Week 5

Today I watched The Gabby Douglas Story. This movie shows her journey to the Olympics starting from when she was born to when she took home the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic games. The journey there could be described in many different ways. There was times when she was excited that she learned a routine, but there was times where she just wanted to give up and go home. Gabby faced many hardships throughout it all. Some of the least thought of problems occurred such as money for the training. The journey left a mental and emotional effect on Gabby which changed her as a person. What got Gabby so far was her passion for gymnastics and determination to win the Olympics. Most athletes can relate to Gabby. I recommend everyone to watch this movie because it really shows you what it takes to be the best of the best.

Week 4

After looking at the results to the survey most people can agree that Olympic training requires a lot of effort and they respect most people training. I decided to take one of my questions into a lot of consideration. The question was, "In your opinion, What kind of effects does training for the Olympics leave on a person?" I found the answers to this most useful. While reading the variety of answers most of them had the same conclusion. Throughout anxiety, pressure, responsibilities, a social life, and commitment it leaves an emotional and mental impact on the athlete training. This could be made into a struggle left on the athlete. Fortunately, it does make the athlete stronger as a person which could make them into a very good leader one day. As for the training days, it is quite a challenge. Most athletes receive many types of training that leaves an individual effect on each person. Thank you to everyone who took part in my survey. The results were very helpful.