What's right for you?

An important part of gymnastics, and i guess sports in general is knowing your limits. Even when other people, friends, coaches, and parents push you farther then you think you can. Often times we push ourselves to be better, and skinnier. Prettier, or what ever we think that we need to be. I am not very good at saying no to a coach or a teammate when they ask me something to help or show them something. I got hurt about 3 months ago I was sick and in pain but I decided to keep practicing anyway. I got dizzy and fell off of the balance beam and severely sprained my ankle. My coach asked what happened and when I told him. He explained to me that I never should do something on a four inch wide beam when I am dizzy and honestly when I think about it now then it kinda makes sense. haha. But it works the other way around too. A girl in the Olympics in 1980 was about to start her floor routine when her coach told her to add a second flip at the end of her routine, she thought I am going to be too tired but he told her to do it anyway. She didn't have enough stamina or power and didn't make the flip all the way around. She landed on her head and her spine snapped ending her gymnastics career forever if she had just followed her instincts she would have competed another day. This is a perfect example of how you need to know your own limits, and go by them because no body but you can tell yourself what is a good or bad idea.