Paragraph About Swimming

My home isn’t actually a place, but a passion. Home, for me, is the pool. I have put a lot of hard work and dedication into my swimming and the hard work and dedication shows. After a meet I can feel good about myself. My times would drop and I would be happy with what I got. The drop in times show that I have worked hard enough to get better and I’m still only getting better. When I see the times I got I am relieved and all my bad emotions turn into good emotions, all the worries are gone. Swimming has been a part of my life for 7 going on 8 years now. My very first team was called Aquatechs or AQTC. Every swimmer has said once in their lifetime that they have always hated swimming, but they wouldn’t give it up for anything. I know I …show more content…
I have done many sports in my lifetime, but never really found a sport that stuck like swimming has. Most of the sports I have done have only lasted about 1 year. My swimming career started in November of 2008. I was about 10 years old. I have been swimming for 7 going on 8 years now. I first heard about swimming from one of my friends that was on the team. The coach was a very intimidating at first. Now my best friend, brother and I are her favorite swimmers. We actually stuck with her when swimming time where tough. The coach didn’t have enough money to pay to keep the pool heated. The pool water was about 60 degrees, for water that is very cold and definitely for that time of year. It was during winter. It was so cold that you would be shivering while you were swimming and couldn’t warm up. I remember after practice I would lay one of my towels on the floor and take my other one and ball up and just lay there and try to warm up. I always dreaded going to practice because it was so cold, but I stuck with it and I’m glad that I never gave it up. Everyone left after the first