Gym Team

"YAY!!!!" Today I got a letter saying I was in the gymnastics team for school. I'm really delighted. This means I have practices in the weekends and also at school time. We will go to Eastern Suburbs gym to train and then there will be a competition. If we come first, second or third we go to champs of champs and verse the others who won. I signed in, in year three and four and we made it to champs of champs both times. This time I will be in a different and higher group. Last year I was a Springer (year 3 and 4), this year I will be a flyer (year 5 and 6). I have the school leotard and can't wait at all.


Here is some facts of gymnastics,
The gym has different apparatus like floor, beam, vault and bar. Gymnastics as a sport has been around for 2,000 years. Vaults were not used in ancient gymnastics; instead they used bulls to jump over. Gymnastics were introduced at the 1896 Olympics. In the Olympics only men can compete in the Rings, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bars, and Pommel Horse. In the Olympics only women can compete in the Balance Beam and Uneven Bars. Both men and women can compete in the Floor Exercise and Vault competition in the Olympics.




If you want to try,
There are many types of gymnastics to try; Artistic, Rhythmic, Acrobatic, Aerobic, Trampolining and Tumbling. To me I like artistic gym and rhythmic. Artistic gymnastics is normal and rhythmic is with balls, hoops and ribbons. Gymnastics is such a graceful sport which requires lots of hard work and determination. It has improved my balance, strength and speed. I go to a gymnastics club every Thursday and each time we learn new skills on the beam, bars, floor and vault. I recommend gymnastics to small (the smaller the more flexible) children that are interested in gymnastics or cheer leading.