Swimming Upstream

is interconnected. The community is self-preserving because everyone accounts for and counts on each other. During practices the fastest swimmers help push the slower ones, but the faster swimmers are pushed by the slower swimmers out of fear of swimming slower. The community members push each other and make each other better, but also enjoys each other’s company. By interacting and having a common purpose with each other, the team is

also had so many tall trees . Lily starts running to the spot where she wants her things and she starts getting ready to surf . As she puts her swimsuit on she sees these 2 boys surfing out at the distance . She is really excited to swim so she swimming

will show your improvement.”. After that talk, I was the most positive, motivated and ambitious I have ever been at that point in my life. I went to the block to go swim my next event which was the 500 freestyle, which is the longest event in school swimming. When I stepped up onto the block I was feeling two emotions, motivation and positivity. I swam the 500 and dropped 30 seconds off my old time. Every day I would walk into practice motivated and ambitious to practice, to get better, and to reach

Though much less swimming-related than my relationship with my coach or teammates, their support and caring is nonetheless essential to my continued development of positive self-efficacy. While this may seem simple, it is a truly special thing to have. As my swimming career has progressed, their support has only grown stronger. Knowledge of the sacrifices that my parents have made to put me through eight years of competitive swimming has often helped me push through instances

In swimming the athletes are always trying to better their times. Once they achieve one goal it is a short celebration and then it is immediately back to work to try and get their time even lower. A swimmer will spend tireless hours in the pool, working on everything from technique to stamina, in an effort to drop even a hundredth of a second. A swimmer will spend extra time in the pool when they could be doing something much more enjoyable just to fix one little kink in there stroke. They will keep

I was 10 years old. I certainly wasn’t a Michael Phelps, but I definitely found more success in swimming than baseball, soccer, or basketball, so I stuck with it. During the next few years, I continued to improve my technique in all four strokes, and other intricate parts of swimming including starts (dives), turns, and finishes. I eventually became a pretty good swimmer, but retired from my swimming career after 8th grade because it was not offered at our high school. In all honesty, I did not completely

Compare/Contrast Paragraph There are millions of role models in the world and not everyone has the same one. Some examples include Marilyn Bell Di Lascio who wrote The True Story of Lake Ontario, a true story about her journey swimming Lake Ontario, and Sharon Wood, author of Sharon Wood: No Limits, who successfully climbed Mount Everest in 1986. Reading these experiences made me wonder who was a better role model. Both women were excellent examples because of their courage, perseverance, and inspiration

Nina Heikes is 14 years old, lives in Howell Michigan, and attends Howell High School. She is bilingual, she speaks english and japanese. this summer she visited japan for two weeks with her family! she also went to kalahari to go on all the water slides. Nina went to swim at the beach a ton this year, and brought her dogs with her to play in the water. This summer she had a couple chores around the house but her family helped out a lot. this summer nina visited Niagara Falls for three days, and

instance, when I was younger I went to a camp for a whole month! I was terrified of being away from my parents for that long, however I overcame this fear and I was able to gain many great experiences and tools I use today. One thing I improved on was swimming during my time at

How I will Actively Participate in the Hill-Murray School Community By June Knauss In my current school, St. Jerome’s, I participate in almost everything sport and activity that I can and enjoy participating in. Through my future years at Hill-Murray, I know that all the activities and sports that I participate in at St. Jerome School will be overtaken by the immense amounts of homework that every high school student endures, but others have managed, and so will I. I have always loved to swim