Lameshia Banks Professor MWeaver English 1301-02 28 April 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics Rhythmic Gymnastics is an Olympic sport that started out as an independent sport in the early 1950s by the Russians. Finally in 1984 Rhythmic Gymnastics were introduced into the Olympic Games‚ which were hosted by Los Angeles‚ CA. “It’s a complex artistic and aesthetic sport.” (Belia‚ Marta) It’s a very creative sport‚ which demands a specific training process that requires high levels of physical
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Is Cheerleading A Sport ? Did you know according to the New York Times cheerleading is the fastest growing girl sport? Each year females prepare themselves for cheerleading tryouts practicing and working on their jumps‚ paying around $300 monthly for gymnastics‚ physicals ‚ uniforms etc. Cheerleaders put hard work and dedication into what they sign up and tried out to do. Although some people believe it is not a sport because of its relative inactiveness‚ cheerleading is a sport because they prepare
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Definition Essay Audience: Press Train like Beasts‚ Look like Beauties Shiny pom-poms shaking‚ a big huddle with all hands gathering in the middle and on the count of three the team runs out to see hundreds of screaming fans. The excitement flowing through the bodies and the two minutes and thirty seconds they have on that blue mat to show off what they got. Today‚ cheerleading involves skills which require the strength of football‚ the grace of dance‚ and the agility of gymnastics. Cheerleading has
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Women’s Olympic gymnastics is becoming one of sports that has new affectionate followers every Winter Olympics. Most people didn’t much care for Women’s Olympic gymnastics before the times of Mary Lou Retton‚ until that fateful day‚ when she scored a perfect 10.0 on vault‚ this was really the first time when people started paying attention. Common people watching the Olympics realized that there’s this sport that can have such poise‚ elegance‚ and power‚ that there can’t be anything found wrong with
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the perfect sport and it was gymnastics. I was so excited to begin the wonderful sport. In gymnastics you have to start somewhere and most people start in beginner classes‚ like me. I went from beginner classes to team and I have been on team ever since. Team takes a lot of practice and training and many years of strength and self-confidence. Like most people I took many years to get where I am now and it took lots of training but‚ it was all worth it. My gymnastics career started in the fall of
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History of Gymnastics The word gymnastics derives from the common Greek adjective γυμνός (gymnos) meaning "naked"‚ by way of the related verb γυμνάζω (gymnazo)‚ whose meaning is "to train naked"‚ "train in gymnastic exercise"‚ generally "to train‚ to exercise". The verb had this meaning‚ because athletes exercised and competed without clothing. Exercises of the ancient Greeks began with athletic feats performed by each individual according to his own notion. The youth were encouraged to combine
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Artistic Gymnastics My favourite sport is artistic gymnastics. This sport contains 4 disciplines: Vault‚ Uneven Bars‚ Balance Beam and Floor Exercise. To do gymnastics you need a uniform‚ gymnastic shoes and grips for the uneven bars. Vault: At this discipline the gymnast sprints down a runway and then he or she jumps onto a springboard which propels the sporter into the air onto a vault. That’s usually a vaulting table which is 1 m long and 1 m wide. Now the gymnast does for example a flic-flac
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Physics-Sports Paper Brad Ingram 29 March 2013 Physics of Gymnastics In the world of sports‚ physic concepts are being applied every day. Most people who play or watch a sport don’t think about the physics behind it all. When I watch a sport like gymnastics‚ I am always amazed at how a person’s body can bend and twist in the way that gymnasts bodies do. It is nothing but physics. Angular momentum is the main physics concept used in gymnastics‚ and this can be seen in events like the vault and giant
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presence. Marella presents as a typical cheerleading coach‚ confident‚ talkative and outgoing. We believe that she will make a decent witness at trial. Michael Herbst (former athletic director): Michael Herbst‚ now retired‚ was the athletic director at the time of the plaintiff’s injury. He will verify that there were no mandatory policies or procedures adopted by the Board that Marella was required to follow in her administration of cheerleading practice. He will also testify that the Connecticut
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“Rah rah rah! Tiger‚ Tiger‚ Sis‚ Sis‚ Sis! Boom‚ Boom Boom! Aaaah! Princeton‚ Princeton‚ Princeton!” Just like anything else‚ cheerleading has quite a history behind it. From the first chants at Princeton University to one of today’s most popular National pastimes‚ cheerleading has come a long way the past ten decades. In ancient times spectators cheered for runners in races held during the first ever Olympic Games in ancient Greece. In the 1860’s students in Great Britain began cheering at competitive
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