Standing at the pool side.
My muscles are aching, my stomach is empty and most of all I am extremely tired.
I thought, WHY DO I EVEN GO FOR TRAINING?
all i have to look forward to is pain and hard work. Drowing with weights on my legs while trying to swim. having your coach sit on your knees until you cry. Do chin ups until your arms cant move. Worst of all, after all this, you dont improve and get a scolding by your coach. Seriously, what is there to look forward to? Why have I done this stupid sport for 6 years?
I found my answer. Looking back 6 years ago. It was my first routine with the team. I had no experience what so ever. I was young and most of all blur. But oh, that was the best time of my life. Once the music starts and we plunge into the water I felt this imense high. From that day on I was hooked. For life. Today again, I felt this immense joy while i was doing my solo. I guess its because when i was young i had this secret ambition to dance. But being "tomboyish" swimming was the sport i chose. So i guess Synchronize swimming is a comprimise for me. Of late, i havent been feeling this high. just mundane training day in, day out. i actually comsidered quiting. The immense stress of training, school, prefects and studies has taken its toll on me. Both mentally and physically. If i didnt reflect on this i think i would have died tomorrow.
I LOVE SYNCHRO!!!!
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Hi Miss Spastic!
Why do you bother doing such a "stupid" sport?
Hmmm ...
I would like to comment on that assessment. First, some background:
I'm a former amateur baseball/softball player and coach. Had great fun as a player and some measure of success as a coach. I also played handball, paddleball, ran just a little cross country, played volleyball (despite being height challenged) and touch football. Have also done a small amount of free land sports reporting. Hopefully this proves that I know my sports!
I have been to many, MANY athletic workouts. The absolute toughest workout ever being those before a National Age Synchro tournament in Minneapolis around 1996. It was absolutely bone crushing. How those girls went through that ordeal is beyond anything I and my teammates ever went through. Their presentation during the Finals was astonishing with the Riverside team (the Aquanettes?) winning by a convincing margin.
Why do you put yourself through a similar torment?
If you do so for the same reasons as did those girls the answer then becomes an obvious one: you do so because you have guts and are dedicated to excelling in a sport that some of the top paid athletes in the world (male or female) won't even try. You have guts and determination which none of them can ever hope to reach. No sport on earth requires more personal excellence than does synchro. And it takes people of excellence to do it. People just like you.
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