How Olimpic Games Gave Me Inspiration of Jumping

I’m always excited about the Olympics which has never failed to inspire me. When I see the participants work hard and excel in their chosen sports, it is very humbling and enchanting to observe what the finest athletes in the world can carry out. It is purely motivating to watch the incredible achievements of these players at the winter games in Pyeongchang. I now strive for such perfection in my life as well. I started jumping over all sorts of things since I became energized by Olympics. These would be simple and small things like a stack of books and then sofa in my living area. Even though it seems like a small beginning, I feel that you would have to start somewhere.

Besides, it’s not possible that the gold medalist Vincent Zhou, who did his quadruple spin, did not land in that fine spin his first time he put on the skates. I’m sure he did smaller jumps then graduated slowly on to harder ones while falling along the way. It’s an intense training, and I’ve learned that you just have to continue with your training even though you hurt yourself detangling your foot inside the lawn chair you forgot to clear before you began practicing. Without devotion and willingness to sacrifice all your personal comforts, it’s not possible to rise high. I had to stick to a strict dietary regimen – mine’s vegetables and beans – with a ferocious practice schedule.

All my practices were around the house, in the backyard, and in the front yard trying to jump over all kinds of things, drastically scratching all over by body at times due to a miscalculated landing. Initially, I yearned to be hanging out with my friends or watching TV, but nowadays, I feel happier seeing me jump over something than doing anything else. So far I’ve illustrated only good experiences of my passion to learn to jump. There were difficult times as well, which limited my dream to continue with practicing jumping. It’s a fair share of struggles as well. Tripping while trying to jump around the house, in the park, or while taking a walk with the family is something that occurs like that is way normal to happen. The small scratches and scars due to the tripping along the concrete pavements are like nothing. I’ve banged against the steel iron play structures pretty bad. Ending up in urgent care as I was trying to fly-up jumping over a monkey bar in the park landed me in bed for weeks.

After that incident, I thought my parents were going to put an end to my career, but then some awareness came upon me: great Olympians like Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White came back from destructive sufferings to win medals in Pyeongchang, why can’t I try my best? I persisted to practice again in the same park which landed me in urgent-care. The self-realization moment I had was to feel the passion for what I wanted to do. My goal is to participate in Tokyo in 2020 Olympics. I want to be able to jump over the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies. There is nothing going to stand in my way, not even the urgent-care clinic. Whenever I jump over the potted plants at my local Walmart or Home Depot, the security guard is behind my back to tell I’m not allowed to jump over. Family members constantly fear for my safety by guilting me to relinquish my passion. But the adrenaline I get with each of my dive helps me live through the moment. The security guard doesn’t know the height of my passion, while he certainly can throw me out of the store for misjudging my strength, when I take a high-rise to leap over the checkout counter, slamming into the exit door, as all the accessories in my pocket fly in every direction, but he cannot remove the desire of attaining my dreams.

All this desire may fail on me. I could never even jump a fence, or a staircase or even a simple puddle of water on the sidewalk. It’s also possible that I may not match my heroes, like Chloe Kim who can do wonders with a snowboard and a half-pipe. But with determination, a little luck and practice, I could pull-off someday a spectacular act representing the United States in the Olympic games and be in front of the world. Assuming I do attain my goals and perform a majestic act of flying high above a jam-packed football arena, like the advertising blimps you see on TV, I bet, you too will be impressed and inspired to become great one day.