Wednesday, March 09, 2011

10 more days

this is to everyone, myself included.

10 more days to nationals. everyone's really tired, and worn out, and maybe some of us are thinking, 'what's the point'. some of us just want it to be over and done with, can't wait for training to end, tired of aching bodies and feeling lousy. some of us aren't trying hard enough and don't feel like trying. myself included.

but i thought about it and realized..

10 more days to nationals. 10 more days and i won't be pulling out the mats anymore. 10 more days and i won't be putting on my smelly cheer shoes anymore, won't be rolling out the rollmats anymore, won't be stunting with my friends anymore, won't be rolling my eyes at nic's lame jokes on the mats, won't be laughing at weeps' floral shorts, won't be putting on my tights underneath my fbts anymore. for some of us, it's the last time doing nationals.

10 more days. i want to treasure these 10 more days. i want the team to treasure them too.

after nationals, how often would we see yod? how often would you see your team-mates who aren't in the same block as you? schoolwork would start piling up and everyone would start being preoccupied with their own problems.. how often would you see your faithful shoulder-stand base, your tosser, your flyer, your mid?

these are the people you've spent a year with, two years with, three years with. what's stopping us from making this routine a good one? think about it.

we have 10 more days.

if you feel like giving up, don't. think of your friends who are fighting. if you feel like your mind has died halfway during training, we understand, everyone gets tired. but try your best. if you feel grouchy during training, remember: 10 more days. soon it'll be 9. then 8. then 7.. and treasure the moments you have with your friends stunting. such moments are so precious.

10 more days everyone. let's not regret anything after nationals. let's not regret not putting our all. let's not regret not treasuring each and every moment on the mats.

and let's put up a damn amazing routine.

this is to everyone, myself included.

love, kat

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

its not the time.

its not the time to be stressed and worried. i know there are still a lot of things we gotta do,stunts we gotta hit, finish that extra half a round.

it is not a time to be stressed. i know the clock is ticking and everyone is stressed,worried,panicking, scared and afraid. but honestly,it won't do us any good to be feeling all that now. now is the time when we need to focus and believe. if we doubt ourselves that we can't do it,if our minds are filled with all the negative thoughts, then half the battle is lost.

weeks ago,remember when i said that there will be not enough time for us to be very confident about the routine. and i said when that time comes, fear shouldn't be the first time on our minds. but faith. i told everyone that, we need to learn to believe in ourselves and to always keep the faith no matter what.

it is a race. race against time. time is not on our side, even our bodies are not doing what we are telling them to do. but doubting yourself, having no confidence at all is just gonna make it worse.it is a hard time. it is a hard thing to do, to always keep believing and to have faith in yourselves when everything else is against us. but like i said, remember the times when it went up,forget the times it didn't.remember the times when we manage to get the stunts up. remember that euphoria. feel that,don't forget it and keep it at heart and start to believe in yourselves.

it is not like we have never done perfect ones. it is not like we never did nice ones in a row too.

i think all the stress,worrying and lack of confidence is gonna break everyone down as we progress on. eradicate it. honestly, the bases can feel when they flyers have no confidence and stressed and i am sure the flyers feel it too when the bases have no confidence. we are a team. i need your confidence to make me feel confidence.i need your faith to make me believe in myself too.

let's all just channel positive energy.no negative thoughts on the mat. focus and believe in yourself when you are on the mats. i know the stunts matter too, but i am sure when you start believing in yourself, everything else will be hat tricks.

serva fidem people.