Reflection Paper On Wrestling

Throughout high school and undergraduate studies, I have tried to achieve academic excellence, improve my athletic abilities and become a better employee at a law firm. Although several experiences have shaped me as an individual, I believe that wrestling set the foundation for most of my improvements and accomplishments. I first started practicing wrestling when I was six years old and competing when I was nine. Although I was training four times a week, I failed to win anything for several years. I became less confident in my abilities, but I did not give up on the sport. I wanted to prove to myself that I can compete for medals with other athletes. Poor performances motivated me to work harder in practices, spectate older wrestlers and exercise

I started wrestling in sixth grade. Even though I didn’t win one of my first seven matches, I developed into a successful wrestler. In high school I won tournaments and beat high-quality wrestlers. During my junior year I was determined to become a great wrestler. I worked harder than ever and didn’t let anyone stop me. That year I lost the Illinois state wrestling tournament championship match by one point. Over the next six months between my junior and senior season I was runner up at AAU national tournament and wrestled at Disney Land in Florida at the Disney Duals with over 50 other teams and only lost 1 of 8 matches. These are a few of my achievements in high school. Now that I am in college there are many

When I was 9 years old, I started this thing called competitive or all-star cheerleading. My goal at the time was to make it on a level 5 team and compete at the World Championship. Within my first 5 seasons I had a lot of trouble with my tumbling, which prevented me from moving past level 4. Before my sixth season I switched cheer gyms. My parents believed in my goals so much that they drove me an hour and half to and from practice two to three times a week. Within my first year at Tribe which was my new gym, my tumbling issues never got resolved. That left me on a level 3 team where I never believed I was good enough. The next year I was again put on a level 3 team. Now in my eighth season I was put on a level 3 team yet again. I wanted to quit, but my coach showed me that tumbling did not define me and allowed me to fall in love with the sport all over again.

Because my sophomore year of wrestling was over too i decided to do a lot of offseason wrestling. I really was able to fall in love with the sport and continue to get better and better. At the beginning of my junior year i was super

Weighing one hundred and six pounds I won the starting spot on varsity, and had a fairly successful freshman season. Unfortunately, my season did not end in the manner I had hoped, so I decided to continue my high school wrestling career for another year. The summer following my freshman year I decided that if I was going to stick with wrestling I should invest time into developing my lost skills from my days of wrestling as a child, and strive to win a state title as a sophomore. My sophomore year was an important year for my family, since it would be my brothers last

I won more than I have lost but, when I lost I learn to hold my head up high and respect myself. Even though I was disappointed In losing my teammates, coaches and my family were they're giving me support, and that helped me bounce back and move on to my next match and improve that one. Iam a very disciplined wrestler a worked year-round going to wrestling camps, wrestling off-season and putting hours into working out. My senior year in high school I had to be very disciplined I wrestled 126 weight class and had to really maintain that weight sometimes it was hard but I would put in that extra hour on the treadmill just to maintain that 126 weight.

Steer wrestling, often known as bulldogging, is an event in the rodeo that consists of jumping on steer from a horse’s back and wrestling the steer to the ground. It is a very dangerous sport. The sport originated from the 1900s. It was invented by Bill Pickett, a man who was a wild west performer. He came to the idea of the sport in 1903 when he was in Rockdale.

One of my main goals in life is to win Worlds. Worlds is a competition in which cheer teams from around the globe compete to become the best in the world. In 2009, after suffering defeat in my first Worlds, I dedicated all my free time to returning, winning, and bringing home the championship ring. Last year, after years of hard work, our team placed fifth in the world at this competition. Even though we grew as a team that day, the title of first in Worlds became more of a priority in my life. Fighting for this goal at Champion Cheer brings a sense of happiness and contentment to me.

Admittedly I’m not the best wrestler, but my hard work ethic and determination is what makes me exceptional. At the 2015 regionals I lost my first match of the tournament which really brought my spirits down quite a lot. Going into my second match I knew if I lost my season would be done, and sectionals would be out of question for me. I ran out onto the mat, my heart is pounding through my chest. I didn’t want to let my parents and coaches down again. The match started and instinctively I grabbed my opponent’s leg and pinned him in 23 seconds. Winning this match put me into the finals for third place. When I ran onto the match for the finals match my heart dropped when I saw the guy who beat me come out to wrestle me. This meant I had to wrestle the guy that beat me to get into sectionals. The match started and he took me down, so I

This year, I decided to join the wrestling team. I am a very unskilled wrestler. I’m not saying this to tear myself, it’s just true. However, I do love the sport, and would like to continue wrestling throughout High School. When I first joined, I was unable to take down a single boy on my team. Not even a single one. By the end of the season, the boy who I had been unable to pin once the first month I was able to pin half the times we wrestled by that last month. This was a lesson in hard work, and the fact that I am able to beat up boys (and girls). Those two things have given me lots of

I began wrestling since my freshman year of high school, as I have always wanted to wrestle. I did not necessarily at the sport, but I enjoyed it. I earned medals and won tournaments, and for a time I even saw myself wrestling in college. I thought that I had my future planned until I dislocated my knee. I first viewed the incident as a freak accident, but it soon happened frequently. It reached to the point where I required invasive surgery. Mulling over my surgery and repeated injuries, I concluded that wrestling became too dangerous. But I committed myself to wrestling; I had no idea what else to do. Desperate to find an activity to fill the void that athletics left behind, I decided to try something outside of my comfort zone. As a result,

At 10pm we sat silently in my mother’s car. I had just spent the entire day competing in a wrestling tournament, and not well I might add. I was frustrated, and ready to quit. My 8th grade wrestling season had been a disaster, and I decided I was done. But I had been wrestling for half of my life, for 7 years and my mother knew this was difficult for me. She looked at me and said, “Just give us one season of high school wrestling Justin. I have a feeling you will really like it if you just give it a chance.” I looked at her cautiously, “One season. Fine.” Ordinarily, participating in an extra season of wrestling wouldn’t sound serious, but I thought it was. Toward the end of middle school I weighed only 75 pounds; I was small for my age. In high school the lowest wrestling weight class is

One day Athanasios had an important wrestling match. He was wrestling the previous champion of Mount Olympus. The winner of the match would be named the Wrestling Champion of Mount Olympus. Many well known Gods were in the in attendance, Hera, Hydromis, Aphrodite and Hermes to name a few. Many Gods and Goddess were fans of the sport of wrestling.

“Welcome to Wrestlemania!” An introduction that has been around for three decades. Considered the grandest stage of them all in the professional wrestling industry this show has been a staple mark for World Wrestling Entertainment. It what was billed as the biggest professional wrestling event the world has seen and the show certainly delivered. Setting a new WWE attendance record of 101,763 hardcore wrestling fans.

One goal that I set and did not accomplish was being a professional tennis player. I've been playing tennis since I was eight years of age and competitive tennis tournaments at the age of ten. I learned a lot of strategy and training techniques that I was able to practice and master on my own. This is a very hard thing to do because playing tennis requires two people minimum. Under the recommendations of my coach, I began playing professional tennis tournaments at the age of 20. For my first professional tournament, I did very well and didn't get to my maximum with the training I underwent. As time went on, I have to jump into the work place with took up a lot of training time, but still managed to balanced out a good training regimen. Since