Sterling High School Cult Analysis

My name is Alauna Torres and I am a student in the eleventh grade at Inderkum. I work hard to maintain grades in the IB Diploma program and struggle, just as any other student does. Last year, I joined Inderkum’s first swim team in six years. After practicing everyday for two hours, I made a bond with many people on my team. As a team, we couldn 't wait to get out of school, huddle together in the atrium, share food, stories, jokes, and insecurities. We tried to get everyone involved, hoping they wouldn’t feel alone or unimportant. As peers around, our job can’t always be fulfilled if our teachers, staff, and coaches don’t do the same to their students.

From their friendships came trust. They became open to the constructive criticism of each other. “As they began to see traces of tension and nervousness in one another, they began instinctively to draw closer together. They took to huddling on the float before and after workouts, talking about what, precisely, they could do to make each other row better than the one before, looking one another in the eye, speaking earnestly” (Brown 326) As a team, they came to an understanding that their strength as a group was their endurance. Each teammate never gave up because he did not want to let his teammates down. Working together in class and in sports at Belmont Hill builds friendship and trust. From my first day in school, I was welcomed by my classmates and I felt like I became part of something. I expect that eventually I will develop friendships and bonds of trust with my classmates. My classmates represent a diverse collection of talents and abilities. I feel that I can learn something from each one of them, and hopefully they can learn something from

It is my job as a coach to help develop athletes physically, psychologically, and socially while helping them have fun by playing a sport. I will do this by being enthusiastic and having a positive attitude in practice, games, and while not coaching. This cooperative approach to coaching will create a sense of community within the team I coach, and the athletes will feel more welcome to discuss their thoughts, ideas, questions, and concerns with me. Creating this setting and relationships with athletes will only benefit the team by creating a team culture necessary for the well-being and success of high school sports’ teams. Success in sports means accomplishing goals set by the team, not winning. Winning is important, but just striving to win is even more vital toward the success of teams. As a coach, I will also be a motivator for athletes. Athletes will see me come to practice with a positive attitude, displaying my passion. This is the beginning of how I will motivate athletes. Motivation starts with my attitude, and athletes pick up on this. In order to motivate and want to be motivated, there must be a reason, a why? I will use the teams’ goals they will set, in order to motivate them to give their best effort in order to achieve success by reaching their

I have been swimming and competing since I was four years old being part of the Bend Swim Club (Bend, Oregon) and a Varsity swimmer during my four years at Mountain View High School. I know I would not have become a First Class Swimmer in the Navy program mentioned above and a Top Five Swimmer in the State of Oregon during two consecutive years, had it not been for the team building skills , dedication, time management, and accountability my coaches and superiors demanded and expected of me on a regular

When I first started attending Manlius Pebble Hill, I didn't think that athletics would develop into a large part of my life. During my sophomore year I was granted the opportunity to take part in one of the greatest learning experiences in my life. The school had just hired a new basketball coach, and he came with the intentions to change our view on athletics at MPH. In the preceding years we had a record of about three wins, out of sixty games, and had somewhat given up hope on the notion of ever winning. However, when Coach Ike came he implemented lessons that would help nurture our love of basketball, and help us to become a successful team. He taught us how to ply together, and how to put the team and school we play for ahead of ourselves.

At Emory, I feel that I could most accurately be described as a student-athlete. Academic success takes priority while I’m at Emory, but swimming is a close second. Spending hours daily in the pool, I have become a part of a tight-knit collection of academically and athletically prosperous students. Struggling through difficult sets and disappointing races together makes celebrating success even sweeter. We lean on each other for strength when we feel as if we don’t have enough individually. This team is comprised of caring individuals who work together to make the whole better than the individuals. From this community I have become a better team player and now I can add to the uplifting environment by drawing upon some of my innate qualities that make me a good teammate: I am supportive, dedicated, patient, kind, and hardworking. One of the unique characteristics of the swim team is that we don’t only work on creating a great community within the team, but we try to spread that excitement and desire for success to other communities. The swim team makes great contributions the Emory community by hosting Special Olympics every week at our pool and making appearances at many events such as sporting events and freshman move

In all my life, I’ve never had a commitment that required so much of me as track and field, both physically and mentally. Towards the end of my high school career, track and field for me meant having to push through a difficult physical condition known as tarsal coalition, a condition that causes inflammation in my feet. With help from my coaches, I had to learn to endure past physical limitation and strengthen my faith in my abilities. By doing so, I became more confident in myself and I was able to help lead other team members to do the same. Not only did track and field teach me to lead, but it also taught me how to be a part of a team. I learned the value of teamwork through building relay race teams. In all relay races, I was either the

In the middle school awkward stages of my life, I was trying to figure out who I was or who I wanted to be. Every day I went to volleyball, swimming, track, basketball, and cheerleading practices but didn’t actually appreciate my life. School years would go by and I was still the same person just associating with people. Life was sad and pathetic.

This study deals with high school athletics and their long-term effect in the lives of those who participate; it also deals with the positive and negative aspects of athletics during high school, and the treatment of those who participate. This study was conducted with qualitative data obtained from five personal interviews with previous high school athletes. These five people come from a range of places, ages, and experience. Conclusions are that participation in high school athletics is a contributor to a better social life and experience during high school. Good friends and influences are obtained through the pursuit of high school athletics. The long-term effects

I started swimming when I was about eight years-old, and once I had gotten onto the Amity High School swim team, I’d noticed that displaying leadership, team spirit, and a can-do attitude could change the energy and performance from the other girls on the team. Since we had swim meets twice a week about every week, it was encouraged by our coach and captains that we show up determined and focused everyday, even in practice.

Sport is incredible in how it can increase confidence, self-esteem, and overall health while teaching children a new ability of working with others as a team, taking direction, and doing things they never thought possible. I want to be able to show what sports is capable of teaching and the rewards that come along with it. The concept of team reveals what is achievable through solidarity that would be impossible in solitary.

I go to my teachers if I need help on something, and gain understanding from what I had to go back and get help on. Swimming has not influenced me to have a career in management Information Systems, which I plan to major in while in college. However, swimming has shown me how hard I can work and that no matter what challenge I face in life or in my career, that I can conquer it through hard work and perseverance.Last but not least my participation in swimming has influenced how I relate to my family. Personally, my family is close knit. That is the way my swim team has been. On a swim team you practice with each other, go on trips together , and sometimes even swim on the same high school team with each other. Everything you do, your teammates are involved in it with you. They cheer you on, talk to you while your down, and always stay true to you. I could even go as far to say that they are like having a second family. Swimming has taught me to do the same thing for my own family. Especially, my cousins. Even though my cousins and I all don't live in the same state we all text each other, and

Swimming is a skill most learn as means for pure survival. However, some people take the skill to the next level, and participate in the sport of competitive swimming. Ranging from local neighborhood summer swim leagues to the world broadcasted Olympics, competitive swimming has participants of all levels. Among these levels is the high school team level, which is commonly found among the many sports on most high schools lists. At any level of competitive swimming, the swimmers showcase their talents at highly anticipated swim meets. To the spectators swim meets are an exciting venue to view the individual athlete 's incredible talents. However, behind the scenes there is so much more to be discovered. Although my visit confirmed my thoughts on how exciting the swim meet atmosphere is, I was surprised to learn about the team aspect of a sport that is usually thought of as an individual sport.

“Swimmers take your mark!” echo around me as I crouch forward on the swimming starting platform. Every muscle in my body is tingling and aching to dive forward and to feel the cool water swallow me before I race forward. When I was younger, my father would enter me into any triathlon that was available for my age. I would travel all around Georgia and South Carolina competing in the straining contest of swimming, biking, and running. As my life progressed, I focused more on the sport of competitive swimming. While growing up, I swam for various competitive swimming teams such as the Brynwood Swim and Racket Club, The Family Y, my high school’s swim team, and Aiken-Augusta Swim League. I always thrived in the pool, receiving blue ribbons and medals galore. During my high school swim season, I qualified for State Championships with my relay team at Georgia Tech. Our relay team was the first to go to State Championships for my school, Davidson Fine Arts. Although competitive swimming is a great pastime and talent of mine, there are many challenges that I may share with other competitive swimmers. The challenges of competitive swimming are the risk of injury, the cost, and the lack of time that keeps me from fully engaging in and enjoying the sport.

Several years ago, the Bartlett High School Swim Team wasn’t much, just a few swimmers and a coach that understood little about the sport. Through a magnificent coach that came, and through us swimmers, we managed to build an empire. We made an atmosphere that was so unbelievable that people came from different schools just to swim on our team. I remember struggling to decide for weeks between which school to go to, South Elgin or Bartlett. I was so conflicted, I couldn’t decide between a familiar school with my friends since grade school, or a new school with an Engineering Academy and an outstanding swim team. It came down to the swim team, and every day I am so thankful I made that choice.