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I believe this photo is a work of art. I believe this because the photo is beautiful. The girl in this photograph makes this nearly impossible skill look like the easiest skill in the world. The girl makes the skill look so easy because of the look on her face. She does not look too concentrated, she looks calm and content. I believe that this photo is also a work of art because of the hands holding her up. This work of art shows the girl on top trusting the girl holding her up with her life. The muscles sticking out of her arm show a hidden meaning. The muscles that are sticking out of her arm show that this skill is not as easy as the little girl on top is conveying. This picture shows that gymnastics is a form of art.

My last reasoning that this picture is a work of art is because of the little girls form. It is apparent to the viewer how hard that this little girl has worked to get to this point. She has spent years perfecting this body position down to the angle her back is (which is not natural!!!) and her toe point.

I love this work of art. It is beautiful because you can tell that all of this little girls hard work has paid off in the end because she looks so content and makes it look as easy as walking.

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Why Flexibility is Important

Flexibility is very important in many ways being a gymnast. It is important for everyone to stretch but especially gymnasts because they need to leap, tumble, and do positions that are very out of the ordinary. Gymnasts pull muscles all of the time because they do not stretch enough. Normally a gymnast stretches before and after practice for about thirty minutes before and 10 minutes after. Stretching also helps warm the body up for all of the flips and balancing these gymnasts do. Gymnasts are forced to be more flexible than other athletes. The gymnasts do splits that are on mats, they practically dislocate their shoulders, and some gymnasts even have their ribs removed to gain back flexibility. Normally gymnasts that get their ribs removed are either from Russia or China. These gymnasts normally participate in Acro-Gymnastics or Rhythmic Gymnastics. These gymnasts are home-schooled and their lives are formed around a shot at the Olympics. Flexibility is very important in any sport but especially in gymnastics because it helps perform different skills and keeps the body healthy and ready to compete.

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"How To Become an Elite Gymnast"

The article that I recently read, "How To Become an Elite Gymnast" is against many things that I believe in. The article on wikiHow suggests that a child must start very young, practice countless hours, have top coaches, and have the right body type. I first disagree with the fact that the article states a child must start very young. There are many ice skaters and divers that switch to gymnastics at later stages in their lives and become just as good as girls that have been practicing for their entire lives. I secondly disagree with this article because if gymnasts are practicing too much they can become burnt out more quickly. Sometimes a gymnast who does not go to a top gym is more successful because they are able to get more attention individually from coaches. My last argument for why I disagree with this article is because there are many different body types of elite gymnasts that all succeed. For example, Shawn Johnson is short and very muscular and Nastia Liukin is tall and thin with lean muscle. I believe that this article on wikiHow is very biased and stereotypical.

"How to Become an Elite Gymnast." WikiHow. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://www.wikihow.com/Become-an-Elite-Gymnast>.

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Eating Disorders In Gymnastics

There are many eating disorders in gymnastics. Sabrina Millar wrote about an example of an eating disorder with a girl named Christy that was told she would never make the nationals team because she was too big at around 90 pounds. She stopped eating and died at 47 pounds. The pressure that gymnastics puts on these elite girls is not healthy. It takes a very well rounded gymnast to be able to maintain a healthy and balanced diet. The pressure to be so small in gymnastics causes many injuries because they are malnourished. I believe that the pressure is not healthy and these girls should not live with this pressure that is brought on by their competition, their coaches, parents, and their own drive.

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Overdoing It

This past month I just got ankle reconstruction surgery after battling injuries and re-injuries with my right ankle. I have been on and off crutches my entire freshman year of college. Living on the third floor of my dorm, trying to get to my classes, and going to all of my practices to watch has made my life very difficult. I blame this all on overdoing it in tumbling and exercising. For this blog I have chosen to interview myself to explain why overdoing it is a bad decision that many gymnasts make. I pushed myself very hard and had a very intense work out schedule. My team was practicing over the summer three times a day and we were in the heat. We practiced everyday for three weeks before the school year. It was then when I first hurt my ankle. After hurting it I chose to try to push it way too soon and hurt it again. I tore everything in my ankle. I wish that I was not so eager to start training again but we do it for the competition. Missing two months of practice is a huge set back. I am now on crutches again after this surgery and I will be for a long time. I really wish I did not push myself as hard as I did.

"Gymnastics; How to Create Champions"

This skill in the picture below is very difficult. It takes a lot of talent and practice. Recently, I read the book "Gymnastics; How to Create Champions" by Arkaev and Suchilin. This book shares all different types of ways to go about technique, training, exercises to help, and sports medicine. I really enjoyed the sports medicine side of the book except I wish that there was more to this part of the book. The diet area of the book only stated the basics. I thought it was very interesting that the book lists that a gymnast needs between 4500 and 5000 calories a day. I disagree with this statement but I do agree that they need more than an average human being. I believe that 4500 and 5000 is too many calories. It is important that the gymnasts that are not developing or have an eating disorder because malnourishment can cause easier injuries. I believe that it is important that these gymnasts are getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals. The book, "Gymnastics; How to Raise a Champion" is very accurate and has a lot of different appealing topics that all have to do with the different parts of gymnastics. I chose to reblog that picture below these blog to go with my description of this book because these girls are gymnasts who were clearly raised as champions.

Arkaev, Leonid, and Nikolai Suchilin. Gymnastics: How to Create Champions. Oxford: Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2004. Print.

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Injuries Gymnasts Face

Recently I have been reading about gymnastics injuries more and more for my English class. I also have been reading about them because I myself just had to get surgery for the many years of gymnastics that destroyed my ankle. I am facing the next few months on crutches and a long road to recovery.

The most common injuries that gymnasts face are because of over-use. The most common injuries are in ankles, feet, lower back, knees, wrists, and hands. I personally have had every one of those injuries except for my knees (knock on wood). If gymnasts did not have as much pressure on them to practice constantly most of these injuries would be nonexistent. Gymnastics is one of the highest injury sports next to ice-skating. No child should train for over 15 hours a week for a sport. It is physically and mentally unbalanced. The average elite gymnast trains more than 15 hours a week. This can be detrimental to their health.

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ED's Seeing An Increase In Gymnastics Injuries

I recently read an article on gymnasts injuries created by ED Nursing. The article is about the recent increase in gymnastics injuries that they see. There are about 27,000 cases each year. The article shares reasoning to the increase in injuries also. They say that even with young children the increase in injuries are because they are now doing harder skills as a young child in classes. They also share a few common ways that gymnasts injure themselves on beam and tumbling. For example, they say that a dismount from beam with their knees buckling can leave them with potential ligament injuries in their knee. The article also stresses the importance of making sure head injuries are treated correctly because it can leave athletes with cervical issues.

I believe that this article is very helpful. Parents and gymnasts old enough to comprehend this information should definitely read this article for safety precautions. The article is very helpful when it explains that athletes should use R.I.C.E (Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate) when trying to recover from an injury. I believe that if gymnasts were not practicing as much they would not need to worry about the increase in injuries. The article also talks about how younger kids are doing harder skills. If gymnasts did not practice as much there would not be as hard of skills to compete as a young gymnast.

"EDs seeing an increase in gymnastics injuries." ED Nursing 1 Aug. 2008. Academic OneFile. Web. 23 Mar. 2012.

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.doid=GALE%7CA193091841&v=2.1&u=udel_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

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This video consists of 20 painful falls that have happened over the last century of gymnastics. It is easy to say that these falls all look incredibly painful. Many injuries come out of every kind of gymnastics. There is no easy way to prevent the injuries because no gymnast is perfect. It only takes one slip, or one second too easy or late to pull a trick that can lead a gymnast to a serious injury. This leads to the question; is it worth the possible life-threatening injuries?

I believe that it is worth possible injuries because not everyone leaves gymnastics with these injuries. The most important thing to make sure to do in gymnastics is keep focused before doing any tricks. If you are sore, tired, or not focused then the injuries start occurring. I believe that gymnasts should be able to decide for themselves if participating in the sport is worth the potential injuries. Gymnasts should be able to tell whether they are in good enough shape to continue with out possible injury. Although none of these injuries were because they were out of shape the skill was clearly not perfected enough to perform. Accidents happen and every gymnast should be aware of the potential risks. Gymnastics is clearly one of the most dangerous sports out there but when performed correctly it is graceful and amazing to watch.

Last year, Gymnastics Zone published an article called "Current Issues in the Gymnastics Training of Young Gymnasts" arguing why the coaching young gymnasts has become so corrupt. In the article Gymnastics Zone supported their argument by bolding 13 main reasons why the technique that coaches of young gymnasts has become so corrupt with facts. This article was created to inform the audience about the corruption of young gymnasts and to try to help the audience realize how they could affect their young athlete's negatively. These 13 reasons coaching young gymnasts have become so corrupt are directed to gymnastics coaches, parents, and older gymnasts.

The article is very successful with providing detailed reasoning. It is very factual and convincing. The article provides an extremely convincing argument. The 13 reasons help parents understand how their children can be affected by pushing them too hard physically, them having inexperienced coaches, and disciplining them until they are not having fun anymore. The article teaches parents that gymnastics for young children should be something that is fun; not something that they HAVE to do.

As a former gymnast, I believe that this article is very successful because of the reasoning. Being in a gym for the last 13 years of my life, I have been through a lot of coaches who have different rules, workouts, and coaching techniques. Of all of my coaches the ones that have been the most successful are the ones who are enthusiastic, experienced, and dedicated. I have had coaches in the past who have done exactly what this article said corrupts young gymnasts and ruined these gymnasts for ever. After being with this kind of coach the young gymnasts are discouraged, injured, or lack interest to keep up with gymnastics. There have been many extremely talented young gymnasts that I have seen quit because of a bad coach. I highly recommend that any parent signing their young child up for gymnastics should read this article. I also would recommend any coach (no matter how experienced to read this). As a coach for the last few years I am still learning how to train young gymnasts successfully. This article is very helpful and it provides a strong argument about the coaching issues faced with young gymnasts.

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