TITLE High expectations have always been a great key to success for me. They also have taught me too high of expectations causes someone to push you too far. I have always found satisfaction running around the eight lane track surrounding the football field at Holdingford High School. I’ve spent countless nights and weekends of grueling practices at the track, it now feels like a second home to me.is this sentence okay? I have been a very successful athlete throughout my high school years, but this last spring I learned a difficult lesson of failure. Not everyone will be there to motivate me at strenuous times; sometimes they will even bring me down further. My head track coach changed my perspective on the way people treat others in times …show more content…
John’s University track were at an ultimate high. It was a clear, sunny day and I had a million butterflies running through my stomach. At subsections the week before, I didn’t have a very successful day in the long jump pits, but I competed well enough to make it to sections. A new week had arrived to compete for a trip to state. One of my best friends, Summer, and I walked over to the long jump pit before the meet started to get into the mindset of jumping. I could feel the stress beginning to build as I pondered in the field house. Unfortunately, I still had another two hours to wait until long jump started at 10:30. That morning felt like an eternity, but many of my coaches and teammates gave me encouraging words to help keep me …show more content…
Blascziek came up to me with exhilaration, “Way to go girl! Good job of not letting your last two jumps effect this jump.” My next mission finals; if I could just get a strong 16 foot jump I might have a chance to make it to state. The next hour I kept my thoughts on finals. Then, finally, the time arrived for me to attempt my last three jumps. In finals nine girls competed for a spot at state, but only two would receive the honor of going. I was ranked in the sixth seed at the time, but I wanted to improve. Eventually, my turn to jump had arrived. As I walked onto the runway I could only think of all the people expecting me to go to state. The voices in my head kept repeating, “You can easily go.” “You’re in this event because I know you can go to state.” “You’ve jumped 17 feet before.” I just wanted to jump for me, not for anyone else. Then, I attempted my first jump. The official announced a jump of only a high 13 foot jump. Embarrassment flourished through my face as it became as red as a tomato. After I got myself up out of the pit, I noticed my head coach, Alcorn, waiting for me to approach him. Alcorn possessed a strong characteristic of being headstrong; it was his way or no way. Alcorn gave me a long talk to try to relieve some of the pressure that was weighing on my shoulders before I attempted my final two jumps. Again I jumped with little improvement of a high 14 foot jump and my final jump resulted in a low 15 foot jump. I earned 7th place in
The situation that I will be talking about in this multi-media rhetorical narrative is what I learned from my last track meet. Going into the end of the season of my senior year, I was ranked in the top 10 for discus throwers in the state. When the state meet came I was expected to come in fourth place or better. That meet turned out to be one of my worst meets of the year and I performed much worse than expected. As a result, I did not qualify for the regional meet and my season was over.
I magically picked up my sports shoes again, finally decided to continue my run. And when I finally went back to my team with Coach Chavez, I 'm even more determined that it 's indeed an unexpected luck for me to meet such an inspiring coach who led me to the eventual realization about myself, how I was encircled and almost suffocated by my narrow ego which I looked upon as wisdom. With her, I recognized that in the running towards one 's pursuit, only with the commitment and efforts to one 's utmost, victory could be achieved. And now, as I look up to those athletes, not only that I no longer detest their opinions, I too, join their camps, looking forward to run once again to my heart 's content, with the beginning
I waited by the dance room door for what felt like hours, waiting to see if I made the varsity cheer team. The feeling of both nervousness and excitement overcame me as the coach walked over to the door to post the numbers of the few who made it. The past nine years of my life I played softball year round when I decided to trade in my bat and helmet for a set of pom-poms and a bow. Making the switch from softball to cheer was a big change, I had neither the skill nor physical capability to do what the sport of cheer incorporated.
As I sat there, I saw my parents from a distance smiling and cheering me on already. This got me hype and ready to run the race right. I was finally up next, “Sisco Salinas”. It’s time, I walk to the side of the track…the gun goes off. They all take off, I wait with anticipation being the last leg of the race puts a burden on you.
I tried to avoid looking at the other teams practicing as I walked to the arena, I needed to focus on my routine. When I entered the HP Field House filled with 11,000 cheerleaders and spectators, my stomach sank and nerves hit me instantly. I started running through our routine and warming up stunts and tumbling. Before we stepped on the mat, we huddled together and my coach said, “You’ve got two minutes and thirty seconds to leave your mark. That’s all you need.
January 9th was one of the few times my fate was laid in my hands. Every servile moment spent determined my intimidation to competitors, ability and conclusively, my value. Six was the number of people that had broken to finals. Six was also the number I had worked to beat. Shikellamy wasn 't as I had envisioned it to be.
As I began to attempt my feats, all eyes strayed to me, the new kid at the school. As I did my jumps, I became more comfortable and did a reasonably decent job. Then the moment of humiliation struck. When I landed after a swivel hip seat drop jump, an embarrassing noise escaped my mouth which sounded something like ahhhtititititi. I felt my face heat to scarlet and quickly climbed down off the tramp.
I've developed a love for sports, track and field is one of my favorites, in fourth grade the coach of the team had seen me do cross-country and recommended me to track. I wasn't interested at first, so I didn't even go to tryouts, but a few days later, the coach had come to me personally and asked me to at least come out to a couple of practices, I agreed to try it out. Thank goodness, he came because, after a few practices I was hooked, my favorite event was triple-jump, I had the drive to make myself the best possible triple jumper I could be. My hard work really paid off because, in 6th grade, I went all the way to the valley championships and beat the 20-year-old record. Unfortunately, that year, the coach that pushed me to do track had passed away.
Panting, I walked off the floor. Almost immediately, I receive a hug from my coach. I have just completed my last of four events at the 2014 State finals for gymnastics. In order to proceed onto regionals, I needed a certain score. As I turned around to view the scoreboard, tears welled up in my eyes.
and I sat to the side of the track waiting to see what our fate would be. We were all proud; but we wanted more, we didn 't want to just win our heat, we wanted to place in state, we wanted a medal. The fast heat finished and we were still not sure what the exact results were. There was a brief moment of confusion and then the team realize that we had placed fourth in the state championships. We won a medal and defied the rankings.
In a way I was forced by mother to run but I cannot do anything but thank her for introducing me to the sport because I have been running ever since and I love it. Coming from a long line of track runners, it was embedded in my blood to run and I excelled soon as I stepped foot on the track. Don 't get me wrong I do not consider myself the best, but I was meant to run. Track is my life, I wouldn 't know what to do without it, not only has it benefitted me physically but also it has taught me discipline and leadership. Once I began running in high school, is when I noticed track is not easy and I would have to really dedicate my time and strength to the sport.
I had made varsity. My hard work payed off and I made it to the next level. Freshman to varsity was a massive jump. The climb from one level to the next was not easy, but I did not give up. I believed.
But it didn’t really matter to me what level I was, as long as I was doing gymnastics. Around December, on the competitive team’s side of the gym, a coach began to recognize me. He told my coach, a short strong former gymnast, that he wanted to talk to my mom about possibly moving on to the real team. I was overjoyed, but scared. I had a feeling that it wasn’t the best for me
It was heartbreaking to watch all of the girls I made the team with my freshmen year leave me behind. My depressed mood was soon replaced with frustration. I knew I deserved to be on varsity, so I began taking practices extremely seriously. I focused on improving instead of feeling sorry for myself.
To my surprise, no other girl has crossed the finish line yet. They were all still running the race, and the girl in second was at least 50 meters from the finish line. 50 meters! I could hardly believe that I had won by 50 meters.