Joanie- Passion Post

I am Joanie and in this post I will be talking about my passion, which is gymnastics. I am on Mr. Todd’s Gymnastics Team (MTG Illusions). I am on level 4.  Now I will tell you how I started gymnastics.

One day when I was five, my friend Violet asked me if I wanted to take gymnastics at Mr. Todd’s with her. I said yes! That turned out to be one of the best decisions that I have ever made in my life. Then I QUIT! After that when I was about eight, I went to tumbling at Gina Marie’s for two years. Then when I was ten, I tried out for the Ultimate Gymnastics Team and I got on to silver! Now I am on the Mr. Todd’s Gymnastics Team.

I think bars and beam are my favorite events. On strap bar, a bar that you get strapped into, I can do five giants in a row! A giant is when you go around and around the bar. I compete a kip on bars. A kip is one specific way to mount the bar. I am working on my cast to handstand on bars. I can show you a fail video of my attempt of it. On beam I compete a back walkover and a handstand! On floor my, two passes are a round off back handspring back tuck and a front tuck. On vault I compete a front handspring. All these videos are of me.

This summer I am going to two gymnastics sleep away camps. I am going to one called IGC and one called WoodWard. I went to IGC last year and it was really fun. My whole team is going to WoodWard. It is going to be SO much fun!