Over a year ago, when I was trying to figure out the direction of my future career path, someone asked me “nathalie, what excites you?” The question made me think, especially since majority of my life has been formed around tennis and all the decisions that I have previously been taken has been with tennis as a guiding force.
A few hours ago I thought about the same question again. What really excites me?
Today, we had a guest lecture from Neil Snowball, the Head of Sports Administration at the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, where he presented the steps leading up to the London Olympic 2012 and the successful outcome of the event. The lecture began with a short opening video of the London Olympic and Paralympic games where Neil afterwards presented a very interesting overview of the games. Listening to someone that had been very closely involved with this type of major event was very inspiring and as a spectator it is sometimes difficult to realize the amount of hours that are being devoted to plan and execute larger events.
So, there I found myself understanding not only why I am part of this course, but also that I had made the right decision. Listening to Neil’s presentation made me realize where I see myself in the future and more importantly why sports really excites me! The feelings sport evokes; excitement, passion, dedication and being torn between tears and happiness are elements that make sport unique for me. Either if you are a professional athlete or a sport administrator running an event, it is the outcome of determination and hard work that makes it worth the effort, and it is this feeling that I am trying to replicate - to one day be able in my future career to evoke these feelings again!
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