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.
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!
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December 12, 2008
12-20-08
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!
1-23-09
This is me at gymnastics last week. I learned how to do a flip. It was hard but really hard.
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
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.
3-29-09
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.
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