So every competition , I focus on beating my best self from the meet before and really taking time before I compete to slow my heart rate and get my nerves down and just taking an extra breath before I go to do the gymnastics that I know how to do . I balance academics and sports by taking Every little piece of free time that I have and getting a little bit of schoolwork done here , there , getting head-on assignments . It really helps .
It really helps . I major in neurobiology , so it's definitely tough balancing the two , but I've had Quite a lot of practice at it in high school . We would go from school to practice and I would get home late and I would bust down my homework .
We would go from school to practice and I would get home late and I would bust down my homework . But just taking every single moment that you have while leaving some time for yourself , but when you're traveling or when you have a couple of hours after practice , just grinding out some homework and getting ahead the best you can . is a great way to manage it all .
And that was the main thing that the Maryland coach said to me . He said , your positivity would fit in perfectly with our culture and just being yourself will land you at the perfect fit of a school for you . And that was the main thing that helped me .
But just taking every single moment that you have while leaving some time for yourself , but when you're traveling or when you have a couple of hours after practice , just grinding out some homework and getting ahead the best you can . is a great way to manage it all . Trying to get a Division One scholarship is definitely tough , and I know it can be grueling , but the one thing that I would keep in mind during the whole process is to always have fun with gymnastics and be grateful and really take in every moment because it does go by really quickly and Just enjoying your time and having passion within your sport is what's going to lead you to being your most successful self .
