Blogger has not hindered my computer savyness. I'm actually quite technologically illiterate. But anyway, the top picture is Olga Korbut, and the one above this caption is Shannon Miller. Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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Seeng as my camera refuses to cooperate with me, in spite of my abundance of attempts at making it simply upload my tumbling videos te the computer, and I haven't got another gymnastics lesson scheduled until Thursday, I've cme to terms with the fact that my blog is going absolutley nowhere. Well that's a long sentence if I ever did write one. However, I will write about some of my favorite gymnasts.
Well blogger's being a ... and isn't letting me post any pictures from the internet. I'm clicking on the "add image" icon, at the top of the designated area for blogging, and it just isn't working. \
Shannon Miller is one of my favorite gymnasts. She was the first gymnast I ever really became interested in. I was in the fifth grade I believe, and I required to do book reports on a biography. I did mine on Shannon Miller. She instantly became my hero. Reading of her dedication truley inspired me as a gymnast. As a young girl, of about seven years she was practicing on a daily basis. She wore her leotard under her schol clothes everyday so as to get an extra minute or so of television time before gymnastics each day. Going on a three day ski trip with her parents, they enrolled her in daily sessions at a gym by the resort. She executes all of her moves beautifully and with a stounding precision. As a young girl, she often suffered ankle injuries, but that never stopped her from practicing. She is especially known for her amazing beam skills. Many moves have been made illegal in competitive gymnastics, due to their imminent danger. Gymnasts have been none to suffere severe neck and head injuries due to intense beam moves. Shannon Miller currently owns her own beam clinic.
In sixth grade, as a part of our yearly "wax museum," project, I was to choose a foreign celebrity to dress up as and pose as in the hallway whilst children and parents galore stared at how perfectly still we were. I chose Olga Korbut. She won four medals in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. 3 being gold, one silver. In the 1974 World Championship she won five medals two being gold, three being silver. In 1976 at the Montreal Olympic Games she won a gold and a silver medal. Her ability to mesmerize a crowd was purely insane. She was a prodigy when it came to beam and floor. Her death defying skills made her practically build the industry that is competitive gymnastics. She did back tucks on the beam, and back tuck dismounts off the high bar. She is always in tune with her music. It is even said that she helped in the detante of the Cold War. The Belarusian girl fascinated President Nixon who had the honor of meeting her.
Well blogger's being a ... and isn't letting me post any pictures from the internet. I'm clicking on the "add image" icon, at the top of the designated area for blogging, and it just isn't working. \
Shannon Miller is one of my favorite gymnasts. She was the first gymnast I ever really became interested in. I was in the fifth grade I believe, and I required to do book reports on a biography. I did mine on Shannon Miller. She instantly became my hero. Reading of her dedication truley inspired me as a gymnast. As a young girl, of about seven years she was practicing on a daily basis. She wore her leotard under her schol clothes everyday so as to get an extra minute or so of television time before gymnastics each day. Going on a three day ski trip with her parents, they enrolled her in daily sessions at a gym by the resort. She executes all of her moves beautifully and with a stounding precision. As a young girl, she often suffered ankle injuries, but that never stopped her from practicing. She is especially known for her amazing beam skills. Many moves have been made illegal in competitive gymnastics, due to their imminent danger. Gymnasts have been none to suffere severe neck and head injuries due to intense beam moves. Shannon Miller currently owns her own beam clinic.
In sixth grade, as a part of our yearly "wax museum," project, I was to choose a foreign celebrity to dress up as and pose as in the hallway whilst children and parents galore stared at how perfectly still we were. I chose Olga Korbut. She won four medals in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. 3 being gold, one silver. In the 1974 World Championship she won five medals two being gold, three being silver. In 1976 at the Montreal Olympic Games she won a gold and a silver medal. Her ability to mesmerize a crowd was purely insane. She was a prodigy when it came to beam and floor. Her death defying skills made her practically build the industry that is competitive gymnastics. She did back tucks on the beam, and back tuck dismounts off the high bar. She is always in tune with her music. It is even said that she helped in the detante of the Cold War. The Belarusian girl fascinated President Nixon who had the honor of meeting her.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Fabulous news....
My camera has proven to be incompatible with every computer within my reach! Oh well. There was nothing so spectacular on it anyway. All i had footage of was a roundoff backhandspring, a backwalkover into a split, and a tick-tock.
Saturday, I had another gymnastics lesson. I worked on my beam skills which I had been neglecting for too long. I did a cartwheel, on the beam, some backwalkovers, and I am currently in the process of learning a new dismount. It's called a gurney...probably because you'll end up on a gurney if you don't execute it properly. I'd post a youtube video of it, but unfortunatley this wretched school finds youtube to be innapropriate. Yet grasscity.com is accesible? Pardon my digression...anyway, a gurney is when one swings their stronger leg for momentum, pulls it up to their chest mid jump, and does a quick backtuck off the side of the beam. It's not as terrifying as it sounds. I can't wait for my next lesson so I can try more.
Saturday, I had another gymnastics lesson. I worked on my beam skills which I had been neglecting for too long. I did a cartwheel, on the beam, some backwalkovers, and I am currently in the process of learning a new dismount. It's called a gurney...probably because you'll end up on a gurney if you don't execute it properly. I'd post a youtube video of it, but unfortunatley this wretched school finds youtube to be innapropriate. Yet grasscity.com is accesible? Pardon my digression...anyway, a gurney is when one swings their stronger leg for momentum, pulls it up to their chest mid jump, and does a quick backtuck off the side of the beam. It's not as terrifying as it sounds. I can't wait for my next lesson so I can try more.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
There were no available laptops...
today in Ms Maresca's class, so I spent the period catching up on some reading, The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, and doing my French homework which I had completley neglected the night before. Now that I am home, I've decided to update my blog.
My video camera has not charged completley, but once it has been I think I may do some backyard tumbling and post the videos here.
My video camera has not charged completley, but once it has been I think I may do some backyard tumbling and post the videos here.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Introduction
My name is Colleen Hecker, hence the title of my blog, "Colleen Hecker." I have created this blog as a project for Ms.Maresca's first period creative writing class. My blog is going to be about gymnastics. Oh yes I know, gymnastics isn't a sport, gymnastics is soley for girls, gymnastics is overrated, gymnastics does not belong in the olympics. I've heard it all before, so please spare me your boring criticisms. Gymnastics is one of the most difficult sports known to man. One must contort their body into seemingly impossible positions, do moves in which they are blinded by their speed, and defy their body's natural instinct to bend a certain way when it feels threatened by the position it is in. It is a sport that takes agility, endurance, strength, flexibility, and a strong mind.
I have been doing gymnastics since I was four years old. I do not compete, although I would someday like to. Anyway, through this blog I will be posting video clips of my progress on moves like standing backtucks, front aerials, etc.
I have been doing gymnastics since I was four years old. I do not compete, although I would someday like to. Anyway, through this blog I will be posting video clips of my progress on moves like standing backtucks, front aerials, etc.
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