Sport, Fitness and Recreation - SportMate

Aotearoa I have landed

Athletes at the Boccis New Zealand National championships. Very competitive double

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While walking the beach on a beautiful Mt Maunganui day a lovely lady paused my momentum, very complementary asked me how long have I been an amputee ( I could tell she had a genuine interest later disclosing she was a nurse) an engaging conversation and then we parted with a statement “use it or lose it” very appropriate.
My reflection on this positive encounter led me to this quote;

By Kahlil Gibran
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Makes sense SM8

LIFE, daily challenges; cycle, row, workout with a number of variations - today boxing circuit
Big bag - 1 min
Active medball throw downs 1 min
Pedestal bag 2 min
Repeat x 5
Whew 😅

Old Dog new tricks, COVID time. Time to learn new activities - left handed golf with adapted equipment (no left handed clubs) and left are throwing with the new KiwiSLAM kit.

Another schools term and a full-on programme for the Kia Hakinakina Activators Team. This term our focus is to create opportunities for the students to consolidate the fundamental skills through PLAY and games (TGfu concepts). A focus will include; 'how to be an effective TEAM member'

Quote from Blair Tuke “I think it's no secret that whoever wins the last race wins the America's Cup - you've got to keep improving and keep getting better. Winning is an outcome of the lessons learned and performing - not by reputation.
Some key messages and lessons emerging from the America Cup event - observations of what it takes to be a high performance athlete.

Balance is better- enjoying the trails at Turangi. A few grunting places but taking in the moments as you can see the Tourist route, “better to be a participant in living than being an observer” BH46

Act on your thoughts and ideas NOW - or you may find it's a dead-end

No matter! at least they started the thought process of believing they were going somewhere and I was there at the time