Gymnas...

Today I had Gymnastics again for PE. I seem to be having trouble with gymnastics because I am so not flexible. Sigh...I was not able to do the cartwheel. When I tried it I just flipped sideways and ended up on my bum. Hah hah hah. But hey today I finally got the right way to do a flip! Yes! And this time I did not hurt my neck! Last time I did it incorrectly and ouch my neck hurt. I also tried the teddy bear stand and lasted for about 3 seconds, then my whole body collapsed. The bridge was even funnier. I could lift my whole body but not my head... my arms were just not strong enough to support everything. Depressed...I have to work harder now, because if I want to get an A in PE I have to do a good job.

Square Dance

Today at PE we did square dancing. Square dancing is very new to me, since I have never experienced it before. It's basically a country-style dance. Each girl was paired up with a boy as her partner, and then we did several dances together and switched partner in each one. First, we joined hands together, all 8 of us (because there were 4 pairs of dancers in each square), and went around in a full-circle counterclockwise. Then we did a dos ado- going around your partner without turning your body and bumping into him/her. After the dos ado we swung each other around and turned to our corner and switched to another partner. We basically did the same thing over and over again. There were some other techniques, such as the accommodation, which is basically partners criss-cross their hands and join the together. Overall, square dancing was fun.

It's Time for Basketball!

Today we had another PE class and Mr. Pears introduced us to basketball. We were done with handball so now it was time for a different sport. I was kinda nervous, because I never had any real contact with basketball except for a few games, so I was very inexperienced. Back then I didn't join any basketball team because I was not allow to. I am a piano-player so it is very important for me to protect my hands. I also thought that basketball is a very violent sport, especially with people always checking you and try to take the ball away from you. Well, people who are really tall really benefits in the game, because they could simply block your ball and then shoot. So today we had a little bit of practice on how to shoot in the hoop. Mr. Pears told us that we are suppose to start out with walking, not dribbling, and with two hands supporting the ball, jump up and shoot. I scored a few hoops and I felt really great. Then he told us that we could add the dribbling and try to shoot. It was very cool, and I scored one goal on my first try. But then I messed up all the others, so I went back to square one------walking. After our practice, we had a little game. In this games, we were not suppose to dribble the ball. We simply pass it to our teammates. But everybody has a checker, so the game was really exciting. Garry, the tallest guy in the class, was advancing in the game. Gee, most of the boys are really good at basketball! I didn't think I did a bad job either. It was a really fun PE class, and I look forward on playing more basketball games in the following classes.