Club Swim: The Decision That Changed My Life

There comes a time in life when something happens to someone that will affect their future tremendously or when you have to make a decision that will change your future. In my life so far, I have made a drastic decision by choosing to club swim in the beginning of sophomore year that has affected my life since then, and for many years to come. This choice was drastic because it completely changed my lifestyle, friends, and my physical makeup. When I joined the club team, we were practicing two and a half hours, 6 days a week. This completely changed my lifestyle because before joining the team, I would come home do homework and have tons of free time. Now I had to actually learn how to manage time better. Joining a club swim team also changed up some of my friends. I started to get a lot closer with the kids that I was swimming with and gravitated to hanging out with them, rather than my school friends. This decision also changed my physical make up because I was working out so much. I put on thirteen pounds of muscle within 6 months, which changed me from a scrawny kid into someone who is a bit more defined muscle wise.

For me, I made the decision to club swim spontaneously after deciding not to a couple months earlier. One of the major reasons I wanted to club swim, was to get faster for high school swimming so I could be one of the fastest kids on the team. Another reason why I wanted to was because I enjoyed high school swimming so much, that I wanted to continue swimming year round. Finally, the last reason why I wanted to do it was because one of my good friends decided that he wanted to join the same club team that I wanted to join. Eventually, after the first week of practice, I decided to join the team, which probably has been my best decision throughout high school so