Oh no. Coach Cafferty just said my name. For that event. The two-hundred-metre breaststroke(蛙泳) for the coming meet! Not the backstroke(仰泳)I had wished and practiced for so long!
Beads of sweat popped out over my upper lip. Morgan pressed her elbow into my side, trying to offer me moral support. But it didn't help. My stomach sank to my knees like a brick in water. Morgan tried to convince me it would be fine. "Maybe Coach has more confidence in you than you think. ""Or maybe Coach Cafferty just want to give the rest a laugh when I sink to the bottom of the pool," I thought desperately. I walked towards Coach Cafferty and told her about my inability and my sire to quit this event. She frowned and asked if it was what I really wanted.
I hesitated. Placing her and on my shoulder, she started smiling and encouraged me to push myself outside of my comfort zone.
The first practice was a disaster. I lost rhythm(节奏)on my strokes. I messed up my turns. I even had to stop and catch my breath a few times. I felt everyone was laughing at me and my stomach twisted. How could I make it within just two weeks? But once I dragged myself out of the water, exhausted and frustrated, Coach Cafferty thumbed up to me, saying I did really well and just needed more confidence in myself and more time to practice.
On the way back home, Morgan comforted me,"Dear, just ignore others. Race against yourself. Count your own strokes. Prove to yourself that you can do it. "With these words said to me almost every day, before or after each practice,something gradually changed: both how I swam the breaststroke and how I felt about the event as well as myself.
The meet finally came. I arrived at the pool hall, still a little bit worried. As each event clicked closer to mine, my knees shook. I bit my lip and looked out over the other swimmers. Morgan leaned forward. "Just swim your race. Remember, you can!"
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Paragraphl:Then the two-hundred-milestone breaststroke was announced.
Paragraph2:There was only 50 meters to go.
