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Hello, my name is areeba and I am a student at the school Yongsan International School which is in korea. While every experience in life changes us, molds us, in some way, there is one particular type of circumstance that I have always struggled with though it wasn’t until recently I was able to determine strongly it had affected me. That circumstance is failure.
For as long as I can remember, tennis has been a part of my life. I began lessons at a very young age and soon it became clear I was naturally talented at the game. I also learned that I adored playing. Before long practice and tournaments became a part of my regular routine. This was my choice not that of my parents and I have loved every aspect of what it takes to compete. I have always believed I could and would be the best, having been born with the talent to do so. During my career to date, I have participated in the most prestigious national competitions in Greece and have competed in the Junior Division of the International Tennis Federation. As a motivational strategy, I have envisioned myself playing in the largest stadiums in the world, winning the most prestigious professional tournaments. Tennis has been the most important thing in my life for many years. Like all sports at a competitive level, Tennis has its ups and downs. I obviously didn’t win every match, but as I won far more than I lost, I could take the losses in stride. Though I was disappointed in myself, knowing I had the ability, I interpreted losses and not having put my all into the game or not being focused enough.
I was more than disappointed, I was stunned. I was playing someone of a much lower rank and skill level than me and I was at the top of my form. Plus I was talented. Though it took time before I could hear what those closest to me were saying, my couch finally got through to me. I had been relying my whole life on my talent. While talent usually is needed to make a top ranked tennis champion, this will never happen without putting everything you have into the game. I thought I had always worked my hardest but there was always that voice inside my head which said I had natural born talent. I didn’t need to push to the end of my stamina, keep working when I felt I couldn’t any more, go overboard to perfect each serve, each swing. Most importantly I never saw that I could learn from every player I played against instead of just seeing them as those I would beat.
The hardest part of this struggle was when my coach told me that every player had strengths and weaknesses and even when I have worked my hardest, a player may have developed a new strength since last I met them in a match. This meant understanding that while it was crucial to work as hard as I could and give everything I had every match, this did not guarantee I would win. The important part was learning from every win but more importantly from every loss.