Monday, May 4, 2009

Gymnastics before the Blog

Justification--

I am going to be doing gymnastics because i have always wanted to do it. Since watching the Olympics this summer i really wanted to. I really want to be able to do cool tricks and mainly do flips. I think that would be fun because I have always wanted to do a flip. I also want to learn how to do cool tricks on each of the apparatus.

For Goals that I have, I want to be able to do tricks. First I want to learn how to do a back handspring and a back flip. I have no idea if that will be possible becks I don't know how long the trick take to learn.I also want to be able to do a handstand on the beam, for the bars I want to be able to get up onto them, and lastly for vault I want to be able to do a flip on that.
My Learning objectives are Plan and inaciate activity, this applies because I was the one who planned this I will be doing it with two friends. My other learning objective is Increased awareness of my strenght and areas for growth. This applys because i have only done gymnastics when i was really little so i forget everything. I will be getting stronger physically and also mentally by learning my strenghts and weakness.


12/5/08

I started Gymnastics on 2 Thursdays ago and it is so much fun. I really enjoy it except for the fact that it is really hard work and still 2 days after my legs still really hurt to the point that i avoid going down stairs as often as possible. The fist time that i went Lauren was with me also but the second time she was sick so she didn't go and i was all by my self which was scary at first because i didn't know anybody but after a while it was fine. Every one there is so nice!

The first Thursday was the most fun because i had a Friend and also because we did stuff on the bars. like cast handstands which are fun, and other things on the bars. 2 days ago was fun but it was all conditioning and those girls go everyday for 3 hours a lot stronger than me so it was really hard. I'm really excited for next Thursday because i talked to Jen and she said that i can come an hour later so i wont be there for the conditioning stuff but i will be there for the actual gymnastics so i will be able to learn how to do a flip and stuff! I can't wait!


Journal--

December 12, 2008

This is me at gymnastics yesterday doing a handstand thing and then going down into a bridge it is really hard to do and i was able to do it on my third day of gymnastics while the instructor told me that it normally takes gymnasts 6 months to learn.

12-20-08
This is me at gymnastics on Thursday. I learned how to do a front handspring thing. That is were you would bounce on one of the white lines then put you hands on the mat then flip over to land on your feet. It was really fun and i learned how to do it!

So far, so good. Be sure to keep one entry per week. -J. Hyer 1/5/09 1:02 PM

1-11-09

(Sorry I didn't update for 2 weeks because i was not going to gymnastics, i go on thursdays and the past two thursdays were christmas and new years)


On Thursday at gymnastics first i went to Bars and worked on some of the basics, I had thought that i would really like bars but that changed when my hand riped open. It really hurts!


But another thing was that meant that i could go over to beam (which i kind of like) they were working on handstands and cartwheels on the beam. I can not do thoese really on the ground so i was just doing handstads and such on the ground which allowed me to master that handstand down to a bridge that i had been working on before. Then i went to the tumble track (a really long tramplone) and worked on front handsprings again but this time with out the mats at the end!

My mom has been the one taking these pictures and i guess that it is really hard to get a good picture.

1-23-09
This is me at gymnastics last week. I learned how to do a flip. It was hard but really hard.


2-03-09
I didn't go last thursay because I had to go to a funeral. I will go on this thursday though

2-08-09
This Thursday I learned how to do a "tick-tock" (I think that's what its called) I wasn't able to do it like the other girls there but thats just because they are a lot better than me. What it is is when you go into a handstand touch you foot to the floor or in my case the mat that is like a foot or 2 up in the air then kick back down to standing up. Its really hard but its fun.
Another thing that I did was standing up and then into a bridge, thats where your feet and hands are on ground and you back is towards the ground so you are like a bridge. Again I did it onto a mat because i'm not as expereinced as the other girls.
Another thing that i did was another handstand thing. on this little tramploine you jump and then do a handstand on a mats that are like 3 or 4 feet high then you jump bcakwards into the foam pit. it was really fun.
The last thing that I did was handstands and cartwheels on the beam. That is really hard because the beam is just 4 in wide. I was kind of able to do handstands but thats it, not cart wheels becaue i cant do those in a stright line. But i was kind of successuful at a handstand but i was not up all the way at 90 degerees probably like 45 or 50.
Before i left the people who are teaching me were saying that i was good, and were suprised at how fast i was doing things becasue i guess that its harder to do when your tall and i'm really tall, and also its harder to learn when your not like 3.

2-13-09

This was me yesterday at gymnastics. I worked on my flip again. it was fun. I also did vault which was really fun.


2-13-09

Next week I will not be able to go because I will be away surfing.
2-26-09
Yesterday at gymnastics was fun! I learned how to do a flip on the tumble track! thats fun and i also got better at doing front handsprings which are really fun! The other two things that i did was handstands and jumping on the beam. Thats hard stuff! Then they put this fat beam on the ground for me to do more handstands and cartwheels. I can kind of do a handstnad but cartwheels are really hard for me becaue i don't go stright. after that i went to vault and did vaults again which are really fun you jump then do a handstand then land on your back. its fun. I can't wait till next thrusday!

3-9-09
At gymnastics last Thursday i worked a lot on my flips. there is a trampoline and then a tumble track, the tumble track is still really bouncy but not as bouncy as the trampoline. I worked on my flip on the tumble track. I was able to land it standing up with straight legs for the most part. (stright locked legs are bad becaue you can hurt your knees...)
also i worked on vault a little and then i worked on the bars a little after that. I don't like that bars becaue i get really bad blisters on my hands.

3-15-09
On thursday i had gymnastics, and i worked on my flips and front handstands again. I'm getting pretty good or atleast i think so. I land my flip most of the time now and the same with my front handspring. i also asked if i can start to learn a back handspring. and they said yes so i started to do some drills to get that. I also worked on the bars a little bit and a fun drill on the floor which i think was to make your vault better and also one for front handsprings. they were both fun.
Lastly i asked if it would be possible for me to start to come on the weekend due to tennis starting, they said yes but the setup would be really different and i really like how it is now so i am going to keep on trying to come on thrusdays and if there is one that i can't make it to then i will go one the weekends.
3-20-09
Yesterday at gymnastics was really fun! I worked with the prep up girls again. And i like doing that i do that every week though. I am starting to make firends there becaue they are starting to know who i am. Yesterday i worked on the bars and tried to get a pull over which is a way to get ontop of the bar kind of, and i also worked on tap swing which is swinging on the bar just for fun!
then i went to the tramploine and worked on my front tuck which is a front flip. They said that i was really good at it and said that i did it perfict! Then they taught me how to do front bounders which are like front handsprings but by jumping not running. thoses are really fun too! then i did thoses on the tumble track!
I'm looking forward to next week now!

3-29-09
On thursday I went to gymnastics and it was fun. I did all four events i think. i didn't do floor but i did tumbling on the tumble track and on the tramploine. I have masted a front handspring, front flip and front bounders, i think anyway. I think that i have gotten really good at them. I want to learn how to do something else now. I went to the bars and started working a pullover thing, its really hard. then i went to ballance beam and started to do cartwhels and handstands again.i can kind of do a handstand not really though and my cartwheel is bad, i can't do it on the floor so i can't do it on the beam. then i went to tumble track and tramploine and worked more of the flips and that kind of stuff.

4-4-09
Thursday was fun. I really am starting to get to know the other girls there which makes it even more fun. I worked on my front tucks front bounders, front handsprings. I also was able also learn how to do a back bend from standing up. its really hard. One other thing was that our warm up was runing the diagonals on the floor and on end doing a front handspring off of two chese mats and a mini tramp and on the other diagonal you do a front tuck off of a spring board. at the end of practice i was working on cart wheels and roundoffs.

4-11-09
I did not go to gymnastics this week because I hurt my ankle during tennis this week.

5-04-09
This was the first week back at gymnastics in a while. it was fun. i worked out with the older girls again which was fun. I work on the tumble track on my front tuck, front handspring, and front bounders. then we went to bars, were i worked on my pullover, which i still can't do but i'm getting close. then we went to floor where i worked more on my cartwheel. it was fun. i'm looking forward to next week.


(see google docs for the pictures

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