“Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it,” (Lou Holtz). Anyone is capable of doing anything they set their mind to as long as they are working towards that goal or aspiration. If you motivate yourself, you will see the positive outcome of your hard work and dedication. You have to remember to encourage yourself no matter if you fail or know you’ll succeed. Track and Field has been beyond meaningful to my life. Not only has it taught me many valuable lessons, but it also helped unearth potential I didn’t realize I had. Track and Field is my sport because challenging myself and my body …show more content…
That was my technique, to focus but to have a calmness to my thinking. When I would approach the hurdles at the start line, and enter the starting blocks, I would enter with an empty mind. I would block out all my peripheral views and when the gun would go off I would just begin running like I was running through that last hurdle until I passed the last one. Unfortunately, there had been a track meet my junior year where I hadn’t been in my right mind and coach had asked me to run the race so we could get the points. As we were stepping into our blocks for the race, I felt uneasy, I couldn’t concentrate as well as I had before. I began overthinking because I knew I wasn’t ready for the race and as the gun went off, I didn’t attack my first hurdle the way I should have. Instantly, I felt uneasy about the race and as I struck the second hurdle coming down after the leap I collapsed to the ground with excruciating pain in my left knee. I wanted to get back up and finish this race but my body wouldn’t let me, I ended up tearing my ACL and was out for the rest of the season. Although the situation had been unfortunate, it was a lesson …show more content…
These events taught me that even though my knee had not been the same, I could still do whatever I set my mind to as long as I worked for it.I loved the triple jump, I had gotten a lot of one on one with the top athlete at our school from the previous year and she taught me all the mechanics behind the jumping steps and getting far out in the sand box. Coach Bennett, the jumping coach, saw a lot of potential in me and that’s why we put over time in this event. I ended up finishing my track season being in the top 6 in the county for this event even dealing with the pain in my knee. Although I had restrictions with my strides, I still managed to be thrown into the open 800 in one meet. I ended up getting the best time out of the four girls who were already in the 4x800 relay. Once Coach Saint saw my time, he instantly told me I needed to be apart of the relay team and so we started there. I only got better from that meet. I appreciated working with my coaches, they taught me that working hard is the key to success. I’m still working with my knee and I do plan on running for a school eventually because of my qualifying times, I know I can do it and I will do it because it’s a goal I do have. As long as I am continuously working towards my aspirations with running and as long as I am training then I will end up making being successful in the life of Track and
I have always loved sports and the competitiveness that comes along with them. In so doing, I have decided to eventually become either a high school or college coach at some point in my life. Subsequently, I decided to interview the Vilonia High School Cross Country Coach, Coach Sisson. As I walked into her office, I instantly noticed all of the trophies and team photos from all of the past years of coaching. She is also the school nurse so her office has first aid equipment intermingled into the trophies and team pictures. While I set up my notes and questions for the interview on one of the desks in her office, she was finishing up a diagnosis of one of the high school students who felt sick. After her patient left, I quickly started the interview in order to waste no time. She began with how she got involved in coaching. The Vilonia School District expressed their interest to her as being the next cross country coach several years ago. She was widely known for her passion for running and she gratefully accepted the position and has been a coach for numerous years now.
I am now officially in my Senior year of Cross Country , and am close to the end of my season. My first race of this year though was a big accomplishment for me, because I hadn`t been able to run. When I ran that race though it made me just so happy I was able to finish it, I was`nt happy with the time, but there is always time for improvement. I was glad to be racing again and being apart of the team again. I believe that my injuries were a barrier in my way, but they did not stop my sports career.
Throughout my life, my work ethic, my mental strength, and the skills I have learned, are largely because of my athletic background and all of the things I have gone through with them. To be good at sports, one does not have to
My first week of school, everyone encouraged me to join a club or a team. Of course I did not want to, until I heard we had a track team, and even then I did not know if I wanted to pursue it. In my mind, debating if I should dedicate myself to track was a hard decision. I was about to not only give this sport my time but also nothing but
This past spring, was my first year running track and field at a high school level. I had spent my freshman year on the lacrosse team and had therefore missed out on track and field. From the other sports I had participated in at school, both coaches and fellow teammates had acknowledged my speed, this kept my confidence alive and made me believe I would strive in high school track
This will prove to be especially important as I move on to college, and as I embark on my journey of being a student athlete at the University of Nevada Reno. I know that being a student athlete will be challenging in the sense that I will have so many obligations and so little time; however, this mentality will further help me achieve my goals both athletically and academically, as I refuse to settle for anything less that what I am capable of achieving. I know that at times it will be tough, but I also know that quitting is not an option. If I were to stop in the middle of a race right when it got tough, I would never be able to experience the triumph of finishing. In the end, the glory of the fight is one of the most rewarding elements of
I’ve always been the type of person that truly enjoys athletics and have participated in nearly all sports offered to me. I started playing sports in elementary with club softball and basketball. As I entered my middle and high school years I was able to add the school sanctioned sports to my list of activities. This afforded me the opportunity of competing in volleyball, basketball, golf, track and softball. The camaraderie and life lessons of sports seemed invaluable to me.
“Success isn’t given. It is earned. On the track, on the field, in the gym. With blood, sweat, and the occasional tear”. Track and Field is one of the oldest sports invented. Track involved athletes competing in numerous events against one another to see who’s the best. With track and field comes misconceptions of the sport, which leads to people making stereotypes for the track athletes. A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. A misconception is a view or opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or understanding. Many people have misconceptions of track and field, because many don’t see it as a sport, or believe it is just running. Once someone brings up
Ordinarily I would have an off season in between the cross-country and Outdoor Track and Field, however, I decided that I would try out the indoor program this year. I’m glad that I made this decision, as it is a truly unique sports program. It is a tight knit group similar cross-country, yet it is also similar to Outdoor Track in that it’s also a diverse group of athletes. Both these qualities allowed for a truly unique experience that made it a worthwhile activity to participate that I truly enjoyed. It has also proved to be a learning experience in dealing with challenges, and it has provided a source of profound self
The 400 relay was my best event. We placed in every meet and even took home some medals as the season progressed. As the track year rounded for the home stretch, we had only three more meets to compete in: the Tiger Invitational, regionals, and state.
A great amount of excitement rushed through my body as the Olympics were on TV, and the shot put event I had been dying to watch was about to come on. It is only once every four years I get to watch the Olympics, and this was the first time I was excited about this particular event. This event is not something the majority of people are dying to watch, simply because Usain Bolt headlines the sport of Track & Field with his impressive running events. However, besides Usain being the main attraction of Track & Field during the Olympics, the sport has been losing popularity as a whole. In my case, throwing two years in high school, and now as a current college thrower, my personal connection to this event had my emotions running high.
The start of the 2002 track season found me concerned with how I would perform. After a disastrous bout with mononucleosis ended my freshmen track season, the fear of failure weighed heavily on my mind. I set a goal for myself in order to maintain focus and to push myself like nothing else would. My goal for my sophomore track season was to become a state champion in the 100 meter hurdles. I worked hard everyday at practice and went the extra mile, like running every Sunday, to be just that much closer to reaching my goal. The thought of standing highest on the podium in the center of the field, surrounded by hundreds of spectators, overcame my thoughts of complaining every time we had a hard workout. When I closed my eyes, I pictured myself waiting in anticipation as other competitors names were called out, one by one, until finally, the booming voice announced over the loudspeaker, "...and in first place, your 2002 100 meter hurdle champion, from Hotchkiss, Connie Dawson." It was visions like these that drove me to work harder everyday.
Every single person on Earth including you has the chance to make their name into track and field history and all you have to do, is push yourself and sweat for it. In this essay I will tell you what muscle fibers you have, what event you are good in, and how you can be good at it.
I love to run hurdles, but unfortunately last year, little pulls and strains prevented me from running to my full potential. One Thursday, we had a home track meet against Lake Stevens. For the first time I was in pretty good shape for my race, the 100-meter hurdles. I began jumping up and down partially to stay warm, and partially to let out some of my excitement. By this time, I had butterflies in my stomach and the adrenaline was pumping. The starter asked us to 'Take your sweats off and stand behind your blocks.' 'Runners take your marks.' Hands shaking, I crouched into the starting blocks. The gun was up. 'Set!' 'Bang!' I bolted out of the blocks. I was way ahead of the other girls when suddenly, I realized I didn't have enough speed to carry me over the next hurdle. Gathering all of the strength I could, I grabbed at the air in hopes of guaranteeing clearance. I had just brushed over the wood when my foot hit the ground and my ankle gave out. I fell. I heard a gasp from the crowd and the other racers' feet pounding past me. I got back up. I had never gone over a hurdle with my right leg first, but I did after that fall. Sprinting as fast as I could in between hurdles, I found myself basically bunny hopping over the rest of them. My goal was to cross that finish line and to be able to say that I did the very best that I could, even if I didn't look very graceful along the way. Although it might have seemed like a bad day, I was proud. It was the first time I had ever fallen in a race, and not only did I get back up and keep running, I managed to place second.