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Carl Ikeme was a goalkeeper for the Wolverhampton Wanderers between 2012 and 2018. Carl was at the height of his career at 30 years old. He was the best goalkeeper in the Championship Division, and his team, Wolves, were angling for promotion. It was a normal day at Carl's house, when he received a phone call from the Wolves doctor telling him that in a recent health test, he had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia, and he had a 30% chance of survival. This changed Ikeme's life.
After chemotherapy, Ikeme had to retire from professional at age 31, very young for a goalkeeper. Most goalkeepers retire in their late 30s. Ikeme fought for a year and a half, while tributes poured in from Wolves fans and other goalkeepers. Ikeme is on the road to recovery now in remission. He has found on his journey with leukaemia that anything could happen to anyone. He realises that even though he was famous and at the top of his game, he is still as vulnerable as anyone else. He is a very inspiring person for me because I support Wolves and I am a goalkeeper as well.
During the football season of 2018, I was playing a game on a Saturday morning, when I was standing in the wrong place, at the wrong time. I got hit in the side of the head with a football going 120 kmph. I was out cold and suffered moderate to severe concussion. The next day, I visited a concussion doctor, and found out I would be out for 6-7 weeks. This ruled me out of the rest of the football season, and was terrible news with the aims games coming up. I was the goalkeeper and captain of my futsal team, and we were in the middle of training with aims in 6 weeks. It looked like I would be out of the games.
I talked to my coach, and he put amazing faith in me by keeping me on the team for the games, even though I would not be able to participate in most of the training. Every training that my team had without me, I sat on the sidelines watching and encouraging. I followed the plan that my concussion doctor had given me, and I began to get my fitness back up. I went running and biking to get my endurance up, and I made some safe drills that I could do by myself. I went to see my concussion doctor the week before aims, and he said that I would be ready to go by the start date. I was very excited to finally get back to playing again, and my team had an excellent run. I was the hero of my team in a penalty shoot out for the plate semi-finals, and I had an amazing time. I showed perseverance by not giving up and carrying on with my football, even when it was hard.
How did Perseverance help me in working towards my Goal this term?
At the start of the term, I had played gutter board only once before. I had no idea what I was doing. I built my own gutter board with bits of wood from around the house. After figuring out where I was at, I realised I would have to work really hard to get where I wanted to be. I went outside each day to practice, and I just kept throwing and catching. i told myself not to finish when I had got where I wanted, but to finish when I couldn't get it wrong.
For my classroom goal, (achieve more than 25 in my Inquiry) I was very pleased with my results, I worked hard on my Inquiry, and I kept my goal in mind. I achieved my goal with a 26.5 out of 30 for my pest Inquiry, which I am very happy with.
How did Perseverance help me in other areas of my life (outside of PE lessons)?
Perseverance has helped me get through the lock down because I have been tempted to just sit back and not get anything done. Instead, I did jobs around the house so that I could buy a new fitbit. I used my fitbit to track my fitness while running and biking. After a week of training, I blew my fitness goal out of the water, improving massively. I showed perseverance by setting goals in my own time, and working hard instead of doing what I want.
How does Perseverance affect each dimension of your Hauora?
Perseverance has effected each dimension of my Hauora during the Covid-19 lock down. It has effected my Physical Hauora by working hard when I am running, biking and playing football. I persevered during the time to get ready and fit for the football season.
My Social Hauora changed because I spent more time with my family and I developed better relationships with them while we were in close quarters. I persevered by playing board games and having nice conversations with them, instead of not talking them very often.
My Emotional Hauora has changed through perseverance because now I feel very good at where I am at physically. As I have persevered physically, my emotional Hauora has also changed. I feel good on the inside and out.
My Spiritual Hauora has probably had the biggest change during the lock down. Constantly hearing on the news about what is happening in other countries, I have developed a better understanding of what I believe. I feel very happy with all four parts of my Hauora at the moment post Covid-19 lock down.