Pep Talk

Turn “can do” into “can did”.

This pep talk really reminded me about the time when I was in tumbling and finally got my back hand spring for the first time. I had been in the class at the time for around two months and most of the girls in the class had gotten thier back hand springs and were moving onto thier back tucks and so on. Me and my friend Nicole had joined the class later on in the year so we had some catching up to do. My teacher Matt had started us out on a long trampoline called the tumble track where we would practice with him and he would spot us in the mean time beofre he felt comfortable letting us do it on our own. Finally one night it was my turn to step up and do my round of back handsprings. In previous classes he told me I was so close to getting it and this time around he wanted to see what I could do on my own. My heart beating out of my cheast I ran down the tumble track and flew in the air for what it seemed like 5 minutes really only was about 5 seconds and landed perfectly on my feet on the other side.  Not knowing what I even just did everyone in the class started clapping and smiling and yelling my name, I had just pulled my back handspring for the first time by myself. I was so relived that it finally happened and that I could now say I can do it. From that day on I would never really doubt myself in believing I can't do something because when you work hard and believe you can full fill it one day.