A golden oporatunity

Some people like baseball, others football or soccer, but my sport of choice is competitive shooting. Shooting for me is just as much a form of entertainment as it is a skill. One would say that all you have to do is point the gun and pull the trigger. If it was that easy, why aren’t more people doing it? Because it more difficult than that. You have to have the endurance to stand in one spot for long periods of time. You have to have the strength to hold the gun up, but you must have the finesse to squeeze the trigger with just the right pressure -not too much and not too little. Unlike most other sports, shooting isn’t a team sport. By that, I mean you rely on your own skill not the skill of your teammates.

Through the past several years I have had the opportunity to shoot in various matches, including Regionals, Nationals, and the JR Olympic trials. Of all these, the most memorable would clearly be the National Championships this past year.

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Yet it didn’t make sense, I wasn’t the only one that worked hard, but I'm the one standing here. There I was – me – Seth Morgan at the finals of the National Championships!! To top off the good news – our team won the Gold - we were the new National Champions!

My mind was racing, but then I remembered I still had to shoot finals. The only difference in our team and all the others was that no one knew who made the team until after the match.

It was about 9:30 when we finally got back to the hotel, so Doc told us to go to bed early and meet him at the same place, same time in the morning. Since we had training the next morning we were told to meet at the van at 8:00. There was a line that seemed to stretch for eternity but when we found the end we realized that it really wasn’t that long. Conversations turned to murmuring, and everything was a blur. The range officer gave the command to fire and I tried to get back to business. As we stood in line, we started talking to the people around us. I finished with about 3 minutes to spare, but I was just glad to be done. After I focused on what I was about to do everything started to fade out. It was becoming more and more evident that a collision was unavoidable. We loaded up in the van and proceeded on our way. The only conclusion that I could come to was that every one has a Golden opportunity and I just happened to find mine that day. I wasn’t focusing due to the state of my mind and I didn’t think I shot very well.

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