Who they are and why they inspire you (1-2 paragraphs)
My favorite athlete/someone who inspires me is my old volleyball coach. Coach was someone who wouldn’t back down from a challenge. Someone says it’s humanly impossible to run 27 miles per hour? She would try to prove them wrong. Obviously she wouldn’t always be successful, but, that would never get her down. Coach also cared about the justness of a game. Since she was a volleyball coach, she obviously wanted her team to win. But, she also wanted her team to deserve every win, and if she ever saw any missed calls from the line watchers, she would always report it to the ref, even if it meant we would lose the point. Coach inspires me because she cares about physical activity and was determined in bettering her quality of life, and her teams. Being led by her made us want to work hard, and want to deserve every win we won. I look up to her because she contains traits that I wish to see in myself. I one day want to motivate people to better themselves, I also want to care about what I’m doing with the same passion that she did.
What lessons can they teach you about perseverance, or sports and physical activity in general? (1 paragraph)
Coach, to me, was the definition of perseverance. She would put her mind to something and wouldn’t stop until she got it done. For example, once she set us the task that our 15 player team had to stand in a line, and in a row, each would have to serve the ball 10 times perfectly over the net. Now, considering the varying talents of my team, it seemed impossible. It seemed impossible for some people to even serve the ball perfectly once! But, each of us had to go in a line serving the ball one at a time, and if one of us missed, the whole team would have to start over again. Obviously there was groaning when we were close to finishing and someone messed up, and it almost took three hours, but, we got it done. Never once would Coach punish or ridicule us for messing up, she would only tell us how to improve and would cheer us on the next time we went. By the end of the day, we all felt closer and harder working as a team. Without Coach’s leadership, we wouldn’t have gotten it done. Under the leadership of some, we might have been allowed to throw in the towel and quit, but, Coach showed us the benefits of perseverance. I hope to use this perseverance to succeed in physical activity. I will actively work to establish the same drive I had then to the way I work out every day. Even when the going gets tough, I know working hard, persevering, and keeping determined will lead to success.
My favorite athlete/someone who inspires me is my old volleyball coach. Coach was someone who wouldn’t back down from a challenge. Someone says it’s humanly impossible to run 27 miles per hour? She would try to prove them wrong. Obviously she wouldn’t always be successful, but, that would never get her down. Coach also cared about the justness of a game. Since she was a volleyball coach, she obviously wanted her team to win. But, she also wanted her team to deserve every win, and if she ever saw any missed calls from the line watchers, she would always report it to the ref, even if it meant we would lose the point. Coach inspires me because she cares about physical activity and was determined in bettering her quality of life, and her teams. Being led by her made us want to work hard, and want to deserve every win we won. I look up to her because she contains traits that I wish to see in myself. I one day want to motivate people to better themselves, I also want to care about what I’m doing with the same passion that she did.
What lessons can they teach you about perseverance, or sports and physical activity in general? (1 paragraph)
Coach, to me, was the definition of perseverance. She would put her mind to something and wouldn’t stop until she got it done. For example, once she set us the task that our 15 player team had to stand in a line, and in a row, each would have to serve the ball 10 times perfectly over the net. Now, considering the varying talents of my team, it seemed impossible. It seemed impossible for some people to even serve the ball perfectly once! But, each of us had to go in a line serving the ball one at a time, and if one of us missed, the whole team would have to start over again. Obviously there was groaning when we were close to finishing and someone messed up, and it almost took three hours, but, we got it done. Never once would Coach punish or ridicule us for messing up, she would only tell us how to improve and would cheer us on the next time we went. By the end of the day, we all felt closer and harder working as a team. Without Coach’s leadership, we wouldn’t have gotten it done. Under the leadership of some, we might have been allowed to throw in the towel and quit, but, Coach showed us the benefits of perseverance. I hope to use this perseverance to succeed in physical activity. I will actively work to establish the same drive I had then to the way I work out every day. Even when the going gets tough, I know working hard, persevering, and keeping determined will lead to success.