The smell of chalk and anticipation filled the air. It was the first meet of my senior year. “I’m about SICK of your attitude.” My coach snapped at me in front of my entire team. All seven girls fell silent, their eyes slowly slid to mine and then instantly to the ground. How was I supposed to take this? I’ve always been the “cookie-cutter” kid. I’ve never been in trouble, always finish my workouts, and do what’s expected. That type of “attitude” is how I earned my spot as captain of the gymnastics team. Suddenly my gymnastics career took a twist.
I’ve been in gymnastics for ten years. I have known all the girls on the team for at least eight of the years and we are all very close. Over the years I have spent more time in the tiny, un-air conditioned garage with them than I have at home with my family. There’s been nights where we seemed unstoppable; getting new skills, joking around, singing at …show more content…
The smell of chalk filled my lungs and gave me ambition; the towering beams seemed offer a challenge that I couldn’t turn down. Throughout practice, I was the first one to finish my workout and to encourage the rest of the team. While we worked we sang along to the radio and danced like idiots. Having fun at practice made it so much easier to be there. I decided then, that that was exactly the kind of practice that would make our team great.
I went into the season thinking that being a leader was easy and natural. But it’s anything but that. Being a leader means finding a perfect balance between fun and work; not coming across harsh but still pushing your team to be their best. Being a leader doesn’t mean that you are the best gymnast or have the best day of your life everyday; but that no matter what kind of day you’re having you will always be there to take of your team and to lead by example of attitude. After two months that flashed by, I got this text from one of the parents on the
I’ve been in gymnastics for ten years. I have known all the girls on the team for at least eight of the years and we are all very close. Over the years I have spent more time in the tiny, un-air conditioned garage with them than I have at home with my family. There’s been nights where we seemed unstoppable; getting new skills, joking around, singing at …show more content…
The smell of chalk filled my lungs and gave me ambition; the towering beams seemed offer a challenge that I couldn’t turn down. Throughout practice, I was the first one to finish my workout and to encourage the rest of the team. While we worked we sang along to the radio and danced like idiots. Having fun at practice made it so much easier to be there. I decided then, that that was exactly the kind of practice that would make our team great.
I went into the season thinking that being a leader was easy and natural. But it’s anything but that. Being a leader means finding a perfect balance between fun and work; not coming across harsh but still pushing your team to be their best. Being a leader doesn’t mean that you are the best gymnast or have the best day of your life everyday; but that no matter what kind of day you’re having you will always be there to take of your team and to lead by example of attitude. After two months that flashed by, I got this text from one of the parents on the