Recommended: Weightlifting in high schools
Following a legion--The New Coach by Ned Linch “Tell us how you did it coach.” These words were forced into my face with a camera lens almost resting against my cheeks (page 395). The team did it along with some guidance from my assistant coach and the parents. I want to thank my assistant coach who is the baseball expert. He used to play in the minor leagues and the team loved him because of his dedication to their lives and his credibility at baseball.
The weight room helps you become more athletic.” Strength training runs Monday through Friday with sessions from 6-8:30 a.m. and 6-8:00 p.m. until August 11th. All CHS and CMS students are welcome. Captions: Eagles Blank blank blank load a trailer full of gear early Sunday morning to take to their football camp in Hastings, Nebraska. The players returned around 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
Oaklander starts her article with a personal story by sharing it, she is trying to encourage readers who can relate to her sister to start strength training, if someone like her sister can do it anyone can. “Dr.Dena Oaklander, a psychiatry resident who also happens to be my sister-is the last person you’d ever expect to become a bodybuilder. She’s naturally scrawny and a little bit shy, not the type of person to beast out at the gym-or so I thought”(Oaklander 40).This following quote inspires curiosity, so readers are going to want to read more about the topic, furthermore, if it advocates good health. “Strength training also comes with the less visible benefit of lowering risk for several diseases”(Oaklander 44).
The past four years, I was placed on one of the most prestigious all-star cheerleading teams in the nation. Due to my team being well known for winning numerous national championships and world championships, I was in for a rude awakening. My first year on the team I was teeny tiny because I was still in eighth grade. But, my last three years I hit puberty and I started to become “bigger”, not bigger in the sense of fat but just bigger in general.
“As Cheerleaders Soar Higher, So Does the Danger” points toward the dangers of cheerleading, and at the same time the author reports “the number of serious injuries is low when compared with the number of current participants” (Pennington). This comparison indicates the author has kept an open mind with a clear personal opinion while writing this article. Cheerleading is obviously viewed differently today than it has been in the past. The writer describes modern cheer as “performances are a blur of tumbling bodies, executed to loud, pulsating music. The stunts are breathtaking.”
After I was told that I was devastated and wanted to give up but I knew as a Tigerette I was held to a standard that I needed to reach and not give up. I worked hard everyday until the week of my surdry and was ready to get back a few weeks later and all of the work that I had been doing made up for me not being able to do any type of lower body workouts. As the season started I got released and keep reaching to the standards of a tigerette and was able to place second at regionals that year and make it on to state placing eleventh place my junior year. As my senior year was coming to a start I had trouble with my knee and wasn’t able to squat or deadlift what I did in the following
Isabella, one of the most lively young girls I have ever met, told me that it was “a sad day I left [when the season ended]” and whispered to a new cheerleader “She[me] is the best.” as I was introducing myself to her. Emily, a girl with such a bubbly and outgoing personality, was eager for me to see her newly improved cartwheel she had been working on for months. It was a humbling feeling to know that I was able to make such an impact that they were counting down the days to when they could see me again. My entire athletic identity has been formed by strong leaders and their omnipresence in my life is what made my decision to begin coaching the best one I’ve ever made.
We’re not here to show you high school cheerleading. We’re here to show you the young women and men putting all of their free-time into a stuffy old gym. Trusting each other with their lives and defying gravity. We’re not here to show you the average athlete.
During my years at Peoria Notre Dame HS, cheerleading has been a big part of my life, and something I hope to continue at the University of Dayton. I am an outgoing and social person and it’s easy for me to learn routines quickly. As captain for both the JV and varsity squads, I have put together multiple award winning routines, selecting the music, choreographing and teaching the routine to the squad. Besides the actual cheer routines, I have used my communication skills to keep squad members and their parents informed. I try to set a good example with my own behavior, I love helping to create enthusiasm for cheerleading in young kids, and I have learned a lot from mediating issues within the team.
Getting all the extra pressure from my coach wasn’t easy. Getting out of my house at 7:00 am and not coming back home till 7 or 8 pm was tiring. My body image was very important throughout high school. To be in the teach you couldn’t gain weight, at the beginning of each year, everybody would get measured and weighed to make sure we didn't gain weight and to see how much weight we would lose throughout the year. As a cheerleader we worked out a lot, we had days we would even work out with the football players.
An important activity that I have endured throughout not only all of high school but since I was four is cheerleading. This extraordinary sport has been a huge factor in shaping me into the person I am today. This experience has taught me patience, leadership skills, perseverance, and most importantly trust. My freshman year, I sustained a meniscus injury that required surgery. Although I was faced with what at the time felt like the end of the world, I showed up to every practice and encouraged my teammates.
Cheerleading goes beyond shaking poms and chanting cheers on the sidelines of a football or basketball game. In similarity to every other sport, with it come sprains, breaks, and severe injuries. In my mindset I was too well trained
Competitive cheer injuries are dangers that cheerleaders and coaches could prevent with the
The first time I went to the weight room in the winter we had to max out. I was nervous and my heart was pounding out of my chest as if I were having a heart attack. I had to clean, bench, and squat. I started with squat and I was happy with my weight. Second was bench and it was my least favorite lift.
I could never imagine my life without the sport of cheerleading. Cheer has taught me not only determination, but how to balance everything, from school to managing high grades. I decided to join my first allstar cheerleading team, at Midwest Cheer Elite, in 2012. When I first joined, I based on a youth level 2 team, and with the help of my coaches and supportive athletes, I was able to fly on a senior 5 team, my last year. I decided to take a break from allstar cheer, because I missed being involved in
