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Name of activity/project: Manager of Tennis team
Approximate hours: 20 hours
Category: Action
Summary:
During my junior year, I participated as a manager in the tennis team. As a manager, I had to come to practice with the team and watch them improve. At first, this was very new to me since I have not involve with any kind of sports since middle school, and on top of that, I have not had any experience with being a manager. However, I took it slow, one step at the time. I came to practice with every one and I also learn how to play tennis. Tennis is a very hard sport for me since the tennis racket is heavy and hitting a tennis ball is even harder; however, I enjoyed playing it. Since everyone was busy working on their skill, the only job I could do was watch over them and encourage them and cheer for them in the match. Being part of the team, I could observe my team-mates as they grew and even though I knew that I could not do anything for them, I could always watch them and encourage them to do their best. My strength was that I could support the team just by encouraging them and cheer for them. Even though sometimes, just watch them play gave me the feeling of emptiness however, I soon recovered and realized that they were trying their hardest and my presence could be their mental support. I learned how to interact with different kind of people and to see the differences in each individuality is unique and that alll different kind of people can come together to make a great team.

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Name of Activity/project: Golf
Approximate hours: + 20 hours.
Category: Action
Summary:
Last school year, I started to play golf, a sport that I had never played before. Because it was my first time, I had to learn the basic first which I found very challenging because I was not good with handling the clubs. However, I started to have some passion for this sport because after a long hour school day, I could release my stress and enjoyed myself. Even though sometimes I had to face challenges such as swinging, aiming, and many more, I realized that I had the ability to improve, I had perseverance and I wanted to play. I practiced almost everyday and learned new skills. Thanks to my coach who showed patience with me and guided me through, I could improve slowly. I started to compete with other golfers; before competing with golfers that had experiences and better than a new golfer like me, I thought that this would be very difficult to keep up with them and they would be bored playing with me; however, different from my thoughts, they were actually very patient with me; they showed me how to swing and stand in order for the ball to go far; they were very nice and open to me. Through this experience, I finally understand that playing sport is actually very enjoyable and interact with others through competitions is another way to learn new things.