Three Two One... Play Ball!

Sport has got me through a lot in my life. I can turn to my sport when I'm in a good mood, crappy mood and just any mood. I was a really sporty girl growing up and I still am today. I remember when I was little, mum would put me in heaps of sports ranging from soccer to gymnastics. She was very sporty as a kid and I think that's where I get all of my energy and sportiness from. She played netball and did athletics... Just like me!

I have been playing netball since I was in year 3 (so I was 8). I really enjoyed this and kept playing it each year. I am now in year 11 and still playing the sport. Netball is really one of my favourite things to do. When I play a game of netball I'm in the zone, it's like I'm right at home with what I'm doing. I go and play netball in any mood whether it was to get all of my anger out, or even be happy and enjoy it, I do it. I'm not comparing myself to all of the top state and even Australian netball players but, I think I have gained a lot of confidence, skill and power through my game play. it's a passion that drives me to play the game that I absolutely love. Playing netball is like my second home.

I play indoor netball two maybe even three times a week, and have training once a week. I play my outdoor games during winter every Saturday. My mum, my sister and I are apart of our netballs' committee and help out with umpiring, coaching and anything that needs to be done. We are well known with the club and would never want to change clubs for any reason what so ever.

I also do little athletics. I have done this for 7 seasons now and absolutely love it! Athletics to me is what I do to keep me fit through the summer. I have met some amazing people through it. I am more of a thrower as I'm not that good at running. I never really have been a sprinter or a long distance runner, but the jumps and throws I excel in. I have broken a few records with javelin and its also my favourite event.

I'm not really that good at athletics in general, not like a few of my friends who have gone to Singapore and over East for it, but I still love the fun and the fitness. I have just finished my second last season of little athletics and I am really looking forward to next season as it will be my last one and I already know its going to be the best season of athletics so far!

'Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.' -Mia Hamm.

Why Me?

I like to think of myself as a person who is friends with everyone. I think of myself as one of the nicest people you will ever meet. I don't really know what to write next about myself right now, because not much exciting has really happened to me. I am child of three and the youngest. I haven't accomplished much but I'm working on that one.

I love my sport and especially netball. I have been playing netball now for my 9th season this year. Just think of that, 9 whole years of my life since I was just 8 years old, revolved around netball, and up until this very day it still does! I like to think that I am fairly good at it and my dream would be to make the Australian team one day. I believe that if I keep trying to get towards my goals, I can do anything I want.

I also do little athletics. I have done this for 7 seasons now. Athletics is what keeps me fit over the summer and I love the throws as I am not a strong runner to be completely honest. I don't think I really want to be an athlete because I don't believe that I am good enough.

Last year, I got bullied a bit. This made my self confidence go down. This person really hated me. They hated me for pretty much no apparent reason. I had never done anything to them at all to deserve it. I'm the kind of person who hides all of their feelings, and locks it all up inside, rather than letting it out. I'm not very good at taking jokes from other people. I can give jokes but I can't take them back.

Sometimes I think I have something seriously wrong with me. Some days, I would wake up and decide not to go to school because I had a fear of people bullying me or judging me. I don't know why I felt this way but I just couldn't help it. These feelings I keep inside me. I am not a person to judge, and hey you know what they say you can't judge a book by its cover.

I can't remember a time where I was truly happy with myself. I don't mean the happiness of winning a race or blowing all of the candles out at your 10th birthday party, I mean true happiness. The happiness you feel when you just know. When you know that you can stop stressing about everyone around you and just let everything fall into place. The happiness where you can wake up and it's already there. The happiness that will always be there with you no matter what happens. Have you ever felt that happiness?...




“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” -Abraham Lincoln.