Moon was shiny and the stars were all over the sky. I left
the house for Railway station as I was going for a State Level Table Tennis
Competition. Everybody from my family came to see off me as that was my first
ever visit without my parents and first tournament of my life. During the
journey, I was looking towards the goal only not allowing any negative thing to
shoot myself. As I reached there, I have got my first match and in those 20
minutes I had to play well or you say play extremely well but I didn’t. I was
not up to the mark and lost the game. Every expectation and hope was over. As I
once again reached to my place, there my school teacher suggested me to give a
chance to Badminton instead of Table Tennis. My father who himself was a
cricket player was shocked to hear him. But it was sword that was just above my
head, anything wrong would have killed me. I finally decided to go with
Badminton, I started going for the practice where there was nobody to teach me as
the place where I live in is a kind of small village where you won’t even find
a super market. It was more or less a problem for me, as I was completely
unknown to the game. But determination, resolution and target were there and
that was enough. After
practicing hard for 8 months, I made a first move. I was selected for the State Level Badminton Championship. I was in the team as the Second player. We won the first match but during second match, our first player lost the singles match. Everything came upon me as I had to play the deciding game. After the 45 minutes of game, I was hugged by my teacher. Yes I saved the match. We played really well in that tournament and reached to fourth place out of twenty eight districts. It was a great start of my life, confidence started to build up. I started practicing hard to get more such achievement like this. Next, I reached the next step. I was selected as the third player of the Rajasthan team, there I represented Rajasthan. Wearing the t-shirt with Rajasthan on your back was awesome feeling. Time by time, I started getting more achievement and felicitation by Dist. Collector for the game. People started recognizing me as a badminton player.
practicing hard for 8 months, I made a first move. I was selected for the State Level Badminton Championship. I was in the team as the Second player. We won the first match but during second match, our first player lost the singles match. Everything came upon me as I had to play the deciding game. After the 45 minutes of game, I was hugged by my teacher. Yes I saved the match. We played really well in that tournament and reached to fourth place out of twenty eight districts. It was a great start of my life, confidence started to build up. I started practicing hard to get more such achievement like this. Next, I reached the next step. I was selected as the third player of the Rajasthan team, there I represented Rajasthan. Wearing the t-shirt with Rajasthan on your back was awesome feeling. Time by time, I started getting more achievement and felicitation by Dist. Collector for the game. People started recognizing me as a badminton player.
Hence, my decision to left Table Tennis for Badminton proved
right and changed my life. It gave me an identity in the crowd of 1 lakh people.
Standing with big dignities became a part of my life.
This is a part of Housing Campaign.
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