Gymnastics

Everyone has their favorite sport! Some like, softball, basketball, track and field, swimming and of course soccer. All these sports are great. Well my personal favorite is gymnastics!

I started gymnastics when I was 4 years old. And ever since I've always done it. Except for two years. My mother couldn't find a gymnastics center and the gymnastics at school was for beginners and I was more advanced. After those two years they had a more advanced after school gymnastics activity. So I decided to join. Now every Saturday at 1:30 I go to a gymnastics class. Sometimes my teachers can be quite mean. Well they are more strict than mean. But I always need to,

• Warm up
• Keep focused
• Always try my best
• Never give up

If I do these and I always practice them then I will be able to improve my flexibility. So if your favorite sport is track or baseball you have to do your best no matter what. Even if your coach is mean sometimes. But if you don't warm up then you could stretch a muscle. That's what happened to me once when i lived in Costa Rica. I arrived late for gymnastics class and missed the warm up. So we were on the floor doing cart wheels, but when it was my turn I ran and skipped and did a cart wheel.

But in the middle I stretched a muscle. I had to go to the doctor. He said I would be fine but I would not be able to do gymnastics for a long time. I couldn't believe I wouldn't be able to do gymnastics. Its like living without chocolate for chocolate lovers, or baseball for baseball players. So I had to spend time at home and do nothing. See, it's good to stretch or you could be in trouble and not be able to do something you really like. So practice and try your best at your favorite sport always.