As a young child, I have always been into both soccer and taekwondo. I excelled at both sports, reaching the national level in taekwondo and reaching the state level in soccer. Though, when I reached the latter stages of middle school, I was left with a head aching question to answer. I wanted to halt my progression in one of the activities, as I felt that was the only way for me to become extremely good at a single sport while still having time for my schoolwork. At the time, I was leading more towards keeping the martial art Taekwondo, simply because I was simply better at it. One could have made a case that I was part of the top fifty athletes in the nation for my age. My head was in turmoil, twisting and turning from thought to thought not really knowing which sport to drop. Eventually, a particular event occurred that made my decision much easier. …show more content…
My team went through many intense games, rigorously battling for victory after victory in order to reach the final. I had scratches and bruises lined up along the entirety of my body. It pained to walk as my team and I began to warm up. Thankfully, as the warmup progressed, I could feel the uncomfortable pain throbbing from my aching muscles begin to fade away. My mind grew focused on the challenge ahead, brushing aside any remaining soreness. I remember being highly apprehensive of the start of the game. I was raring to start the match, but at the same time fearful that I would make a fatal mistake leading to my team's demise. However, I forced myself to ignore the fearfulness and focus on simply playing the game. I constantly reassured myself of my own ability, establishing self confidence. Eventually the whistle blew to signal the start of the game, and the sence of any pain was simply a distant