Hey all,
To start with I want to sincerely apologize for not writing last week. I am sure all of you know what a VERY tight week is; it was pretty awful. Anyway, today I would like to post about Sports. After all these blogs about dance, Drama, music and modelling I bet no one would ever think I also enjoy athletics and team games. It's alright, I understand. However, I must reveal that sports are also a part of the person I am today and have helped me immensely in very stressful situations.
Honestly, I considered myself pathetic at any sort of physical activity (apart from dance) till I moved to India. In BIS I was exposed to football for the first time and I was surprised by how much I really enjoyed it. It was beautiful, I could not wait for our PE periods to run down the school stairs and play football intensely with my classmates. In sixth grade, our football coach put me in the Junior Football team and I remember that I was so happy to come to early morning practice, stay back after school with the team and getting ready for tournaments outside school.
Furthermore I discovered, not much later, that I had a passion for Basket Ball too! Trust me when I tell you that I never, in a million years, saw myself playing basketball. But there I was (in seventh grade especially) dribbling the ball every snack and lunch break; under the sun, under the rain and sometimes even after school, just for fun! Unfortunately, our Basket Ball team has always been less successful than our Football team; but that really does not matter to me.
In October of my sixth grade my school pushed me into a school tournament called TAISI. This could be looked at as national sports games among International Schools of India. I was astonished by this event and out of excitement I took part in almost all Sports activities: swimming, long jump, high jump, basketball and football. Oh, how happy I was, running around from the swimming pool to the basketball court etc. Very soon I discovered in me a strong liking towards Athletics too such as the jumps and running 100,200 and 400 meters.
Now, I am far from a professional athlete, swimmer, footballer or basketball player but I can definitely say that what I feel while playing those sports is really something to be glad about. While running, I feel like anything is possible. It is like in those 10 to 20 seconds, everything around me shuts and I could be thinking a million thoughts in just one second. Everything suddenly becomes slow but I can feel the rapid movement of my legs, the energy they create and - wow- it is such a powerful feeling. Even when I swim, it is beautiful to sense the water rushing along my skin, one second in front of me and the next behind me. It makes me feel stronger than what I know myself to be; it makes me feel more courageous. I could go on and on about how I feel when I jump in the air to land on the sand pit, or when I push the ground so hard below me in order to do high jump or when I run to get the ball in team games: but that would mean I am digressing from the purpose of this blog.
This blog post is about what I personally learn from all my experiences and passions. Sports have taught me SO MUCH. To begin with it has made me realize that it is really not all about winning or listing out your medals. When you play a sport, you should get lost in the moment, you should enjoy every second of it without caring about who deserves the gold, the silver or the bronze. All that really matters to me is to walk out of the game knowing that the hour just spent on that field, those seconds in the pool or those minutes on that track gave me joy and made me feel better. There are always going to be unfair games, unfair incidents and unfair coaches; I just learnt not to care. Once one stops aiming at the medal, Sports can really be one of the best things that happen in their life. However I would lie if I said that Sports has not taught me how to lose. I admit that I cared about losing or winning, especially when I had just started playing. Sometimes when I lost I would feel a horrible burning fury inside me that I just had to control. This control over my anger helped me many more times in my life when I was just about to explode in front of a teacher or a friend or a parent. Many times, after Sports events, I cried and I became so angry at myself for not getting that gold - but thankfully I matured out of it. I learnt to think critically of the hateful competition that builds between Sports competitors and to understand that even though it sometimes works the harsh way; I could decide to experience it differently. And I am so glad I did. The only feelings I get out of my medals or trophies are joy and satisfaction, not superiority and most certainly not self absorption.
Moreover, Sports has given me the chance to feel free. In all my other activities such as dance, drama and music I have always wanted to push myself further and further and to become better each class. With sports, it is deliciously different. I do not feel the need to push myself as much, I just love doing it. It is an activity that not only helps me release a lot of stress, but also lets me be relaxed and simply have fun. Please do not get me wrong, I feel very dedicated towards the football and basketball team I am part of; but Sports is more like a simple hobby or pass time to me. Having something like this is really helpful in distracting me from my problems and worries.
I have also developed a sense of belonging towards my team mates, a sense of... love? I find it extremely beautiful that a sport has united us and made us struggle, laugh and at the same time build memories. Basketball and Football have taught me teamwork and how to balance between the two sports without losing skill in either. It has taught me to lead but also step down when necessary. Most importantly, it has taught me that in order to keep up with anything in life you must keep on practicing or dedicating yourself to it.
Sadly, I have lost the time for Sports and hence I have lost skill. This is something I will probably regret forever. However, I still love to be sporty when I can and I cherish all the lessons and principles sports have taught me.
Here are a few pictures of me 'being sporty'! I could not find many unfortunately.
I apologize if a few are upside down..
To next Thursday,
Giorgia.
To start with I want to sincerely apologize for not writing last week. I am sure all of you know what a VERY tight week is; it was pretty awful. Anyway, today I would like to post about Sports. After all these blogs about dance, Drama, music and modelling I bet no one would ever think I also enjoy athletics and team games. It's alright, I understand. However, I must reveal that sports are also a part of the person I am today and have helped me immensely in very stressful situations.
Honestly, I considered myself pathetic at any sort of physical activity (apart from dance) till I moved to India. In BIS I was exposed to football for the first time and I was surprised by how much I really enjoyed it. It was beautiful, I could not wait for our PE periods to run down the school stairs and play football intensely with my classmates. In sixth grade, our football coach put me in the Junior Football team and I remember that I was so happy to come to early morning practice, stay back after school with the team and getting ready for tournaments outside school.
Furthermore I discovered, not much later, that I had a passion for Basket Ball too! Trust me when I tell you that I never, in a million years, saw myself playing basketball. But there I was (in seventh grade especially) dribbling the ball every snack and lunch break; under the sun, under the rain and sometimes even after school, just for fun! Unfortunately, our Basket Ball team has always been less successful than our Football team; but that really does not matter to me.
In October of my sixth grade my school pushed me into a school tournament called TAISI. This could be looked at as national sports games among International Schools of India. I was astonished by this event and out of excitement I took part in almost all Sports activities: swimming, long jump, high jump, basketball and football. Oh, how happy I was, running around from the swimming pool to the basketball court etc. Very soon I discovered in me a strong liking towards Athletics too such as the jumps and running 100,200 and 400 meters.
Now, I am far from a professional athlete, swimmer, footballer or basketball player but I can definitely say that what I feel while playing those sports is really something to be glad about. While running, I feel like anything is possible. It is like in those 10 to 20 seconds, everything around me shuts and I could be thinking a million thoughts in just one second. Everything suddenly becomes slow but I can feel the rapid movement of my legs, the energy they create and - wow- it is such a powerful feeling. Even when I swim, it is beautiful to sense the water rushing along my skin, one second in front of me and the next behind me. It makes me feel stronger than what I know myself to be; it makes me feel more courageous. I could go on and on about how I feel when I jump in the air to land on the sand pit, or when I push the ground so hard below me in order to do high jump or when I run to get the ball in team games: but that would mean I am digressing from the purpose of this blog.
This blog post is about what I personally learn from all my experiences and passions. Sports have taught me SO MUCH. To begin with it has made me realize that it is really not all about winning or listing out your medals. When you play a sport, you should get lost in the moment, you should enjoy every second of it without caring about who deserves the gold, the silver or the bronze. All that really matters to me is to walk out of the game knowing that the hour just spent on that field, those seconds in the pool or those minutes on that track gave me joy and made me feel better. There are always going to be unfair games, unfair incidents and unfair coaches; I just learnt not to care. Once one stops aiming at the medal, Sports can really be one of the best things that happen in their life. However I would lie if I said that Sports has not taught me how to lose. I admit that I cared about losing or winning, especially when I had just started playing. Sometimes when I lost I would feel a horrible burning fury inside me that I just had to control. This control over my anger helped me many more times in my life when I was just about to explode in front of a teacher or a friend or a parent. Many times, after Sports events, I cried and I became so angry at myself for not getting that gold - but thankfully I matured out of it. I learnt to think critically of the hateful competition that builds between Sports competitors and to understand that even though it sometimes works the harsh way; I could decide to experience it differently. And I am so glad I did. The only feelings I get out of my medals or trophies are joy and satisfaction, not superiority and most certainly not self absorption.
Moreover, Sports has given me the chance to feel free. In all my other activities such as dance, drama and music I have always wanted to push myself further and further and to become better each class. With sports, it is deliciously different. I do not feel the need to push myself as much, I just love doing it. It is an activity that not only helps me release a lot of stress, but also lets me be relaxed and simply have fun. Please do not get me wrong, I feel very dedicated towards the football and basketball team I am part of; but Sports is more like a simple hobby or pass time to me. Having something like this is really helpful in distracting me from my problems and worries.
I have also developed a sense of belonging towards my team mates, a sense of... love? I find it extremely beautiful that a sport has united us and made us struggle, laugh and at the same time build memories. Basketball and Football have taught me teamwork and how to balance between the two sports without losing skill in either. It has taught me to lead but also step down when necessary. Most importantly, it has taught me that in order to keep up with anything in life you must keep on practicing or dedicating yourself to it.
Sadly, I have lost the time for Sports and hence I have lost skill. This is something I will probably regret forever. However, I still love to be sporty when I can and I cherish all the lessons and principles sports have taught me.
Here are a few pictures of me 'being sporty'! I could not find many unfortunately.
I apologize if a few are upside down..
To next Thursday,
Giorgia.
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