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Jan 6, 2015
Undergraduate / I had few matchpoints. How I met a failure in my tennis career [3]
I believe my english is weak.Can somebody edit it so that it looks stronger atleast the first paragraph pleaseee
common app promt 2 .Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure
Tennis is my life. My passion for the game started when I watched Roger Federer play against Andy Roddick in the 2005 Wimbledon match with my dad. Looking at the beautiful tennis game they were playing, I incidentaly fell in love with the sport. I started attending tennis coaching when I was six years old. From the age of 11, I have been participating in tournaments professionally.
When I was 14, I was ranked in top 50 in the country and was optimistic that in the upcoming year I would be ranked within top 25. The first five months I played around ten AITA un-14 tournaments and gave average performances. Then in July, I went to Bangalore to play an AITA tournament for un-18 and un-14. Since I had to play qualifying rounds for the un-18 category I went there a few days earlier. Although I lost for the un-18, I did not mind since I was confident of my un-14 match. I played well in the un-14 category with matches scheduled every day and finally reached the semi-finals. I went for the match, feeling refreshed and relaxed. I played steadily and won the first set but I lost the second set despite having three matchpoints in them.. The third set was the deciding one. This set went to the tie-break and and I got a 6-3 lead and I began playing the point for the match. This point took very long since both of us wanted it badly but at the end he hit a winner and also won the next four points and the match.
After this I lost all my confidence because I felt I had somehow thrown away the match and I was not able to overcome the despair I felt. I lost many matches over the next few months and my ranking dropped to below 100. My parents and my coach tried in vain to get me to come out of my depression. I began to have doubts as to whether I could ever play well again and in fact, whether I had ever really played well in the past. I began to worry that I had wasted a lot of my father's money and my childhood, chasing a false dream.
A few months later I was due to play the AITA Nationals, the most important tournament in India. I knew I was in no mental frame to play this tough tournament but as my parents and coach were very eager, I decided to make one last effort to get back into the game. I thought of all the hours I had spent on the game, the various achievements I had had, my recognitions and awards, and I was able to convince myself that unless I had been good at the game I could not have achieved these. I slowly felt my confidence and enthusiasm returning.. I spoke to my coach of my fears of having lost my game. He understood my apprehensions and we set up a schedule of rigorous practice and coaching.
In the first round of the tournament I played extremely well and beat the 28th ranked player in the country. Then I was scheduled to play the player ranked 15 in the country in my second round. This match went very close, but I eventually lost. Even so, it was one of the best tennis matches I had ever played. I was extremely happy of my performance in this tournament My rank went up from 100 to 70. Within the next few months I was back within the top 50 in the country and had regained my form.
My failure in the un-14 had set me back but now I had emerged as a much stronger person and learnt to look at all my performances rationally rather than emotionally. I am a more confident and determined person than I was before.
I believe my english is weak.Can somebody edit it so that it looks stronger atleast the first paragraph pleaseee
common app promt 2 .Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure
Tennis is my life. My passion for the game started when I watched Roger Federer play against Andy Roddick in the 2005 Wimbledon match with my dad. Looking at the beautiful tennis game they were playing, I incidentaly fell in love with the sport. I started attending tennis coaching when I was six years old. From the age of 11, I have been participating in tournaments professionally.
When I was 14, I was ranked in top 50 in the country and was optimistic that in the upcoming year I would be ranked within top 25. The first five months I played around ten AITA un-14 tournaments and gave average performances. Then in July, I went to Bangalore to play an AITA tournament for un-18 and un-14. Since I had to play qualifying rounds for the un-18 category I went there a few days earlier. Although I lost for the un-18, I did not mind since I was confident of my un-14 match. I played well in the un-14 category with matches scheduled every day and finally reached the semi-finals. I went for the match, feeling refreshed and relaxed. I played steadily and won the first set but I lost the second set despite having three matchpoints in them.. The third set was the deciding one. This set went to the tie-break and and I got a 6-3 lead and I began playing the point for the match. This point took very long since both of us wanted it badly but at the end he hit a winner and also won the next four points and the match.
After this I lost all my confidence because I felt I had somehow thrown away the match and I was not able to overcome the despair I felt. I lost many matches over the next few months and my ranking dropped to below 100. My parents and my coach tried in vain to get me to come out of my depression. I began to have doubts as to whether I could ever play well again and in fact, whether I had ever really played well in the past. I began to worry that I had wasted a lot of my father's money and my childhood, chasing a false dream.
A few months later I was due to play the AITA Nationals, the most important tournament in India. I knew I was in no mental frame to play this tough tournament but as my parents and coach were very eager, I decided to make one last effort to get back into the game. I thought of all the hours I had spent on the game, the various achievements I had had, my recognitions and awards, and I was able to convince myself that unless I had been good at the game I could not have achieved these. I slowly felt my confidence and enthusiasm returning.. I spoke to my coach of my fears of having lost my game. He understood my apprehensions and we set up a schedule of rigorous practice and coaching.
In the first round of the tournament I played extremely well and beat the 28th ranked player in the country. Then I was scheduled to play the player ranked 15 in the country in my second round. This match went very close, but I eventually lost. Even so, it was one of the best tennis matches I had ever played. I was extremely happy of my performance in this tournament My rank went up from 100 to 70. Within the next few months I was back within the top 50 in the country and had regained my form.
My failure in the un-14 had set me back but now I had emerged as a much stronger person and learnt to look at all my performances rationally rather than emotionally. I am a more confident and determined person than I was before.
