An extracurricular sport full of sharp movements, flowing transitions, and baton fundamentals has been participated in by a variety of individuals. Many begin young, and others learn at an older age. However, differences arise when determining what age to begin twirling.When comparing the differences between junior high twirling and high school twirling, one must look at the differences in requirements, performances, and difficulty level. Junior high twirling requires a lesser dedication than high school twirling in order to not overwhelm the individual's. This can be represented by the fact that a junior high twirler has half as much scheduled practices as a high school twirler. High school twirlers also practice more as an individual due to the exponentially increased difficulty and various solo routines required throughout the year. Due to the expected performance level, twirlers should expect harder routines in high school. In junior high one should know the basic fundamentals with one and two batons, and a mediocre amount of dance while high school can require twirlers to twirl up to three batons and knives with multiple advanced tricks, spins, and dance moves. Both have the prerequisite of being in band in order to tryout for …show more content…
However, between junior high and high school twirling it differs drastically. In junior high the only contests a twirler attend are non-school organized functions such as SWTA, but in high school several contest options arise. UIL solo and ensemble twirling, SWTA, or other school organized contests are great examples of contests a high school twirler can attend. Performances also greatly different between the two activities.Junior High twirlers typically perform at five pep rallies and five home games, whereas high school twirlers perform at ten games, five pep rallies, community events, and more. Once in high school, people expect more performances at a higher
The improvised parts of Hopak involve solos, duets, trios dancers, performing visually and technically amazing acrobatic feats. These includes spins and jumps. The rest of Hopak includes many movements performed in unison. A successful Hopak requires speed and energy, the dancers, do not stop moving until the end of the dance.
After being mesmerized by figure skating at the age of eight, I became a member of the Markham Skating Club. As a competitive figure skater, I must perform various jumps and spins in a choreographed program. I have participated in numerous competitions in Central Ontario and have received multiple medals for my achievements. Yet, my achievement as a figure skater stem from the adversity that I faced throughout my skating journey. This sport has imposed challenges to both my mental and physical strength that have ultimately constructed the qualities of dedication and humility within myself.
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I believe that cheerleaders are a key element. The missing puzzle piece that fully completes a high school. Though many may ponder of the stereotypical affluent blonde with an egotistical aura, those should be informed that they aren’t even half-way correct. Cheerleaders are much more than how they appear in Hollywood movies or on daily TV dramas. I believe that cheerleaders are crucial, and work very hard to bring smiles onto people’s faces.
High schools sports have been around for many years. High schools offer many different sports such as, football, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, and soccer. Sports are a great way students get involved in school. High school teams have many different levels. The levels are varsity, junior varsity, and freshman. High school sports encourage competition and school spirt. Although joining a sport takes great effort, time commitment, and personal sacrifices, valuable lessons can be learned.
...d holding up girls should receive the honor that other sports do. There are over 400,000 cheerleaders in the United States (Lauchaire) alone, making cheerleading the fastest growing sport for women. More people are injured each year from cheerleading than from actual contact sports, such as football (Soltis) and wrestling. Given this reasoning, competitive cheerleading and collegiate cheerleading should be ruled as a sport. Since most all-star cheerleaders move to collegiate cheerleading after high school, the level of expectation to always have high mentality strength is the same, making them both worthy of being classified as a sport. The competitive drive, motivation and determination that these athletes have, meet and if not exceed the level of sportsman like behavior of other sports, making cheerleading just as much of a sport as football, soccer or baseball.
As Albert Einstein once stated, “ Anyone who has never made a mistake in life has never tried anything new.” As a way to expand my horizons, I, Edwin Montalvo, believe that I would be a valuable member of McGarvin’s pentathlon team. Based on my background knowledge on pentathlon, the use of additional information on various subjects is always essential towards the academic learning. Because of this, I also strive to excel in all my classes, for it is a necessary component of a student and a pentathlete. In addition to knowing background information, I vary my time between academic education and physical education, creating a more balanced lifestyle for me. Furthermore, pentathlon brings a self-learning experience that contributes towards many essential attributes needed in the future, such as
Background information (if applicable): The participation in high school sports this year topped 7.8 million athletes nationwide, which includes 54% of all high school students taking part in athletics (Chen).
Gymnasts use physics everyday. As a gymnast I never realized how much physics went into every motion, every back handspring, every mistake on the bars. If gymnasts were physicists (or at least knew more about physics) they would be better equipped to handle the difficult aspects of gymnastics. As a gymnast I learned the motions that were necessary to complete the tricks that I was working on, and as a coach I taught others the same. I never truly understood why a particular angle gave me a better back handspring or why the angle that I hit a springboard at really mattered when completing a vault. We are going to explore some of the different apparatuses in gymnastics and a few of the physics laws that are involved in them. We will not even barely scratch the surface of the different ways that physics can explain gymnastics.
Breakdancing The history of choreography is also very important: Any choreography that seems new, fresh and different is usually a variation of something that has been done before. As long as men and women have lived upon this earth, they have danced. The art of movement is among the oldest of the arts. So for eight months I’ve been learning the skills of hip hop and breakdancing by going to a hip hop club every week where I learned the basic skills of breaking like how to top-rock and six-step.
The story, “The Courtship of Mr Lyon”, Carter once again subverts the traditional fairy tale character paradox that is generally associated with “Beauty and the Beast”. This is achieved by Carter through the two main characters; Beauty's character represents, what would typically, be represented by a male character within a fairytale. The author instead develops the heroine to possess “beastly” traits such as arrogance and materialism. This is evident as she initially dismisses the Beast because of his appearance which serves to depict her as a shallow character as the Beast’s “strangeness made her shiver” which appears to reference his difference in appearance as despite the thought to “drop a kiss upon his shaggy mane… she could not bring herself to touch him of her
Cheer, a diverse and dangerous sport is a very foggy subject for many. The majority of the population would say cheer is just a group cheering on a sports team. Before being able to define what cheer is, one must first look at current day competitive cheer. How cheer gained its stereotypes lays in its history, and rapidly evolved into a completely different function. With cheer being the number one cause of sports injury for girls under twenty, twenty thousand deaths from stunting, and seventy percent of girls sports injuries in high school, the statistics raises an eyebrow as to just what cheerleaders are doing. Cheer went from chants, to stunt groups, to worlds championships in just a century.
Hate doing crunches? Do they strain your back and neck muscles? Try belly dancing, it gives you better benefits than the average crunch with less pain. In addition to the physical and emotional benefits, belly dancing also has an impact on child birth and ones creativity in an entertaining manner. The physical benefits of belly dancing are, being able to become healthier, and in better shape. Being out of shape can also affect a person’s emotional-state. Participating in belly dancing can benefit ones self-esteem, and help their emotional well-being. Ones emotional-state can take a toll for the worst or the best when trying to become pregnant. Belly dancing is said to help the chances of a woman trying to become pregnant. Belly dancing also helps the birthing process, and can also help your pelvic muscles after pregnancy. Being pregnant can affect ones choice in attire. Belly dance allows one to become creative through the choreography and also their attire. Belly dancers bring out the most of their creativity while performing on stage. Belly dancing is very beneficial to ones physical and emotional state and could also help with the birth process; therefore it should be applied as a creative and entertaining form of daily exercise.
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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…?