Graduation Speech : Surf Sports

Apart from the entertainment and joy doing them, they are imperative to my physical health. These sports have made me develop many friends and learn about different cultures. I was a member of a swimming club in my former school; here we travelled many places for competitions. During these competitions, I would try to make as many friends as possible. My choice of friends was always different races from mine, which made it a thrilling experience. I am a social and outgoing person, who always likes to learn about other people. Even though I have earned several titles as an individual in swimming, what I enjoyed most about these sports is the fact that I could meet people from different cultures around the world. Learning about these cultures also played a great role in making me study

After much practice, I decided to join the high school surf team and compete in the high school events. As a freshman, it was very intimidating competing against older girls, but from many talks with my family, I learned to not worry about other girls and to focus on myself. The most important information I was given was not to do my best, but to have fun. With that in mind, I surfed my first high school competition and resulted with a second place. This was one of the most exciting, thrilling, and fun competitions I had ever been in, and I continue to compete in these kinds of competitions today. Surfing is an important sport to me, and though I have won several events and even took home the trophy for first place overall in both longboard and short board for SSS my sophomore and junior year, the accomplishments I have made in my surfing career are not what is most important to me about surfing, but the love for the sport and the fun I have every day that I do this sport, is what is most important to

I’m a fourth year varsity soccer player at an all-boys private school of less than 550 students. Despite our small enrollment, for athletics we play in the division of the largest schools, mainly ones with enrollments over 2000 students. We can argue the fairness of our placement as long as we like, but it won’t change our position. We have to accept the challenge of playing larger schools.

Swimming Australia Limited in partnership with Play by the Rules have developed an initiative called the Inclusive Swimming Framework (ISF). This framework provides the aquatic industry a guide to achieve inclusion for individual’s who may be disadvantaged when participating in swimming and aquatic activities (Woods, 2015). For more information, visit: www.swimming.org.au

Which institutions have affected your access and equity to sport? How have they influenced your participation, access to facilities, the quality of facilities and your attitudes towards sports?

First, you need to know the safety precautions. You absolutely have to know how to swim and be able to swim well. If this is a problem for you, you can easily contact a nearby gym (like YMCA) for and instructor to teach you how. Another growing issue with surfing is the strong currents and tidal waves. There are ways to predict the safety of the water on that particular day, but for now, just ask the

Moreover, this links to the institutional level of Figueroa’s Framework as it is not a common sport within the Wynnum Manly community, as the major sports within the area are Rugby League and Soccer and the major sports offered at our college are touch football and basketball. Rugby League is a gateway sport for the participation in many other sports, as the dynamic of the game stays the same, yet the rules and dynamic has changed; these sports include touch football, rugby

When it’s lacrosse season, I know I have to make sacrifices and manage my time wisely. It is important to me that I remain dedicated to lacrosse when I make the choice to play because I not only made the commitment to myself, but more importantly to my teammates and to my coach. Swimming is another activity that exemplifies my dedication. I have been swimming on Three Village Swim Club since I was 10 years old. There is no doubt that Three Village requires the highest level of dedication. With deciding to continue to swim each year, I commit myself to practice 2 to 3 hours a day, 7 days a week. Over the many years I have been a team member, there were definitely times I wanted to just quit and give up, but I knew this was something I loved to do and I would have to overcome the hard times in order to continue doing what I loved. Swimming allowed me

activity for young people everywhere, and this is why it is important for sports programs across

Furthermore, during the winter months, basketball was the only sport I had access too because there were indoor courts available. These environmental factors inclined me to choose basketball as my main recreation in terms of competitive sport and now it is one of my favorite sports. It was hard for me to engage in my previous recreational activities because nobody enjoyed playing soccer or cricket. This constrained my choices in terms of what kind of recreational activities I wanted to do. Another factor that separated me from playing sports such as soccer and cricket were economic factors. During the winter season, the only way I could play these sports was if I joined the indoor leagues but these leagues were quite expensive. Coming from a middle class family, these extra expenses were hard to manage and sustain. Soon it became too much and so I had to quit and find other recreational activities to do in my leisure. Due to these various sociocultural factors, my involvement in certain sports was severely hampered while other sports such as basketball were immensely facilitated.

I am writing to inform you of a prevalent issue within my school, Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI, in Ward 22. I am concerned with the future closure of our school pool. To close Laurier’s pool in the next few years would be a terrible mistake, yet there has been talk surrounding this issue very recently. Firstly the pool allows Laurier to offer a multitude of aquatics and athletics programs as well as extra-curricular teams. As a member of Laurier’s achieved swim team, I can say that a pool closure would be heart-wrenching for all of my team-mates. Personally being a member of this team has allowed me to meet new people and develop new skills that have greatly added to my high school journey. Additionally, future members would never get the chance

Mr. Bright: See that's the problem, we want more students to participate and be a part of these sports but if a student is in a financial situation that could make it difficult to participate then that is where we really need to help pay for a lot of these expenses so more and more kids will want to join these

My senior paper is a subject that has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It is something that I've loved from the very beginning all the way to the very end. I'm taking about competitive swimming. But I'm going to be talking about something different with swimming that's probably not expected, I'm instead talking about getting it to be a sanctioned sport in Idaho. See, swimming in Idaho is not considered a real sport, but instead a club, and personally, I wanted to see swimming, the activity that I've loved, become a legitimate sport for future generations of kids to enjoy. This paper covers the main reasons why I wanted swimming to be a sanctioned sport, the steps it took to get it sanctioned, and finally, actually making it a sanctioned sport in Idaho this year.

Transition Statement: The Surfrider Foundation has worked very hard to substantially improve our ocean environment.

High school is supposed to be the place where you have fun and a time in your life you’re supposed to enjoy. Movies often trick you into believing that high school is an amazing time in your life and there is nothing but parties and fun. In Bring it on, they portrayed the fun and exciting part of high school cheer-leading, however they intentionally leave out the tough times high school students’ face in school and in their practices. In other popular movies, such as High School Musical the students have no pressures other than the next basketball game. In reality, this doesn 't happen. The constant pressure is affected by the grade level you are in. In high school, students can be classified based on the pressures that are faced in each grade level into the categories of freshman, sophomores/juniors, and seniors. I am here to help you make your high school experience less stressful.