I was at the biggest cheerleading competition of my life. The routine hadn’t even started. I could feel a trickle of sweat dripping down my forehead and my hands were starting to become clammy. I didn’t know if I could do it. Not to mention my legs felt unbearably heavy and I couldn’t move. The crowd was roaring with excitement when finally my team was called to the floor. All I was worried about was my last tumbling pass. The thought of me not landing my pass was all I could think about. The pictures of me bailing were running through my head. What if I blow my knee? What if I tear my ACL? What if I break my leg. I ran the scenario in my head over and over again. I wasn’t nervous, I wasn’t scared, I was terrified. I had just learned how to…show more content… In or for a perfect routine to be achieved we needed everything to hit. We had to be sharp with all of motions and land all of our tumbling. We got to our first stunt and so far the routine was going great. My team was nailing it! During the first 30 seconds of the routine, I still envisioned myself not landing my tumbling pass 35 times. I could not get rid of the thought. Our first stunt was going well. The flyers were staying tight and hitting all of their body positions. The bases were staying sturdy and strong all throughout the stunt and making sure they were keeping the flyer in the air. However my group was struggling slightly, but we were managing to keep the stunt looking pretty and fierce. We were coming up to the dismount, but we had one more skill in the stunt that we had to…show more content… Next was my pass. My heart was snug in my throat, and I felt like I was going to faint. I can see all of my teammates tumbling, all of them just nailing their tumbling passes. I can see my coaching jumping out of her seat in excitement with such pride and joy written on her face. She knew we could do it. I looked slightly over from her and there were my parents with tears of happiness running down their faces. I could tell they were so proud of me.
“I have to do this,” I kept telling myself, “I can do this. I will do this.”
I set up for my pass. In only one pass I had to nail ten tumbling skills. In the distance, I hear my parents yell, “Let’s do this Julia. You can do it!” I ran from my corner. Roundoff, back handspring, double full, punch arabian, roundoff, back handspring, double full, punch whip, single full, and double full. The crowd was going crazy! Fans were springing from their seats like they had just seen the best tumbling pass ever. I nailed it! My team danced perfectly at the end of our routine and we were done. We had accomplished a perfect routine.
Coach Maggie came running around the corner with such excitement in her voice, “Oh Julia,” she said, “That was just beautiful! Amazing job
