I discovered my place in January of 2015. I was competing in a boys twelve and under single gender Junior Team Tennis tournament. It took place in an indoor tennis facility called Folkes/Stevens tennis center in Old Dominion University. I was representing Green Spring Racket Club of Maryland for sectionals, playing against the rest of the Mid-Atlantic region. Once I step on the court, I realized I have found what truly makes me happy. This was going to be my special place. I met up with my friends at the tennis courts to practice, when there is no pressure its all fun and games. Game time; however, is something different, time to be serious. I feel relaxed and I can have fun while being competitive on the courts. I keep my eye on the ball while
If I were to choose only one place that has made me, “me,” it would be the softball field. I played softball from age six all the way through college, and I trained year-round beginning at age ten. You could argue that softball was one of my most valued occupations growing up and seemingly what my entire world revolved around. It even dictated where I received my college education! I dedicated years of my life and thousands of hours to traveling, practicing, and competing, all in an effort to maintain my routines and develop into a more well-rounded player and individual.
The same aggression to improve that I put into rising in ranks academically, I also put into my new sport of choice; Tennis. I have been determined to improve as a player and have thrown myself at any opportunity to do so. This drive has helped me transition from the bottom of varsity to the top-ranked male player and team captain both junior and senior years. I may not be playing baseball today, but I have taken the lessons I learned from leading my team and applied them to other aspects of my life, such as my position as Tennis Team Captain.
When my friends and I made the golf team our seventh-grade year, we had an absolute blast. Everyday with all of them out at the golf course made it enjoyable to practice since I was having fun while doing it. The more I practiced, the better I became, and the quicker I started moving up
“Being with all the girls and seeing the smiles and seeing the enjoyment and seeing them grow as a player, and sometimes that’s tough but it’s also really rewarding,” Degler said, “it’s defining who they are as a person and where they get to take what they learn on the
So I tried tennis because a couple of my friends encouraged me to join since they tried out. I eventually got my physical for tennis and went for it. It obviously felt different on the court compared to visualizing it on TV. I kept going on going to the practices after thinking I had already got a spot for the team. So I was not worried and enjoying my time with my friends who played as well.
Assignment Description: You will write a two page narrative from a different point of view. You will tell the story in first person. Your person will be experiencing a pivotal moment occurring in our world today.
In high school there are many sports and activities to choose from. At my high school not many girls chose to play tennis, but that didn’t stop me. I played on the varsity team from freshman year to senior year, winning the conference championship two years in a row and got fourth place in the sectional tournament. Although it brought be success it seriously changed my life in many ways. Playing tennis gave me confidence; it brought me to Lewis and Clark and gave me lifelong friends.
I’m under the center court right now with my opponent waiting to be called up to play. I’m feeling so nervous my legs are shaking, then all of a sudden my name is called to go out on to the court. When I get on to the court the crowd roars with excitement. I look around the huge stadium and it is packed to its fullest capacity. Then it’s time to start the match.
As far as childhoods go, I can reasonably say that mine was atypical. At the time, my childhood was like a fantasy shrouded in sunlight, grass stains, and an indescribable warmth that can only be called love. However, looking back with what I know now, I realize it was so much better and so much worse than that. An important part of who I am comes from the fact that I live on top of a hill without another house for two miles in any direction. That meant my five siblings
I have always been driven by competition, my will against that of my opponent my work ethic against his. Competition is the basis of who I am and failure does not come naturally to me. I refuse to back down in the face of a challenge, and so when I was asked if I wanted to do wrestling in seventh grade, I accepted just as I had accepted every challenge prior. I knew what I was getting into I knew the hard work that would be required and I knew the toughness of the practice.
The second part of the Written Expression subtest consisted of sentence building, which had Madison listen to a targeted word read to them and then was asked to write a sentence using the word in the correct context. The sentence building showed that Madison was in the low range compared to students at her age. The first targeted word that was given to Madison to use in a sentence was the word “the”. Madison was able to use this word in a sentence using correct context, semantics and grammar.
I saw myself as the best tennis player on the planet, a magician in shot making. As I swung my magic rod, I saw the tennis ball gliding cross the net and landing just inside the baseline, and the next thing I knew, the point was won. I felt such adrenaline going through my veins. I was happy and confident on the court and my team members kept giving me shout outs. Overall, it was a very pleasurable experience.
It was first grade and I attended an after school program called Kids Bridge every day until five o'clock. I waited anxiously for my mother to arrive and take me home, where I really wanted to be. My entire day was set on hearing my teacher say "La'Asia, it's time to go. Get your things. " I remember it being a sunny crisp fall day.
Anxious panic and anger were the only thoughts I could envision when my mom told me that we were moving. I had just accomplished getting comfortable in our new home and once again we were going to pack everything up; but this time she said we were moving to a different state. I numbly took a walk until I started crying and realized that I was determined to stay in the town I grew up in. Although my mother was hesitant, she allowed for me to live with my grandmother, who also lived in the same town as us. My decision to stay, allowed me to grow from a child still under their parent’s control to an independent being with the new stress and responsibility that normal adults have.
One day me and a boy was arguing because he was making fun of me . I told him to shut his freaking mouth so he called my mom a b word . I got in his face and started calling him names. he got mad to and got back in my face. So we was going to fight and the asistant principal got in the way and grab my arm