My Failure In The Sport Of Epidemnastics

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“If you fall get back up and try again”. This quote is taken very literally in gymnastics. No matter what event, or skill, you fall on you always get back up. Failure is all to common in the sport of gymnastics however the knowledge gained from those failures was more then worth the price I paid. Learning resilience, patience, handwork, and dedication are few among the many things i've learned in my gymnastics career. A failure that I feel I gained the most from was my first season level 8. At an international gymnastics meet in Hawaii, one of the first meets of the season, I wasn't close to being ready. I gripped the sandpaper textured beam, tears welling in my eyes and got up for the third time. Shaking, feet slipping, and eyes filled with tears I finished my routine. I couldn't even look my coach in the eye I felt I had let down my teammates and embarrassed my coach. My coach hugged me whispering “thank you for being resilient and always getting back up” I knew if nothing else I should always get back up. The feeling of letting my coach and team down was nothing compared to the …show more content…

Another meet came, this was almost worse then the first meet because two girls from our rival team were there and they both beat me. Failure surrounded me, its presence was suffocating. It was a monster I couldn't defeat. I wanted nothing more then make excuses, hide away, and quit. But the drive to not let anyone else down was more overwhelming then the almost tangible feeling of failure that seemed to surround me. With bloody rips on my hands, legs so sore it hurt to walk, and arms too fatigued to raise I continued to train. I trained longer and harder then anyone I knew. State was coming, mandatory practices were 2 hours 5 days a week. However staying the full 4 hours I discovered the meaning of handwork and dedication. every part of my body hurt constantly but i kept

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