High School Swimming Research Paper

I am a high school student who tries to balance the amount of sports I participate in with the arts. Every fall, I participate in high school swimming; every winter I participate in archery and Family of Christ’s all church musical; every spring I participate in high school softball; every summer I spend swimming on a club team while training for archery and softball over the off season; while year round I take piano lessons and participate in rehearsals for my church’s student led choir. Needless to say, I’ve encountered many coaches who have helped shaped me to become who I am today. Although most of my coaches didn’t realize it, I looked up to them more than my teachers, parents and peers. They have become apart of an influential seasonal family, instilling their beliefs upon me through their coaching. I will never forget my first year I joined the swim team. It was the middle of the season and my coach was fed up with the amount of girls who were missing swimming because they were falling behind in school. Just like we did everyday, we changed into our swimsuits, grabbed our mesh bags that contained all of our equipment, walked onto the pool deck and sat down on the bleachers. As the last few girls filtered out of the locker room and the clock neared 3:25, our coach walked over to us to begin our daily meeting. By the look on her face, you could tell this was not going to be an ordinary meeting. Right before she spoke, her face muscles tightened and then she said, “girls, you need to get your priorities straight.
Because, believe me. There not. In fact, many are quite the opposite. They are positive and are always there encouraging you to do your best. But, when you spend your day training with them, it doesn’t matter if you have a positive or negative coach. They still fill your mind with their opinions, leaving you to figure out if you should take or leave the newest advice they just gave