Athletics

Right now I am emersed within the Varsity Tennis season, and it has been a time plagued by adversity. To begin the season, a coach that I had been helping me learn the game for over six years left, leaving me feel like I no longer had an advocate within the coaching staff. Two weeks into the season I severely twisted my ankle while running, forcing me to sit out for a week, and then continue to play through the pain for two more weeks. Right after spring break, as I finally began to feel that my angle was completely healed, I re-sprained my angle while lunging for a volley, an event that occurred only four weeks before the ILH tournament, the most important time of the season. I have now been relegated to a constant state of disability, as my ankle brace can no longer leave my body out of fear for yet another injury. This Friday the post-season begins and I will dominate all of the competition. It is my senior season, and although I know that my ankle is pretty seriously hurt, physical pain is only temporary and regret of not completing my final season will last a lifetime. Being an athlete is having such a degree of mental strength, that no level of physical effort or discomfort can keep her from acheiving her goals, because unlike the untrained, she knows that life is all about mental toughness, and only the most determined will succeed.