In this month(March), I am a little overwhelmed by the workload from school, especially from the numbers of IAs that we need to turn in. Because of that, I want to find something that can distract me from all the works for a short break, and I decided to go try baseball, hoping to release some stress out of it. I went to the Taroko sports batting stadium, which is a place to practice hitting the baseball. It was pretty hard at first, to follow through and hit the ball. I had some missed swings at first, but get to manage it quite well after more practices. After trying the practice for 80/km, I took a further step to try for 100/km. I found out that it is important to follow the ball and watch the ball for the entire swinging motion once the speed of the ball got even faster. Only by following the ball thoroughly can allow you to solidly hit a “contact” ball. I am delighted that I made this choice to come here, to take a break from life, so I get to reset myself and ready to go again. Here’s a short clip about this experience.
Monthly Archives: March 2021
2-People Yoga
Our school has several activities regarding houses competition this month, one of which is doing yoga with another person with a specific pose. I have never done yoga with another person before, so this is quite new to me. There are some poses that can earn more points than the other poses, which points are depending on the level of difficulty to do the pose. I participated in this activity to earn some points for my HOUSE OF HELIANTHUS. I tried to do as many poses as I can with my partner, and some of them are really difficult. I found out that each pose has its own importance in focusing on stretching a specific area of our body, and this is pretty nice especially for student-athletes like me. Having a sufficient amount of stretching and yoga can allow our performance to maintain a competitive level and not letting our muscles stay too tight. Overall, I found out how 2-people yoga can be a good idea in stretching, which can also be applied after my volleyball practices. It was a great experience to know this type of yoga while also being able to contribute myself to the house I am in.
Volleyball Team Fitness Workout During Break
During the short break, everyone was supposed to take a break from everything and just relax and enjoy the holiday. However, as it is still in the volleyball season, I believe we cannot just relax for such a long time. Therefore, I came up with the proposal to do certain fitness workouts every single day during the break to maintain our conditions and muscle strength to my volleyball teammates. I plan to do 100 x core muscles and 100 x back muscles as these are the essential muscles used in playing volleyball. I asked my teammates to record theirs every day as well so that I can keep track of whether everyone actually did it or not. Despite the overall might not be evident, I believe these workouts definitely help us to keep in shape in season, to ultimately contributing to our ultimate goal: TISSA Championship. Here are some short clips of the workout my teammates and I recorded during the break: