It was towards the end of my 8th grade year; and it was the last track meet of the 2012 season. We were at the CYO Meet of Champions. I was one of the two people who were throwing shot-put for my school. Each person gets three throws; I was throwing a consistant 26 feet. In my head I was thinking that I was gonna win. On my last throw I threw 26 feet 8 inches. I broke my school’s shot-put record and the CYO record as well. There was only one more girl to throw and she hadn’t thrown anything near what I threw during her other two attempts. She stepped into the circle and threw. When the official said her distance in was crushed; she threw 26 feet 9 inches. She beat me by one inch and took not only first place from me, but the CYO record as well.
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The I blamed my coach. I blamed him because I only got to practice with the shot-put once before the meet. I only got 3-5 throws at practice the day before the meet. I felt like if I had more practice I would have thrown it further and wouldn’t have been beaten. Then I blamed myself and became depressed because one inch became the difference between first and second place and breaking a record or not. My school ended up winning the meet that day;but I felt like I lost.
That feeling and that day is still with me today; but I no longer use it as a weight to drag me down instead I use it as my motivator. I Know now that I did give it my all and I did the best I could given that I only had one day to practice I still throw shot-put, but now it's for my high school track team. I have yet to throw anything close to what I threw at that track meet in 8th grade. Instead of beating myself up about it I use what happened at that track meet to motivate me. It motivates me to practice harder and to give it everything I have 100 percent of the time. It also taught me to use the time at practice to learn new techniques and to get advice from my coaches and teammates on how to
The I blamed my coach. I blamed him because I only got to practice with the shot-put once before the meet. I only got 3-5 throws at practice the day before the meet. I felt like if I had more practice I would have thrown it further and wouldn’t have been beaten. Then I blamed myself and became depressed because one inch became the difference between first and second place and breaking a record or not. My school ended up winning the meet that day;but I felt like I lost.
That feeling and that day is still with me today; but I no longer use it as a weight to drag me down instead I use it as my motivator. I Know now that I did give it my all and I did the best I could given that I only had one day to practice I still throw shot-put, but now it's for my high school track team. I have yet to throw anything close to what I threw at that track meet in 8th grade. Instead of beating myself up about it I use what happened at that track meet to motivate me. It motivates me to practice harder and to give it everything I have 100 percent of the time. It also taught me to use the time at practice to learn new techniques and to get advice from my coaches and teammates on how to