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...mournful look. "People make fun of you for being one," Katie explains. "My mom says they're just jealous and to ignore them, so that's what I try to do." But Lauren is hurt by the attitude of old friends who now resent her devotion to the sport. "I just tell my friends, 'O.K., like, I can't just give it up,'" says Lauren...
...very active person and always find myself running from one event to another. My top priorities are school, athletics and my family. Cross-country, track and gymnastics are some of the sports I am committed to. During the cross-country and track seasons, I have practice Monday through Friday, mostly at 7:30 a.m. I love running so much that I run on my own too. I am also a Level Six USA Gymnastics competitor. This is a yearlong sport for me, and I never get a break. I don't mind this, and I look forward to practices, which...
...challenges of youth sports is that every sport fights to have a 100% commitment. Giving 100% is difficult if not impossible when you're on three to four teams in various sports. Athletes do this juggling act to make decisions concerning when you can miss a practice or a game depending on how many you have been to lately or how important the game is. These decisions are difficult and nothing good comes out of them. The athlete is normally punished one by missing playing time in games or some other measure...
...rare occasion that I am only participating in one sport I get much more excited about it. I am able to focus on the sport to perform better. When I am playing more sports I often go to one sport to the next. Doing this does not allow me to get in my "zone" and I do not perform up to my potential. When playing several sports it is difficult for me to remember some parts of the game and much harder to execute. I have heard the comment from several different coaches that I seem to settle...
...Vason was 24 when he tried to bring Christianity to Tonga. Burling was just a year younger when he brought the country his own gift of surfing - nothing so profound, of course, though along with golf there's no other sport that stirs such zeal in its disciples. And Burling wants to keep spreading the word. Though a shortage of boards and passable surf spots will limit surfing's growth on the Friendly Islands, "If a kid comes up and asks me to teach him to surf," says Burling, "I'm never going to say no." With salt in their...