My Fitness - Sukhraj Gill

So I really liked the fitness story i saw on Nr.Neufs blog so i thought i would do something similar to show my progress.

So when I moved into the Sullivan Heights area and began going to go to my new school T.E Scott in grade 6 my life changed. I always loved soccer and had been playing soccer for around 4-5 years, that is until I made some new friends and played in our school ball hockey intermerals. That's when I first picked up a stick and I knew then that this is what I really love. Starting then i decided that i wanted to put soccer behind me and begin hockey and new chapter in my life.

Along this way I also began to make some new friends. These are kids that were in my class and kids that I lived near. Soon and quickly I became great friends with all these kids in my neighborhood and we began playing roller hockey in our neighborhood. Day and Night,  non stop, we would play hockey and I loved it with a passion and I still do. 

Once I reached high school I really realized the pressure you get. I wanted to make a good impression and show that I was one of those athletic kids. So I tried out for the Sullivan ice hockey team and didn't make it and I was so upset and ashamed that I tried out and didn't make it when many of my classmates at least made the backup players list. 

After that I started to become more determined to get better and make the team in a later grade when I know that I am ready to show everyone that I am good and am someone that they can think of as a good hockey player. Playing outside was no longer for fun but to test my self and become better.Training outside everyday helped me become better but I new that i had to take an extra step. So I began going to public skates to have some good exercise and get better at skating. I still believed then that fitness was a waste of time and i hated it with a passion and that there was no point of doing it when I knew I was a great athlete. That is until I came to grade 9 where I met you and you helped me change my thinking and attitude towards fitness. I began taking it much more seriously and found it as a great way to improve while trying to push my self to my max.  Improving every time I go out there for fitness.You helped me realize that it wasn't about me showing you that i was participating and just doing it to get a good grade but it was about me showing myself that i was improving in fitness and I was building myself up. 

I also came in with the attitude that i am only going to try in the activities i like and the ones i am not good at or do not like i can just not give in effort. This attitude also changed greatly over the year. I now try to give a good effort in many sports I'm not good at such as basketball which i am not to fond of but give the effort to play it and possibly get better.

I do know that there has been many mistakes and obstacles in my way this year. When I first came into P.E in grade 9. I came in thinking fitness was bull and i could just slide by and get a good grade but after awhile I began to change my thinking. I use let friends get in the way of my fitness but now I truly know that for the most part that I have learned how to separate my self away from friends while my personal fitness. This was a major obstacle I had to overcome when it came to my personal fitness but i know that nearing the end, I have achieved my goal to separate away from friends.

Now I kind of really like fitness in the way that I know that it is for me and it is a way that I can reach my fitness goals. I didn't try out of the Sullivan ice hockey team this year but I will for sure next year when I know I am ready mentally and physically. I myself and maybe many others might be able to see my growth and improvement in fitness both mentally and physically over the past years. My habits and attitude that have changed so much in this past year will lead me to success in future years hopefully. I think i deserve an "A" this year not because i am good athlete but because of habits and attitude that have been adjusted, the  obstacles that I have overcome and the improvement I have had over this course.

I think that I have done well this year and I owe a lot of my improvement to you Mr.Neuf so thank you for being my teacher.