Hi‚ my name is Siobhan Pharaoh and I do gymnastics and I’m going to talk to you about why gymnastics is a dangerous sport. Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of skills requiring physical strength‚ flexibility‚ power‚ coordination‚ balance and control. In this speech I will talk to you about the health issues included in gymnastics and injuries that come with doing this sport. Some people think gymnastics is all about having fun and learning extra ordinary skills‚ but when a person does
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parent happy? This ad by United Sports Academy shows that it is to see their kids smile or happy. From my experience in coaching gymnastics‚ this “smiling all the time” attitude is not always the case. You have cases where kids are very unhappy‚ which this ad seems to skip over. This advertisement is very engaging‚ and shows us that your kid will be happy if they are in gymnastics. To start of the ad‚ you see a mom gardening in her backyard and smiling as she watches her daughter hanging upside down on
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Gymnastics has been a sport that I have always loved. When gymnastics is broadcasted on T.V‚ especially during the olympics‚ my eyes are glued to the screen. The high level gymnasts fly like birds while tumbling and on the uneven bars. From experience‚ I know that gymnastics is a sport that requires every muscle in your body. Gymnastics is also a sport that consists of insane amounts of time put into practice‚ and as a result‚ you’re sore and in pain a lot from all the hard work you’re putting in
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“Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons‚ responsibility and discipline and respect.” Shawn Johnson was my idol while I was doing gymnastics. She motivated me to work harder on every event and one day be able to compete. I first started off by doing basic tumbling on the floor. My coaches would teach me new skills and spot me on them. They introduced me to floor‚ bars‚ beam‚ and vault. I thought that going to gymnastics a couple times a week would make me achieve new skills. First starting
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Is Cheerleading a Sport? Cheerleading was first introduced at Princeton University in 1884. There at Princeton University the audience that attended the football games came up with a cheer that involved yelling and chanting to encourage their team. The initial stages of cheerleading were simply just crowd involvement. Over 100 years later‚ skills have progressed and become extremely complex‚ cheerleading is now a form of entertainment that uses organized routines. These routines are made up from
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Emily Pascavis Karl Bakkum English Comp. Gymnastics Long ago‚ gymnastics was very different from what we know today. Gymnastics comes from the Greek prefix “gymno- or gymn-” which means‚ “to be naked”. The Greeks used gymnastics for entertainment‚ performing naked. When the Romans conquered Greece‚ they took over the sport. They used it for its functional uses. The used the wooden horses to practice the quick mounting and dismounting of their actual horses during battle. Which later became
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person who inspired me even more to cheer was my cousin Stephanie. I remember the way she danced was amazing and I could feel her commitment to the cheer routine. I don’t know how‚ but that’s just the magic of cheerleading. Throughout this journey‚ I have been exposed to various cheerleading styles. For example: stunting and jumping. Stunting is all about using various people to lift another person into the air. They all work together as a group. The term jumping is just using flexibility to your
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“Cheerleading As A Sport” Blonde bubbly girls‚ wearing short skirts with loud voices‚ defines the typical stereotype of a cheerleader. They are known to be the girls who are the “air heads” of the school and it is thought that all they do is promote school spirit and cheer on other sports‚ so why do they deserve to be considered a sport? In most cases‚ they don’t receive this title. Cheerleading is often deemed not a sport but rather an after school activity or club. Cheerleading deserves to be
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Cheerleading‚ if you’re not associated with the sport‚ then you probably have a different perspective on cheer. Cheer is nowhere near the stereotypical image of the mean girls in movies‚ who are ambitious to be popular and bully their classmates. When in reality it’s the complete opposite‚ cheerleaders are known to represent their school and have an outgoing personality with a confident attitude. Every cheerleader has to be physically in shape to enjoy the activity with a sociable smile that stands
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I stopped gymnastics when I became ill‚ but before the age of 16‚ I had won and competed in many gymnast ompetitions amd I had also preformed dozens of artist gymnastic plays alongside my team. My previous achievements include being the team captain for our artistic gymnastics team‚ where we preformed at the Edinburgh festival in 2008. Balancing my school life with the training required in gymnastics has been very demanding at times. I have gained experience
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