[BC] Be a man, do the right thing.

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Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?


In the few yet enduring years that I have played tennis, I have learned that tennis can change a person. It helped me build character as simple as hitting a green ball with a metal racket. I learned that as long as we have a goal that is somewhat realistic, we try our best to accomplish it. We do not stay ignorant but we improve as long as we want to. My ambitious goal was to win in a match against the very person that passed down his skills to me, Wu. This was not an easy task because he started a year before me. I had to defeat time itself. Due to my want to defeat him, I became stronger, faster, and taller than ever before.

As a beginner, I struggled to make contact with the ball. By looking at the ball and advancing my hand-eye coordination, hitting the ball did not seem that hard. Strokes such as the backhand and the serve seemed quite unnatural to me at first but through practice it wasn’t that bad. Soon, I learned how to stroke the ball without much effort. As I play more and more, I become more familiar with this game. Footwork seemed like a foreign language to me. The idea of running with small steps and not large leaps frustrated me. The problems that I encounter are different each time but I tend to always overcome them.

One day the previous summer, I finally beat Terrence 7-5 in a practice match that we had. I began with winning my service game, and then he kept his service game. This lasted for five consecutive times until the score was 5-5. At times, rallies lasted 10 or more strokes in this game where the momentum seemed to go from side to side. I held my serve with an epic 9 point deuce. After my hold, surprisingly Wu was down 30-40, this was the perfect opportunity for me. I ripped a massive forehand against his slow yet safe spinny kick serve. Game, set, and match. This experience was like finishing first in an Olympic race. After finally winning, my sights have changed to another more skilled player. I will have to constantly work hard until I reach that goal.

From these struggles that I have had in the game of tennis, I have changed to a different person. If you want to master something, then you have to practice, practice, and practice. Just doing nothing about something you want will lead to no change. It is important that you yourself work toward your particular goal. It might have not been the win that has made me so proud but the experience toward the win. This journey was something that was physical and yet mainly mental. I had to keep telling myself to believe that i can do it. Even if i acquired losses in the journey, i was able to reflect what i did wrong and improve myself from that. Tennis is a sport that i am proud about because i can see my accomplishments.


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