'Excelling in tennis' - Common app.. short answer "ANY ACTIVITY"

hello everyone!

I did the common app.. short answer .. please can someone give editing suggestions and shortening ideas because the limit is 150 words and i wrote about 181 words.. pls someone help.

In the space provided below, please elaborate on one of your activities (extracurricular, personal activities, or work experience)(150 words or fewer).

Extracurricular activities have been a very integral part of my life. Although I never played in any big team or professionally, I often play sports for leisure and fitness. I have tried my hand in numerous types of sports and even mastered some! The current sport in which I excel is Tennis. Although I started playing Tennis in 2007, it has become an important part of my life and I cannot even think of any survival without it. Tennis has helped me a lot in meeting new people of diverse cultures and beliefs. Every week, I meet at least one to two new people either from a different country or a different level of play. Tennis is a very good game to learn a variety of skills which prove to be a necessity in the future. It can teach you how to behave and praise the opponent when you were defeated by him and how not to overreact when you win a game. Playing Tennis also improved me in how to take and respond to challenges with utmost dedication and determination.

thanks for reading and posting a suggestion!

merry christmas!

hi, I think your intro is a bit long and unnecessary. You can just start the paragraph with one particular sport, which is tennis in your case.

For example,
"Tennis has been an intergral part in my life..."
and you could explain why it has been so important and how it affected
your life in a positive way.

Yea, since the limit is so short, you can just dive straight into it. And just a grammatical thing - you don't need to capitalize tennis every time you mention it...

Thank You eveyone . this helped a lot...

Although I started playing Tennis in 2007, it has become an important part of my life and I cannot even think of survival without it.

Every week, I meet at least one or two new people either from a different country or a different level of play.

Tennis is a very good game to learn a variety of skills which will prove to be a necessity in the future.

It can teach you how to behave and praise the opponent when you were defeated by him, and how not to overreact when you win a game. Playing Tennis also improved me in how to take and respond to challenges with utmost dedication and determination.

Hope this helps:)