Athletic Women

I find women athletes very inspiring. There may be many more dominating male-geared sports but women are definitely stepping it up into the active world. More so this year and upcoming years women will be more known in sports. Sure, we still aren't as acknowledged or remembered if asked to recall a certain celebrity within a sport, but we still have reigns on some sports. For instance, just think, who do you think are one of the most magnificent players of beach volleyball? You'd have to think Misty May and Kerri Walsch first, if not second at least to mind. There are very many strong women who are competing in all kinds of events for track, basketball, skiing, snowboarding, surfing, any sport really, just name it. Hey, there's powerful women who can play football just as good as a lot of the guys out there. The world should pay attention to these leading women. Physically fit, and healthy, with soaring determination and long hours of hard work show when they perform. Two of my favorite sports that I follow closely with the women is gymnastics and surfing. Pro surfers are always seen advertising for Roxy and other big labels, but when they're out on the water, they're just as tough against the waves as any dude, and look hella graceful executing their tricks when riding a wave. As for gymnasts, there's no other sport in my view that's more mentally tough and physically challenging in all aspects of the body. Anything really can happen. Gymnastics is practically 70% mental and 30% physical. There's so many things to consider as you begin to warm up for either the balance beam, uneven bars, vault, or floor. And to practice, it seems repeatitive, but its for your body to retain the muscle memory to become automatically corrected. There's the pressure during practice of pushing yourself, and then there's the pressure of competing. Both are quite different where one is you, yourself deciding to push yourself and the other one is the pressure to push yourself to excel what your best practices were. There's so many more mental activities that you go through as a gymnasts, but overall, ALL athletic women are amazing.

Kristina D.
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