Song Lyrics

This is my song lyrics slide on the song Don't forget you roots By Six60.

Green Beret

This is my poetry moving image on the Green Beret. My next video I am doing on Six 60's song "Don't forget your roots".

Week 8

I have been bust and have not gotten round to posting, but am happy to say I got through to the team finals in my speech!! Also today is the last day of term for me because I am going to Japan as a school trip for two weeks, and then it is the hoildays. I get to go with Heeni, Shae and Max, plus a whole lot of other schools! I was also really happy to get into group one for maths, and to also get a credit in English! I cant wait till next term and everything that comes with it!

Week 3 Term 3

I have not had a good week this week with it raining, missing the bus and tons of other things. But I have finished my speech and I am ready to read it out to the class next week. I am the eighth on the list but I hope I get to the team finals I will post my speech. On Wednesday I had the Waikato/BOP schools Duathlon where I placed 9th out of 14. Last weekend our Waikato hockey team had a competition with 2 games on Saturday and Sunday. Where we lost to Auckland, but won against Counties Manakau, Thames valley another Auckland team and another team that I forgot. But in the end we came third equal!!     

Pushy Parents

There is 5 min to go, and it is 3 all. The ball is out the left with Katie, and were all ready to score. But imagine this… You're in the zone about to shoot or score a try, but you miss, how do your  parents react? Well… Parent 1: Nice try, you’ll get em next time, Keep it up! Or Parent 2: What were you thinking you should have passed it, I told you you needed more practice. You should be ashamed! I mean we all have parents that love to see us achieve and support us to do so, but when have they gone too far? So are our parents pushing us as children too hard in our chosen sport, and is it affecting our performance and the outcome?

There is both positive and negative affects to any situation, but how negative can they get? Well... we all like the feeling of going up on the podium to have your medal presented to you, or raising the cup for your team, and I mean we can't really do it without our parents. But there is somethings that our parents should leave to us (the experts) Having your parents there pushing you to get outside and kick the ball around helps you to achieve your goal of winning the tournament and being able to hold the glory, (Oh and of course it gives you bragging rights) but it is also very special for your parents because they feel proud. But sometimes that going outside just to kick the ball around has gone too far, and comes with too many negative affects.

Well lets go back to Parent 2; having someone like parent 2 in your family can lead to Impacting your emotional development and self esteem, damaging the bond between you and your parent, and it can even make you look negatively at sports and you will want to give up, letting the team and yourself down. Honestly I think parents are just chasing their lost dreams through us, but at the same time ruining our dreams by obsessing about winning. And the thing that gets us down is when they say “Tom you have to win this race no matter what” This puts you under pressure and you take it on thinking that you will definitely win, but if you lose to you it seems like the whole sky has just landed on your head and the world is crumbling down around you. Then you feel like you have let your parents down and you take it out on yourself thinking it is all your fault and you will want to give up!

Though We can't argue, there is two opinions in this argument. I mean us kids don't always mind a helping hand, and sometimes we really do need it, but when they get  over involved in something, everything, and I mean everything goes straight down hill! When a parent takes over our sport it we lose desire for it but we only participate to keep our parents happy.  What I personally get really annoyed about it when you have done lots of training at school for your school athletics and you're ready to go and you can't wait for it to start. But then out the corner of your eye you see this waving had in the distance and your heart drops. So you're at the start line and the clappers go and all you can hear is that one call from your parents and your dignity is gone just like that! I don't get it, why do parents have to come watch, all they do is embarrass us! Just remembering we can't complain too much because if it weren't for our parents we wouldn't be doing sport at all, they pay for us to go, they drive us there (most of the time) Sometimes I can see where they are coming from because they love the feeling of being proud of us but to also know that not just us have achieved but them in a way that they know that they are a good parent. Parents don't just push us so they can feel good but they do it for us, so that when we go on the field it's not like we don't know how to pass and so we don't get even more embarrassed. But over all parents know what it is like to be kids and the know what it's like to feel embarrassed so they only try to do their best for us so we can have that special moment and know what it's like to achieve.

Luckily for me I don't have pushy parents. But overall I think parents only try to do the right thing (most of the time) but sometimes they just need to let loose a few strings and leave it up to us. Though they do embarrass us remember that we will have that chance one day too. So do you think parents are pushing us as children too hard in our chosen sport and is it affecting our performance and the outcome? You decide!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

week 2 term 3

It has been a pretty crazy week this week! On Sunday I had my last trial to see if I got into the Waikato hockey team, Either A or B. I then had to wait till Tuesday for any news. Monday was just another day at school with the assembly where I received my medals from  the North Island Road and Track Champs, where I placed First in the road race, scratch, points and derby, and a second in the criterium. Tuesday I had music for tech and I found out I got into B team for Waikato hockey!! Wednesday was all the same as usual. Today; I have guitar, choir and the college expo and my first training in the afternoon for Waikato hockey where I will receive my uniform. This weekend I have a tournament where I will play four games for Waikato Hockey B. I am really excited!

last day of term 2

I has been a long time since I have posted because of production. Production went really well, and i'm really happy with my achievement. We had a couple of little mishaps but we covered up and you couldn't notice at all. I also did the duathlon at lake Karapiro with rain as my runner. We came second in the year eight girls and we were very happy. I also competed in the Waikato/BOP girls indoor bowls, getting 12th out of 40 teams. I got chosen by the kiwi sport people to represent the school, which is really cool because I get another badge.

Week 4 & 5

Well, you could say that the past week and a half has been yet exciting and fun!  I will start off half way through the last week. Wednesday, I went to the Paterangi Waikato/BOP Schools 10km Time Trial. I worked really hard in the race competing against nine others, then sprinting out at the end to gain second place by one second. I was really happy with my result, but next time first place is mine!

We have also been writing a memoir, Mine is about my New Zealand National Track Champs Races at the start of this year. Here it is.

Now it's race time

Throwing me into the zone, momentum and speed sets my mind and body for the race ahead. Should I make the break? Will I know when to go? Cheering and clapping surrounds The Dome. My ears prick up as I hear the whistle, then the call, and it’s my turn to take the lead. The heat from the hot sweaty people, both racing or not, is overwhelming. High speed and spinning legs takes over my body. Now it is race time! Bars bumping and wheels rub, as the crowd screams uncontrollably for their team. I feel the radiation of the same pain and determination that every other rider feels. My head screams keep going, but my body hanging only by a piece of thread ready. The slick surface is lost in the forest of black rubber and sweaty bodies, as I raise up and over to gain the lead. In pain, my legs suffer for one more lap. ‘Not far to go now,’ I remind myself. My head, set on first place. That medal will be mine. Then the unimaginable happens, as everyone racing drops.