My love for tennis blossomed at the young age of eleven. During middle school my peers knew me as the boy who was remarkably talented at tennis and I savored that title. Butterflies floated throughout my youthful body whenever someone complimented me. As the years passed, my dad nurtured me into a top player. Before I knew it high school arrived and it was time to compete at a higher level. My excitement was out of this world, but I knew my dad could no longer push me forward and my future was up to me. However, the ego I developed over the years blocked what lie in front of me. I wasn’t looking at the bigger picture; the hard work demanded of me, teamwork, and the motivation to reach an ultimate goal. Throughout my four years of participating …show more content…
Up until high school I had the mindset that a lot of my achievements would be handed to me. During my four years of high school tennis I had many ups and downs. The outcome each day was not consistent and it seemed as if I was on the rollercoaster of emotions. Whenever I would lose, I immediately felt ashamed and disappointed in myself. Eventually I realized that thinking negatively wasn’t going to improve anything. If I wanted to be successful, I would need to try harder during practice and put more energy into improving. Like in sports, people need to try their hardest when it comes to their careers. I have learned that it will be my responsibility in the medical field to continually put forth effort. Even if I am having a bad day, I still need to focus on the task at hand and do it to the best of my …show more content…
For my team the end goal was to be the best in the state and prove that by winning the state championship. My junior year we were extremely close to that goal, but came up short. What’s important is finding the motivation to go the extra mile and persevere through hardships. Motivation is what we needed for my senior year and we pushed as hard as we could. That motivation allowed us to win the state championship. For a job in the medical field the final goal is always to make the patient as comfortable as possible and be effective in providing
It took me ten years to beat my friend in the game of tennis, who gave me his tennis racquet after the game. While I might not be the most talented person in sports, I knew that if I wanted to raise to the next competitive level, I would have to build on my fundamentals, work hard with persistence and constantly keep up to date with the latest advancement of the tennis world. I share similar passion in medicine and multiple aspects of my life. Passion and persistence were part of the major reasons for me to receive straight A's in my clinical rotations during the 3rd and 4th years of medical study in the US.
The following instructions apply to right-handed players as well as left-handed players with the slight adjustment in the use of opposite hands and feet. Before you begin to serve the ball, you would have to stand behind the baseline, on the opposite side of the service box. If you are serving towards your opponent’s right service box, you should be standing on the right side of your court. ...
Being adequate is not one either. You either have your game face on or you do not. There is no in between. My goal at the moment is to become a student at the Early College. From then on, I have multiple goals set up that create one big picture—to go to college and major in the medical field.
As most children did, I had the choice to play whatever sport I wanted. Considering my height, 5’10, most would assume that I played either basketball or volleyball. No one expected me to play tennis, and was surprised when I said that I did. During my elementary years, I played softball for seven years, and when I hit eighth grade, I decided to play tennis. My decision came about because of my sister. I had always followed closely in her footsteps because I looked up to her a lot, so when I saw she was playing; I wanted to try it out too. I had never really thought about what it would be like to play tennis. I didn’t hate it, or really know what it would be like to play it. And little did I know that playing would demand so much time, energy, and effort.
So why on Earth would I subject myself to hours of training for a sport I don’t even do? For that we have to go back to March 24, 2015, the day of tennis tryouts. Being that sophomore year was my first year at Marquette High, making the varsity tennis team was a huge deal for me. As tryouts concluded, my chances for making varsity were exceptionally high, for I had beaten two returning varsity players as well as two others fighting for my varsity
Goals give you something to measure yourself against and give you direction. Currently, my main goal is to graduate from East Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree of science in engineering with a concentration in biomedical engineering. My anticipated time to graduation is five years with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Beyond getting my bachelor’s degree at East Carolina University, I would like to go to medical school and become a doctor focusing on prosthetics. In order to make my goals a reality, I will have to work diligently to remain on track throughout my schooling. Additional goals that I have set for myself are to complete homework assignments by the time they are due, reading assigned material before it is discussed in class, doing well in each of my courses this semester, successfully participating in extracurricular activities, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, getting a position as an engineer, and becoming a leader within both the engineering community and the general community. A world-class engineering student woul...
My perseverance has prepared me for a career in medicine. The path towards becoming a physician can be long and challenging, necessitating the ability to endure. My ability to bounce back from setbacks and mistakes has solidified throughout my journey. One of the cornerstone experiences of my personal development occurred during high school. My determination led to me my graduating as valedictorian of my class, while balancing three varsity sports and several extracurricular activities. In addition, I worked on weekends to help support my family financially. This persistence resulted in scholarship awards that made higher education a possibility.
Tennis players dream of walking onto the court with a crowd supporting them, whether it be teammates or dedicated fans. Some tennis players will come face to face with professional athletes before turning twenty-two, while others will stick to playing college tennis. The reason why many college tennis players strive towards becoming professional athletes is because they are passionate enough about tennis to call it a career. Even incoming college players are debating whether to represent their university or join the professional tour after graduating high school. Universities do not provide players with financial support, which leads to the thought of tennis being nothing more than a hobby. Athletes will spend forty-three hours weekly practicing
Making my way to success in my occupation is not an easy road, but my mind is set on my goal. Where did I learn to set a goal? That’s right, softball. Softball has taught me that rewarding word; experiencing minor goals in this sport and overcoming with joy once that goal is met. It shows how satisfying a MAJOR reached goal would be. Setting goals gives clarity on what you want. Whether it is in sports or life events; it is a self-motivator. It leaves me accountable for my actions and grants me responsibility. Overall, playing softball has rewarded me in so many different ways and has blessed me with the vital part to get through my process of nursing mentally and physically. I will always be reminded throughout my life, what softball has done for me along with how it has governed my capability to learn, having an open mind, not to mention the confidence I have
Coming towards what most likely is the end of my tennis career, I have begun to reminisce on how I have adapted and grown as a player. I think one of my biggest growth periods in my game came after I really started to focus more on my mental tennis. It is one of those things that you don 't think about much when you are just learning the game but becomes an essential part of developing into a better player.
Tennis is cruel and challenging, it’s a sport of variety. Tennis is a component of ranking, trust, partnership, teamwork, hardworking and much other knowledge. It teaches me how to build up trust with my partner, and also, recognize the dark side of this world, countless competition in everyday life. Everyone is trying to take your position, and only thing you can do is let them take it or fight for it.
One goal that it has allowed me to achieve was a high school team state champion title for bowling in February of 2015. Our team’s journey to state started off needing to place in the top 4 at the high school regional. I was really proud of my team members because we kicked off a huge first place win to advance to sectionals the following weekend. At sectionals we did the same thing. We placed first, which set us up for a trip to state. I was amazed at the young talent level that we had and our potential to win a state title. While at state we set three different goals. The goals included a state record for the score of three games, a state record for the score of six games and a state record for one game. Individually I placed second out of 77 total competitors. State is set up by having twenty four high school teams from around the state bowl twelve total games; six games on Friday and six on
Hearing the loud “thump” as the ball hits the racket is extremely satisfying, especially if your life now revolves around this fast-paced and exhilarating sport. Tennis is an outdoor game played by two individuals or pairs of players on a clay or grass court that’s divided by a low net. Each game is played with tennis rackets and small, yellow elastic balls. Tennis was first introduced in Wales and the United Kingdom in 1873 by “Major Walter Wingfield” (tennistheme.com). While most sports are easy to pick up, tennis takes extreme dedication to learn how to play the game, to perfect the amount of technique it takes, as well as its great impact on one’s personal life.
Peer relationships, obeying authority, and looking up to a role model, are all character traits that are learned through the practice of athletics. During a normal match of tennis, many mistakes will be made. However, these mistakes will be able to tell you the flaws in your swing and the ability to fix them and continue competing without getting frustrated. Tennis teaches the ability to handle mistakes and to use them to your advantages. Tennis teaches many positive characteristics that benefit the athlete in many areas of
As an athlete, and a student, I have foresight in knowing the goals I need to accomplish, but do so with integrity, honesty, and a positive attitude. Both tennis and school has brought me to understand that no matter how far down you get in life, you can, and must, pick yourself back up. During tough tennis matches, a player can be losing by a large margin to his opponent. I have experienced this situation countless times. There are two options for the losing player. The first is to tank, where the player slowly gives up mentally and stops giving his all. The losing opponent could also continue to fight, not worrying whether he wins or loses, only that he gave his all and kept in his mind the phrase "I can do this." In the classroom, I can apply this same attitude. Math has never been my forte, but I learned that if I didn’t understand a concept immediately, I would eventually grasp it with persistence in my studying and practice of the math problems.