{"id":3940,"date":"2019-03-21T06:44:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T05:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2024-06-12T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:01:10","slug":"zselyke-papp-i-love-competitions-better-than-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/en\/2019\/03\/21\/zselyke-papp-i-love-competitions-better-than-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Zselyke Papp: \u2019I love competitions better than practices\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>They are going to the Nationals in March \u2013 8<sup>th<\/sup> part<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some thoughts from a young swimmer on swimming, sport, goals, self-confidence and plans for the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I love swimming because it makes me feel relaxed. I can focus on myself either in the gym or in the pool. I do not hum, and sometimes I even feel upset when a certain melody gets stuck in my mind, because I cannot get into my thoughts. I like thinking of what I did on the previous day, how it went, what I could improve. And it is interesting that when I am in the water, more things come to my mind, I can remember what I forgot the day before, what the homework is or anything I have to do.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I can recommend swimming for those who are ready to devote their life to sport, since we have trainings in the mornings and in the afternoons, too, there is not much free time. And for those, who love single sports and like solving the problems alone, do not want to rely on their teammates. Certainly, a team is needed in swimming as well, because workout goes easier in company, but in the pool, you must prove alone either in training or in competition.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I love competing! I like competitions better than practices. I do not know why, it might be the atmosphere or something, but I am more focused in a competition, and I can swim better there. I do not say that I don\u2019t like training, but a competition is surely greater experience. Anyway, this year I decided that I tried to do everything I could in practices, too. Now I can see and start to understand that hard work always pays off and with more work I can only be better in competitions.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3938 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53259833_388703045019179_5224125350992150528_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53259833_388703045019179_5224125350992150528_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53259833_388703045019179_5224125350992150528_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53259833_388703045019179_5224125350992150528_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/53259833_388703045019179_5224125350992150528_n.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was a backstroker up to now, but nowadays I focus more on fly. I could not improve my PB in 100 back for two years and sometimes I did not like swimming backstroke at all. Though this March I broke it, I am still more interested in butterfly and at the Nationals I would like to focus on 50 and 100 fly.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018At the Senior Nationals my goal can only be to improve my times. I am still very young. However, in the summer I would like to qualify for the A final at the age group nationals.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have rather short-term goals. I do not like thinking on long-term, because I don\u2019t have the level of confidence for it. I do not believe that in the future I can achieve something that is untouchable now. Certainly, it would be good to qualify for a major international competition, but at the moment I do have only short-term goals, because that is sure.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I attend ninth class in the school, this term is a language prep-year, we learn English and Spanish. I really like Spanish. I would like to go on to university, because I am interested in sports psychology very much.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3934 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Zselyke3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Zselyke3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Zselyke3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ironswim.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Zselyke3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]They are going to the Nationals in March \u2013 8th part Some thoughts from a young swimmer on swimming, sport,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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