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Three local young athletes share their 5 top tips for fulfilling Reach for the Stars! your potential in your chosen sport. Olivia Lowe U16 England Footballer Hi my name is Olivia Lowe. At the age of 7, I decided to get involved in football. The opportunity arose via a friend of my Mum’s whose daughters were training with Gedling Southbank Girls football team. I thoroughly enjoyed the training and continued going on a weekly basis. We had a really good team and over 3 seasons we won numerous competitions. I then took the decision to trial for an Academy and was offered a squad place at Leicester City under 12s. We had a great team and played in the West Midlands Junior Premier League and made some great friends from across the Midlands and beyond. I also won Managers player of the year in my first season at Leicester, something I am very proud of to this day. I have remained with Leicester to the present day and have recently been offered a contract with the under 16s, which I have accepted. My football journey then took another step recently after being offered a place with the England Schoolgirls FA under 15s, after 3 separate demanding trials. The ESFA experience has been amazing. I have been lucky in my football career, having brilliant coaches and playing alongside some outstanding players. I personally cannot wait to get things going again and am so looking forward to playing competitive football. 1. Always ‘listen to’ and respect your Coach. 2. Learn to use both feet. 3. Consider additional training outside of squad training and matches. 4. Respect your team mates, no matter what, encourage at every opportunity. 5. Work on areas where you know you have been advised to improve. If you don’t know what they are - ASK. Thomas White National Swimmer I joined Arnold Swimming Club in 2011 aged 9. After some success in the County Championships I was approached by Nova the county swimming squad to go and train with them. With lots of hard work and dedication I qualified for my first Swim England National Championship aged 13. I came 16 th nationally in my age group for 200 breast. This spurred me on and at 14 I qualified for 100 breast at the British Championships. I was so nervous I thought I was going to wobble off the block! I qualified for Swim England Summer 2019 Championships in 100 & 200 breast and came second in both races which was a great achievement for me. The season was on track, I competed at Luxembourg in my first international meet and I am the current County Champion for 100 & 200 breast. I also qualified for Olympic trials in 100 and 200 breast which were due to take place in April <strong>2020</strong> at the Aquatic Centre, London. Unfortunately, this hasn’t happened due to coronavirus. There was an outside chance of obtaining a European Junior qualifying time but I guess we will never know! My sport requires me to train 18 hours in the pool with an additional 4 hours in the gym every week. This requires me to be on poolside 5.30am 4 times a week and evenings 4pm – 7.15pm 6 days a week. 1. Take one stage at a time 2. Technique is king - master the basics 3. Obtain feedback from your coach and act on it 4. Be resilient - it won’t always go your way 5. Always give 100%, even when the going gets tough Alana Meenan National Triathlete My sports journey: I started triathlon at the age of 7 at Absolute Triathlon Club. I carried my love for training all the way through and won the British Elite National Championships in 2015. In 2019, I competed at the British Age Group National Championships. And after a tough year with exams, managed to pull out a solid performance to win my age group. Triathlon offers great opportunities for people to compete at both elite and age group standards across a wide range of distances. Moving forward, I am looking at Universities where I can study alongside training, to build my fitness and mental resillance further to hopefully progress onto a career as a British Army Officer. Sport has given me the opportunity to train and compete across the country and abroad, where I have met people who are now my closest friends, some of who plan to train to the highest levels and are aiming to compete in elite and professional sport. 1 Find something you enjoy. There are loads of local clubs and teams for a range of sports. There is something for everyone 2 Keep consistent. Getting into a routine will help getting organised for everything you do in your daily lives and it is where you will see the most progress in training 3 Make it social. The social aspect of sport is amazing! It will keep you motivated to train and every club has amazing people to meet and train with. 4 Stick with it!! The first few weeks and months will be really hard as you build fitness and skills. Stick with it!! 5 Find a balance between the ratio of training and rest. Don’t overload yourself or you will get mentally and physically burned out. Take time to balance work/ social/ training.
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