Sports Narrative - Wrestling :: Personal Narrative Essays

Personal Narrative- Wrestling CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, echoes through my head as I bye to the middle of the mat. At 160lbs Aidan Conner of La Junta vs. Rodney J nonpareils of Hotchkiss. totally I put up think of is each bead of sweat, every drip of blood, every mile, every push up, every tear. Why? All of this unless to be victorious. All in preparation for one match, six minutes. For more(prenominal) or less these six minutes may only be a glimpse, and then again for around it may be the biggest six minutes of their life. Many get the break to experience it more than once. Some may work harder and want it more than others, but they may never get the chance. All they get is a moral victory. Every kid, every man arrests into the tournament with a goal. For some is to win, for some is to patch, others are just happy to qualify. These six minutes come on a cold frigid night in February at a place called the Pepsi Center. Once a year this gathering takes place when the subt le and the large, the best of the best, come to compete in front thousands of people. I am at the Colorado State Wrestling Championships.Ever since the precedent time of year I had my standards set high. I had placed fifth, which was all proper(ip) for the time being, but I knew as time went on I needed to push myself and increase my level of wrestling. I decided that I would do whatever it took, through thick and thin. I traveled to small local tournaments in Colorado, and a couple out-of-state tournaments, I even traveled to Delaware. It didnt really matter how I did at these tournaments because it was just all act until February. So, I lifted and wrestled just about every chance I got. It was all in preparation for one match, six minutes.Starting the season as the second ranked wrestler in the state, I was just where I wanted to be, noticed, but not the top dog. I did well during the season not losing to anybody in the 3A classification. I didnt do quite a what I wanted, but I wasnt going to complain. A broken chip in after the second weekend of competition didnt help any, but I fought through it and kept my eyes set on one opponent, one goal, one match, six minutes.