Personal Essay On Girl Sports

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The start of this school was quite scary actually knowing I made the decision and the commitment of doing the wrestling team, thinking wow this is going to be different. After managing for 2 years wanting to actually be on the mat then helping them out would be different. Once season came along after the first week actually and liking it? Wondering why I was so against it. Why was I so scared of it? It was because it was viewed as a guy’s sport and I being such a “girly-girl” didn’t want to come out of my comfort zone and doing a guy sport when I’ve been doing girl sports. Season is almost coming to an end and I was researching some wrestling clubs to do to keep the skills I’ve learned fresh and to clean it up. After looking for some time and …show more content…
What I mean by this is that wrestling season last only at most 3 ½ months maybe even less. Those 3 ½ months are filled of vigorous workouts, drills, and team bonding. After those 3 ½ months you go back to the way you were of eating whatever you want whenever then once season comes back it’s a struggle of getting back into the groove of not eating as much and maintain weight I know that is my personal struggle this year. However if an year round club was to be funded it can help those who want to stay active and stay fresh with their skills they’ve learned. On the other hand, its very time consuming sometimes I know I have a busy schedule with school, the practice, the extra-curricular activities, work and then homework on top of that. Not including the social and family time, some people can’t handle a lot of things on their plate and can’t handle the extra responsibilities but some can.
Eventually funding for an all-girls year round girls wrestling club would benefit not only for those wanting to do the sport, but to the community because it gives the community a different look of girl wrestlers. Let’s come together and get this fund

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