustrated, I contemplated abandoning my passion, yet, due to my persistence, I overcame the obstacle. I found quitting would never provide me the satisfaction I hungered for. Gymnastics also challenged my body. I suffered more injuries than the average gymnast with broken feet, fingers, toes, and elbows, a concussion, and two stress fractures in two years. My final injury, a torn labrum, resulted in hip surgery, six months of physical therapy, and the death of my college gymnastics dream. Through disaster emerged strength to cope with every roadblock I encounter. All of my life I had worked towards that goal, and with the lift of a scalpel, it was shattered. Thankfully, the qualities gymnastics has given me has transferred to every aspect of my life including my academic career. I have put in just as much effort in the classroom as I have in the
They range from tall and skinny to short and muscular. In cheerleading, the girls are either skinny blondes or super buff brunettes. They don’t have all that much of a variety. Cheerleaders tend to have more self-esteem issues than any other sport. But in gymnastics the girls can be any shape or size and can still be just as good if not better than the others. In addition, gymnastics amplify many abilities such as flexibility, balance, strength, and coordination. This helps keep a healthy body shape and image for the girls.
Around the country, college athletic programs are pushing their athletes more and more every day. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is an association set up to regulate the athletic programs of colleges in the United States and Canada such as eligibility, sportsmanship, and play. Due to NCAA rules, the “student” comes first in “student athlete.” This means that in order to be a full time student, 12 credit hours a semester are required, and in order to compete in athletics, students must maintain a core GPA of 2.3 or higher. It may seems easy right now but throw in lifting, games and practices, along with team meetings, and you’ve got yourself a full time job on the side.
As a young gymnast, I did not recognize I would learn life skills from the sport beyond physical strength. Gymnastics forced me to adapt when I began working on a nearly impossible skill; now, I have no issue acknowledging my weaknesses and working to become a better version of myself. Gymnastics made me brave; now, I answer medical questions confidently, and when incorrect, I keep my composure and answer again. Gymnastics taught me irreplaceable mental strength; now when I work shifts through the day and into the night, I hold myself together for my patients, especially when that patient is a terrified eight-year old. Gymnastics forced me
After all of my research, and an interview with my future teammate, that these are all great things that will prepare me to be a college athlete. There is more to being a collegiate athlete other than just playing the sport and going to class. I think that it is what most people do not realize. Character and integrity are some of the main aspects that are a part of playing sports in college. In my time at Grace Bible College, all of my teammates have accepted me, and have made me feel welcome. They trust me and have taken me on their team as a newcomer. My visit there made me fall in love with the campus, and as soon as I stepped into the gym, I knew that this is where I
By the early 1900’s the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) was formed to protect young people in pursuit of finding the ideal college programs which rewards their talent and ability. It wasn’t until 1952 that NCAA legalized athletic scholarships to attract student-athletes into their programs. However over 50 years have passed since and with the growing capital some athletes and individuals feel
Gymnastics Canada was first established in 1969. It is Canada’s governing body for gymnastics. There are currently over 280,000 registered participants across Canada (“About GYMN”). Gymnastics is considered one of the oldest sports. It had originated in ancient Greece. The gymnastics we know today is said to have been developed in Germany around the 1800s. In 1843, the first Olympic Gymnasium opened in Montreal by an Englishman named F. Barnjum. Inspiration for Canadian gymnastics is derived from German and Czechoslovakian immigrants. Gymnastics was introduced into the school physical education curriculum in the early 1800s. Canada became the fourteenth country to join the International Gymnastics Federation in 1899 (Snyder and Letheren).
When a student like myself, works hard for four years trying to become the “dream applicant” it’s hard enough competing with the other students applying for admissions whose qualifications amount or exceed yours, but we are stuck competing with people who haven’t necessarily worked as hard as us and whose qualifications are significantly less than ours, those people are given the title of student athletes.
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My heart is beating rapidly. I am filled with trepidation. Can I perform? Will I remember my routines? Will I stick the landing? Will I keep my legs straight? What if I fall off the beam? What if I disappoint my coaches? What if I’m not the best? What if…?