Being inspired by someone or
something is truly remarkable; it shows how amazing it is that anything can
have an effect on you. Inspiration is highly positive and it enables one
another to have self-belief and motivation to pursue a potential future talent
or attribute or even a career for oneself to have.
A lot of people and things
inspire me, but my main inspiration comes from the exceedingly unique sport of
table tennis. The main requirements that a good table tennis player needs is to
be fit, athletic, intelligence and to have good tactics. Table tennis is an
intense, fast, thrilling and a skilful sport. It’s amazing to see that all the
professionals excel in all these things.
I started to get involved in
the sport three years ago by just watching videos of the experts playing. I was
very impressed with the unbelievable rallies that went on and I said to myself,
‘I want to be able to do that’.
At that time, I never really had
any of the specific attributes, but now I do. I have played in many tournaments
and I play for Maccabi in a Middlesex league. Additionally, I play nationally
and I represented Great Britain in the JCC games where I picked up some medals.
In the near future I aspire to get even better.
Whenever the professionals are
in a situation where they are 10-9 down and match point to the opponent, I find
it extremely impressive to see how the players deal with the increasing
pressure and it is amazing that they don’t let it affect them because they
continue to play to their strengths and attack boldly instead of backing away
from the table which would result in nervous and cautious play allowing the
other player to seize upon the opportunity to take the game.
Every time I play and train I feel like I have accomplished something promising which inspires me to play more and do better.
