Personal Narrative: My Love For The Sport Of Gymnastics

One interest that I believe has made a huge impact on my life is my love for the sport of gymnastics. While I was enrolled in gymnastics classes and such as a child, it wasn’t until my seventh grade in middle school that I was truly drawn into the sport. My older cousin had done a school project and used a gymnast as an example in it. When she started watching some gymnastics videos for her project, I sat and watched with her. It was from that moment on that I started becoming more and more engrossed with the sport. I started spending countless hours researching and learning about all these acclaimed gymnasts and the magnificent feats they were able to accomplish through their hard work and sacrifice. Eventually, I decided that watching these skills on a screen just wasn't sufficient enough for me anymore - I had to attempt them myself. I was very determined to better myself in my favorite aspect of the sport : tumbling.

Having to relearn all those skills that I once knew was a frustrating time especially since I was starting up again at a pretty advanced age for the sport. Faced with countless mental blocks, I wasn’t able to advance nearly as quickly as I had originally hoped to. Nevertheless, my passion for the sport pushed me to keep trying and oftentimes brought me way outside of my comfort zone. I had to learn to really trust myself because if I didn’t, I would be extremely prone to injury. As I kept trying, I progressively gained more and more new skills that I once thought that I would never be able to perform. I far surpassed any previous skill level that I had obtained and even though I was riddled with injuries along the way, nothing was ever able to keep me away from doing what I