I stepped to the first tee on the first day of tryouts with nothing really in my head. I had been playing good all summer and had nothing to worry about. I hit my opening tee shot and it was great. I went to hit my second shot and it was awful. So many things were running through my head; "What just happened?", "How do I make sure this doesn't happen again?", and "There goes all my hard work". There was nothing to even describe how i felt at this moment. The rest of my group looked at me with a look that said, "How did that just happen". I finished out the round the same way I hit that second shot - awful. I could not believe this happened to me. I had spent so much time and effort to get ready for my senior year and I was throwing it away.
After this ugly performance I knew I had to do something. I went straight to the driving range to try to fix my swing. I eventually got it figured out and was ready for the next meet.
We all want to be the best at our sport and win tournaments and even be state champions but how many people really want to put the work in. Everyone know that most kids would rather be hanging out with friends than be at practice but will that get you to be the best you can? One of my biggest pet peeves is when people don't work hard. No matter what you do to be successful you must work hard. Whether it be getting good grades or being successful in sports you can always work hard and need to in order to be good. You can't help how hard the math test is or how good your opponent is but you can control your work effort.
Ugh, golf. I can shoot part for three straight holes and never see such luck again for four weeks. I like the tie between golf itself and work ethics in general. I like also the inner monolgue you give us. But I'd like to see a bit more descriptive imagery. Try focusing on the moment you hit that awful second shot--what was it like? Not just emotionally, but physicall, too. Golfers always tell me they know immediately that their shots will be off because it's such a physical thing.
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