“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
fastest athlete who wins, but the athlete with rhythm, efficiency and momentum throughout the race. The event requires a mixture of speed, spatial anticipation and endurance; very few events require these qualities whilst under anaerobic pressure. B1: Hurdling Technique The 400m hurdles event is not only demanding because of the distance but it is very technical. When competing in hurdles, I have had problems with my trailing leg tending to drop my knee to early as I clear the hurdle and not bring it
corresponding to speed and conversely relative to time, which is the reason they make off stride ought to be shot. 55, 100, 110, 300 or 400 meter races with obstacles scattered through the race at different statures and in different amounts. Physics of Hurdling Newton 's Third Law is for each activity there is an equivalent and inverse response. On the off chance that a hurdler goes into the obstacle quicker they will fall off of it, quick due to the power they applied on the track pushing back upon them
Personal Narrative- Track State Champion With shaky knees, I hesitantly made my way up the large white steps. With the back of my hand, I brushed away a few salty tears of relief. As I stood at the top of the podium and looked up into the packed stadium, my mind drifted back to everything I had gone through to achieve this moment, the day I became a state champion. The start of the 2002 track season found me concerned with how I would perform. After a disastrous bout with mononucleosis
I Have Limitations As I sat in the grass of Burke County's football field that fateful day in May, my brain was cluttered with questions and thoughts. I was busy making mental notes. Stay low, snap your trail leg, and run when you hit the ground, my mind nagged. Instinctively, I put on my running spikes, removed my warm-ups, and stretched my muscles. My concentration was interrupted as the speakers boomed, "Third and final call for all 100-meter low hurdles." In a blur I was on the starting
As a hurdler for County High, I stumble upon some pretty tough obstacles each time I race; the same is true in life. Everyone encounters obstacles, but in order to overcome them and succeed, one must never give up. 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
Hurdling is the act of running and jumping over an obstacle. Sounds like life, right? From the moment, we wake until the time our heads hit the pillow; we are faced with challenges we need to hurdle. We may not realize it at the time, but all over the world there are other people in the exact same position as us. In today’s society, I strongly believe there are universal challenges to growing up. Globally, young people transitioning into adulthood are faced with the vexatious and emotional struggles
I received two awards for my participation in cross-country. The first one I received as a junior, and it was the domestique award, which coach Heath named the award after a biking term used in the Tour de France. The domestique is a term used to describe a rider who works for the benefit of his team or leader instead of trying to win outright. Although I wasn’t our fastest runner, I was almost always at practice, and willing to help push my teammates to greater heights. Later that year I also became
Throughout history, America has produced some of the greatest writers to walk the earth. Novels, poems, plays, and short stories have captivated the American public. No one was better at enchanting his audience than John Cheever. John Cheever wrote many short stories throughout his life. He has been presented with many awards for his works. Cheever was a master of spinning tales about suburban life and other situations he experienced. Some of his most popuar works included “The Swimmer”, “O Youth
spots so the few onlookers could see the action. When the age arrived when fans became increasingly enthralled with hockey, these boards were no longer practical. This was where the conundrum started. Something was necessary to keep a hockey puck, hurdling at speeds
most of the cicadas have already laid their eggs in the earth and lay on the ground dying. Fortune was in their favor that day, for in the sky was a second sun. A meteor that surmounted any modern structure even a behemoth such as Mount Everest. Hurdling towards the earth was the embodiment of devastation itself, a messenger of death, and not a creature on earth knew what was happening. However in this case, blissful ignorance is preferable to knowledge of an impending and unavoidable doom. Because
In the middle of summer, Eli appealed to Jess, his acquaintance, to admire his pet mouse because Jess often tantalized Eli that he did not have a real pet.”A tiny mouse doesn’t compare to my freakish dog”,aggrandize Jess. With this in mind, Eli decided he could try to faze him by training his pet to do a neat trick. So, after months of preparation, he finally accomplished his training. Thereafter, Eli invited Jess to come to his house after school to see this neat trick. After school, Eli drove to
In life, we all encounter adversity. In my own personal definition, adversity is a state of difficulty or misfortune. The level of adversity you face is not equal for any individual, and it is personalized to everyone, such as life is. Each of you, as well as I have faced adversity. Today, I am going to tell you about a time in my life when an adverse situation created momentum for change within me and my aspirations for life. I have always been an avid athlete. Playing several sports year round
There are many sports which are very similar. Most of the time, cross country and track and field are two sports that are constantly mistaken for each other. Track and field has more events so it’s more diverse and open to many different types of athletes, as opposed to just long distance runners in cross country. Cross country and track and field are very different sports and it’s much easier to distinguish between the two after the differences between them are known. There are very few similarities
In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and the TV series Lost, both involve a plane crash that strands characters on a desert island.All are faced with a struggle to survive.Lord of the Flies and Lost have many similarities and have some differences.There main similarities are death for there three main characters.The death of Piggy and Simon from Lord of the Flies and Edward Mars from the episode Lost.These may have been an accident or could have been first degree murder or second
driving in the minivan. Wijnands declined to remark on whether that was the situation. "The points of interest of this will turn out in court," he said. TMZ posted many pictures of Bieber and his on-once more, off-again sweetheart Selena Gomez hurdling around Stratford on ATV Friday. The photographs demonstrate the pair grinning and snickering as they drive down a rock street. Gomez is driving in a portion of the pictures, Bieber in others. None, of these is wearing a cap. Bieber's Toronto legal
diction used within this sentence in the words “vaulted” and “insolent” helps to further establish Mitty’s character. The attendant is simply backing up the car that Walter Mitty was having trouble with. However, through his eyes, the attendant is hurdling into the car as if he were an athlete and completing the task with arrogance and disrespect towards Mitty. This then suggests that the attendant is both capable and able to take control of a situation, where Mitty cannot. Through this single sentence
Striding off into battle, their figure fading as they march on. Military personnel or veterans serving our country have recognition every day. We praise them for their bravery and integrity. Parades and dedicated days take place in honor of the countless serving and that have served. Nonetheless, we tend to disregard the soles that continue to struggle. Many that have served experience some type of trauma before, or after they arrived home. The biggest issue that military personnel face as they
It was a long and silent night. I couldn’t help but realize that, as the night progressed, my chances of survival were decreasing. I had intentionally come out to the forest to find some crowberry for my pet jackalope, Rufus; it was the time of season the berries were to be at their ripest point, but little had I known that it would arrive. It was a beast with teeth the size of rock, the head of a tiger, the body of a snake, the wings of a great eagle, and green, glowing eyes staring at you as if
... middle of paper ... ...e, however, that we cannot act upon blind faith and must do something about our impending doom. Even those that are religious must agree that it cannot hurt to have a plan of action should we predict a large meteor hurdling towards Earth or the looming destruction of the Sun. In the end doing something is better than doing nothing, and giving up is not what the fate of humanity should end with. Space exploration is not something that should be debatable. It should be