MY RAAM 2024 EXPERIENCE

This competition was held in San Pablo Laguna at Mater Ecclesiae School.I was very excited to play in a big competition like this.We work hard to get in this situation. We practice every day doing hard exercises like jogging, footwork, and lifting weights.After a very long preparation, our day has come. April 8 was the opening of the competition, and there were a lot of people watching and cheering for their region.On the first day, I was not going to play; only the doubles players were going to play, so I just cheered for my teammate, who was going to play in the doubles event. It was very fun cheering for them; their performance was very good. My teammate NJ and Gelo won a silver medal, and I was so proud of them.Then the next day, April 9, I was going to play against my previous teammate from Rizal. FYI, I am really from Rizal; I just transferred here to Cavite because my coach in Rizal recruited me to be a varsity player in PCU. So back to the topic, I was very nervous about her, but thank God I won against her.On the next day, April 10, I am going to fight against Lucena City. If I win against Lucena, I will fight again against Rizal,i won against Lucena city in the standing of 3-1.So after the game, I was supposed to play again against Rizal because both were in the losers bracket. It was a very close yet intense fight. I lost to her in the standings of 2–3, so I was sad because I lost. I was not going to play again against Quezon, just as I expected, and I was not going to play in Palorong Pambansa, but I was happy at the same time because I was happy that my previous teammate won.

 I worked hard just to win this competition but still got nothing. I was so sad because I'm not going to Palarong Pambansa, but I guess that's not for me. This competition taught me a lot of lessons, like being more confident because I was so shy that the people watching me were going to judge me. I must be confident about my skills and focus on my game, not on the people who are watching me.Second, I learn to accept my mistakes because I know that I made a lot of mistakes during the game, and lastly, I learn to accept losing because losing is going to make you realise things like what your error is and what skills you will improve next. Losing is just a stepping stone into winning, so I am still going to pursue my dreams to become a good player, and I am going to practice and practice just to achieve them.

Im Marbie Joy Villacastin,17 years old a student athlete dreamer who's willing to do anything and to work hard just to achieve my dreams.I hope this blog inspires you to not give up because of a failure always choose to fight and achieve your dreams no matter what happens.