As I was reading the last issue of my Splash magazine again, I came across an article I missed before about the “Call Me Maybe” music video
that the Olympic swimmers made on the trip to London. I looked it up and
honestly thought it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. It made me
become really inspired to become closer friends with all of the people on my team.
I really have tried to reach out to some kids such as Abe.
He is a lot younger than me but he is very competitive and driven as an athlete.
He has so much ambition at such a young age; a lot of the ambition I have lost,
as I have grown older. He has given me some of that drive back, even though he
doesn’t know it. To support him I have
given him high-fives and good jobs after races to try to be a better teammate.
My team at OC Riptides is absolutely fantastic. We aren’t
the closest kids but at practice we have a good time. Honestly…we are all quite
weird. I get grossed out from time to time hearing a big belch from a boy two
lanes over or get annoyed when some one is constantly brushing up against my
feet while I’m swimming, but we have just clicked lately. I couldn’t ask for a
better team.
We have been playing basketball before practice. It is a
really fun way to work on the teamwork aspect of swimming since it is mostly an
individual sport with exception to relays. We all aren't the best at on-land
sports but we try.
In the article, readers asked the team “How did the video
help with team chemistry”? Kathleen Hersey, the director of the video stated
that making the video “got everyone involved, loosened nerves, and helped the
team just click”.
I feel that our team’s basketball games and card games
during meets are our ways to release some of the stresses that are put upon us
as athletes and make us become closer friends too. This friendship helps us to
all support one another, which benefits all aspects of our sport and time
together at practice.
Here is the super cool video J
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