He touches the wall of the swimming pool, finishing off the 50 meter butterfly race with an impressive record of 32 seconds. Andy Kim (8), who is widely known for his swimming skills, talks about how swimming has affected his life. For the past seven years of his life, Andy has been building himself up to try and become the best swimmer, better than he is now.
“Once I started to master the techniques of swimming, I could tell about half of my life depended on this sport,” Andy said.
Ever since Andy got to achieve higher levels of skill in swimming, his life was transformed. When he is having a bad day, swimming lift his spirits and refreshes his mind both physically and mentally. Also, due to the fact that he is one of the top swimmers in the middle school, Andy has become more confident.
“Andy is a really great swimmer,” said Ryan Jang (8), another MS swimmer and one of Andy’s closest friends. “He has one of the best butterfly times, and I wouldnt dream of being as good as him in butterfly. He has a natural talent for the sport, and is a great member of the MS swim team, and represents SIS well.”
Competition among others swimmers on the team motivates Andy to try harder and kick and stroke more and more, so no one will be able to surpass him. To improve in all aspects of this sport, Andy devoted a few months worth of time to swimming, practicing for an hour and a half every weekend. Andy was also part of the MS swim team, attending practice every Tuesday and Thursday after school for more than a month.
“Basically, swimming is my ego,” Andy said. “I consider swimming my favorite sport, because it is one of the only sports that I actually excel in, I mean, once you get real good at one sport, it is obvious that you start to like it very much.”
Andy keeps on emphasizing the point that swimming is a large part of his life, and that if he ever quits swimming, he would not have a sport that he would especially “shine” in. As for the future, he hopes to improve his record for freestyle and butterfly, the two strokes that he particularly enjoys since they are his two best strokes, and join the varsity swim team next year.
“Once I started to master the techniques of swimming, I could tell about half of my life depended on this sport,” Andy said.
Ever since Andy got to achieve higher levels of skill in swimming, his life was transformed. When he is having a bad day, swimming lift his spirits and refreshes his mind both physically and mentally. Also, due to the fact that he is one of the top swimmers in the middle school, Andy has become more confident.
“Andy is a really great swimmer,” said Ryan Jang (8), another MS swimmer and one of Andy’s closest friends. “He has one of the best butterfly times, and I wouldnt dream of being as good as him in butterfly. He has a natural talent for the sport, and is a great member of the MS swim team, and represents SIS well.”
Competition among others swimmers on the team motivates Andy to try harder and kick and stroke more and more, so no one will be able to surpass him. To improve in all aspects of this sport, Andy devoted a few months worth of time to swimming, practicing for an hour and a half every weekend. Andy was also part of the MS swim team, attending practice every Tuesday and Thursday after school for more than a month.
“Basically, swimming is my ego,” Andy said. “I consider swimming my favorite sport, because it is one of the only sports that I actually excel in, I mean, once you get real good at one sport, it is obvious that you start to like it very much.”
Andy keeps on emphasizing the point that swimming is a large part of his life, and that if he ever quits swimming, he would not have a sport that he would especially “shine” in. As for the future, he hopes to improve his record for freestyle and butterfly, the two strokes that he particularly enjoys since they are his two best strokes, and join the varsity swim team next year.