Narrative About Wrestling

I used to be very nervous and scared wrestling at big tournaments. The big crowds and big brackets made my stomach turn. I was scared to lose and disappoint my Dad. I never really has a lot of success as wrestler in elementary school. The first time I wrestled in a national tournament I was in fourth grade and it was in Tulsa Oklahoma. The competition was very fierce, I had never experienced any thing like this. It was nothing like wrestling in small northwest Iowa. I didn't even win a single match in that tournament. I was star struck by the fierce competition! In sixth grade is when I got my first real taste of what working hard is and what success is. I finally started to realize that in order to be successful you had to work hard. That …show more content…
But I still struggled with my nerves and worried if I wrestled bad I would make my dad look bad and he would be upset at me. The first tournament of the year that year was pre season nationals. I was super nervous to wrestle there because up to this point I had never been with in for matches of placing. When I walked into the UNI dome my nerves really hit me! I lost my first match, But iI went on to three four in a row to get within two matches of placing witch at the time was a huge step for me. As my seventh grade year went on I didn't lose a single match in Northwest Iowa but to me that really didn't mean any thing. As I prepared for Winter National that year it was going to be the first national tournament I had ever competed in with out my Dad being there and that was a big deal to me, because my dad and I are very close and I feel like he pushes me to do the best I can. That year I dd not place at winter nationals. As I was preparing for the AAU State tournament I had a devastating wrist injury. I walked away from the state tournament with no medal in around my …show more content…
I was now excited and not nervous to step on the mad in front of people and to face competition that could be better than me. As pre season nationals approached I had never been so excited for a tournament in my life! When I stepped on the mat in the UNI Dome I believed I could beat any one who stepped on the line in front of me! That year I walked away from that tournament with a sixth place medal. It was not what I had wanted but it was a big step in my career. I went to North Carolina that year for the biggest tournament of my life! When I got off the plain you could feel the tension in the air building up before it was time to wrestle! Sadly I did fall short of bring home a medal from this event. As winter national approached I felt it was my time to shine! I went into that tournament thinking I was going to win it. I waled out of that tournament a national champion for the first time in my life! All the blood sweat and tears I had put in to the sport had finally payed off! I could taste the gold medal in my mouth. But there was still one thing I needed to accomplish that year and that was win a state title! I had put in a lot of time this year to win a state title. As I got to Wells that year I didn't have a single nerve. I was relaxed and ready for business. After the first day of competition I had pinned all of my opponents. On the second day of competition I lost in the semi finals! I was devastated! I