Blog 10: Senior Project: The Holiday

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." - Mario Andretti

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?
I attended some of Karissa's individual practices that she has with her personal family coach. He gave her tips on what she should improve on as well as what she's starting to slack on due to her being so used to doing it all the time. We went to the La Puente Park on Monday (Dec. 23) for about 2 hours just me pitching to her and me hitting different kinds of balls while she runs to catch them. We also went Friday and Saturday (Dec. 27-28) morning with her family and had our own game of  guys vs. girls. We also went running a lot and did some of her drills so she can stay in shape. On Monday (Dec. 31) Karissa gathered some of the teammates from her high school varsity team about 6 girls (8 with Karissa and I) and played a game. We continued to play with the 6 other girls on Thursday and Friday (Jan. 2-3) since they all were willing to drive to the park again.
*Softball season doesn't start until 2nd semester so that's why no practices are being held right now*
2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
What I really learned was how committed Karissa was to softball. She's been playing since she was 7 and continues to play not only for La Puente High on varsity since freshman year but also for a travel ball team since she was in 6th grade. She also has her personal trainer that's a close family friend who has his own batting cage in his auto shop which he helps Karissa bat but also gives pointers to what she should work on/is slacking.
Source: Karissa Martinez. Senior. 17 years. Varsity softball on LPSH's team. Storm USA #3 travel ball team. 

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
Definitely Karissa because she's actually been to CIF as well as Krystine Lopez who is another member of the varsity softball team. I would talk to Karissa because she's experienced and she would have more knowledge on the topic. As for Krystine, she started playing softball 6th grade on a travel ball team just for fun and then turned out to be good at it. When she found that out she started working really hard so I feel that she would be perfect because most of the other girls on the varsity team have played softball all there lives vs. starting in 6th grade.