Bella Winter Research Paper

A Work In Progress Bella Winter was born on March 3rd, 2001. She was born and lived her early life in a small town outside of San Francisco, California, called Pleasanton. Soon after, she moved to South Carolina, and finally Florida, where she currently resides. This is her journey so far. It was a rainy morning on March 3rd, 2001 when Bella was born, and just like in the movies, when her family left the hospital with her for the first time, it was a beautiful, sunny afternoon. After living in a small Californian town for about a year, her family moved Bella to an even smaller town in Florence, South Carolina, where she would spend the next four years. Finally, her family settled down in Sarasota, Florida, where Bella would spend an uneventful six years, going to elementary school, and trying out a multitude of different sports and activities until she reached the age of ten. Bella had been playing tennis recreationally all her life, but at the age of ten, she started to take it to the next level. Bella began practicing two hours a day, every day after school and playing local tournaments on weekends. By the age of eleven she had reached the thirtieth ranking in the girls’ twelve-and-under division out of every girl in the state Florida. By the age of twelve she started playing the highest level national tournaments around the country, winning rounds in these competitions and earning several titles. Her biggest accomplishment and personal favorite win was the 2014 Stone Creek Fall Classic title in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fortunately, Florida is considered to be the ‘tennis Mecca” of the world. Bradenton alone is home to IMG Bollettieri Academy, which has produced dozens of top ranked professional tennis players over the last several decades. People from all around the world travel to Florida to play against the best of the best tennis players. Bella was lucky enough to have moved to the area as a child. She grew up surrounded by top ranked professional players and the best coaches the world has to offer. Because of this close proximity to other aspiring junior tennis players, Bella met her doubles partner and best friend, Sophie Edwards, at …show more content…
She takes a couple elective classes online to be able to leave school early to be able to practice every day. She practices on the court for three hours and is in the gym working on strength and power increase, movement and mobility, and injury prevention for two hours, every single day. When she is fifteen, Bella will play her first ITF tournament, which is short for International Tennis Federation. By the age of sixteen, Bella will have won her first sectional title for the eighteen and under division, and by seventeen, the national title. During her junior year, Bella will begin traveling to more colleges to find the one she wants to go to most. Her favorite at the moment is Florida State University. When she turns eighteen, Bella plans on receiving a tennis/academic scholarship to the division one college of her choice. Some of her top picks are currently Florida State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and Baylor University. After majoring in psychology, Bella plans to spend two years on the pro tour to see how far she can get in the professional world of