Five ways on how you can improve your sprinting speed

Tony Paulino 

10/22/13

Block 3 

Five ways on how you can improve your speed

Sprinting. "Sprinting is of major role in athletics". (line 1) Sprinting  has to do with athletics because if you want to get to the ball or finish line faster you sprint. Improving your sprints is great because if you can there faster than your opponent it raise your chances of winning. In order to increase your sprints you have to work hard, be dedicated, be determined, and listen to what my this is about!! 

Proper Posture. It's very important to have good posture at all times especially when running. If your not standing correctly, straight,or swinging your arms side to side when your running this May be slowing your speed down. Also if you work out your arms, chest, gluts, etc..., but don't work your legs it can also give you bad posture which can slow you down.

Speed Work. You won't be able to run faster if you practice running slow. You have to be practicing to run fast in order to get faster. If you want to sprint faster work on sprints and high intense running rather the a lot of condition and endurance.

Stride length. Making your strides longer can improve your sprint. By taking fewer steps and longer strides your sprint speed steps up by a bit more. Sprinting up hills increase stride lengths. Longer strides are very effective in a short distance race.

Decrease body fat. Chances are you won't be able to sprint if your carrying extra weight on you. To decrease body fat eat more healthy or fruits and veggies. If you keep eating foods that a amazing good that are also greasy can slow you down.

My Favorite Mistake

My favorite mistake

It was an early cold morning when my team and I had a game in Santa Barbara. We had arrived to to the soccer field late, tired and lazy because it was really early in the morning. So my team and I decided not to stretch out right. As an athlete it's important to stretch correctly. Throughout the game i started to feel some pain in my right thigh, but I decide to ignore it and play on.

The next week during our practice my leg hurt so much that I wouldn't be able to run or kick the ball. After a while it felt like a had a giant bruise on my thigh, so I had told my parents about it. My parents had took my to go see the doctor. The doctor had said that I had tore a ligament or a muscle. The doctor had sent me to a physical therapist. I  went a couple of times to physical therapist. I had also been going to some like home treatments to go get the muscle misgauged. My doctor had told me that I would need surgery in my thigh, and that I would never be able to play soccer. So the doctor wrote a not for my coach and PE teacher.

 So I had gotten depressed I stopped going to all the treatments and everything. After two months like a week before I was suppose to get my surgery. The a different doctor had told me that my thigh had made a recovery that I would need the surgery and that I would be able to play and run again. But I still had to rest my thigh for a bit. Since it's been a while since I had played my right leg had gotten weak.

After that mistake of not stretching my leg properly and messing up my leg. I decide to stretch better and take my time doing it.

Literally Analysis

1)Katniss is a rebel in district 13. She's was some of the members from the Quarter Quell, except for Peeta was captured by the Capitol and has been missing since after the Quarter Quell. After much angst, she decides to be the figurehead, the Mockingjay, for the rebel side. In return they give her invincibility for her friends and permission to kill the president.Katniss has to star in commercials for the rebel side, called propos. For one propo, she and a team that includes her old friend Gale are sent into District 2, where they see a hospital get destroyed. This inspires Katniss to call for justice. The Capitol gets mad because they get stronger, so they show them how Peeta is getting tortured. The Capitol also bombs district 13. Peeta wormed them that they would. The rebels get Peeta and others out of the Capitol, but Peeta got brainwashed. He thinks Katniss is bad so he try's to kill her as son has he's sees her. Once she recovers from Peeta's attack, Katniss needs to be part of the action. She heads back to District 2. Gale suggests weapons and strategies. During the battle that follows, Katniss gets shot. While recuperating, she bonds with Johanna, and witnesses the wedding of victors Finnick and Annie. After Katniss recovery she heads back. Katniss and rebels follow her on the mission but it's sucidal most of them died I'm the mission except  Katniss, Peeta, prim, Gale, and a couple others. Prim and some other rebels get killed. Katniss gets hurt again. The rebels capture snow. Katniss is mad at Gale because the weapons he created were ones that killed  prim. The war ends. President coin tell them to vote whether to vote if they should keep the hunger games or not.

2) The Theme of the story I think was  that fight for what you believe in no matter what the odds are. The author Susan Collins makes it intense because the she's make the rebels the underdogs go against the Capitol the stronger force.

3) I think the authors tone is very suspensive like with a lot of action. "I did, and she tried to kill me. She killed my friends. My family. Don't get near her! She's a mutt!" "When I saw that mountains fall tonight, I thought... They've done it again. Got me to kill you—the people in the districts" "I never wanted to kill you. Except when I thought you were helping the careers kill me. After that, I always thought of you as... An ally"

4)internal conflict (Katniss is mad at her self for letting people die so she's says " I killed you, And you, And you") external conflict (my name is Katniss Everdeen. I am 17. My home is district 12. I was in the hunger games. I escaped . The Capitol hates me. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely he is dead. It is probably best if he is dead) exposion (Katniss has to join rebels to go against Capitol) resolution (" so why you going back to 12?"  " they can't seem to find a place for me in the Capitol either"

vocabulary sentences 7

1 The stop light on main inhibits car crashes.

2. It's aberrant to see a dead bird flying.

3. I loathe when little kids think there all hard and give you attitude.

4. Lionel Messi has prowess in soccer.

5. My little brother is incoherent when he speaks.

6. I want my epitaph to say long lived the king.

7. My teacher had told me to elaborate on my project.

8. The kids countenance's was funny when we were following them around on Halloween.

Vocab sentences 6

1. Getting sleepy in my second block is inevitable for me.

2. My friend is closterphobic, so he can't be in a porter potty.

3. When I get mad or sad sometimes I just want to seclude.

4. I rebuked my friend when I pants him in front of his crush.

5. Hitler is the most notorious person I've studied.

6. I fluctuate my clothes a lot threw out the day.

7. Finding a candid friend now a days is hard.

8 sometimes I can be sophomoric in my classes and not pay attention.

Vocab sentence #5

1. I was plaintive when we had lost the state cup finals.

2. My team and I still flaunt our second place in the state.

3. I was very distraught when my dog had died a couple months ago.

4. The queue for the IPhone 5 at Verizon was long.

5. My doctor told me that I was accruing in weight, but I told him that it was just muscle.

6. Everyone on Xbox thought I was relentless on my kills.

7. Sometimes friends can be leery.

8. This white guy was very crass when we were at the lake.

Bio

My name is Tony.My life before I high school was pretty good. Before school I attended Tommie Kunst Junior High school. For both of my junior high years. In junior high I played soccer both years of junior high. I was captain for the team both seasons of my eighth grade year. In junior high I also joined two clubs. The two clubs were MESA and AViD. As a small boy I a went to Tunnell Elementary school First grade threw sixth grade. I played soccer as a little boy and continue playing. 

This Summer went pretty good. During my summer I had a couple of tournaments with my team. Every time I have a tournament with my team and we stay in a hotel it’s always fun. We play, run around, workout, eat a lot of, swim, chill, hangout, talk to girls, relax, and have pillow fights that get really intense. This summer I also had to go to quince practice like almost everyday like from 10-1 o’clock. It was my cousins quince. It was pretty fun with the people that were in it. Many days in my summer I just slept in or stayed in and play Xbox or watched tv  or went with my friends. Today I didn’t really do much after school beside do my homework and then after ate then play Xbox, and now am doing this.

After High school I want to go to a four year university. I want to attend the University California of Santa Barbra. I want to get my PHD so I can become a doctor. To cure people that are sick injured or ineed of help or my assistance. Doctors also get Bank so I’d like to drive a Dark Grey 960 Porsche everyday to work. I’d also like to get married with a well educated woman. A nice woman who won’t cheat on me. Then start a family. Train my children to become the greatest athletes the world has ever seen.

Monkey paw response

1.   If you had three wishes, what would they be?  Why?  (No wishing for more wishes.)  Explain each response. If I could have three wishes I would wish for a 911 all black turbo Porsche, so I would look like freaken man, and also so I can beat any of those street racers in there Honda civic.cx I would also wish for I better body with abs, so I can prove boys, girls, coaches, my parents, and bully's wrong. And the final wish I would wish for an all white male husky puppy with blue eyes, so I can have another dog since my last one died from aging._.
2.    Is there anything that you are superstitious about?  Explain.  (If not, explain why not.) Yea I'm very superstitious about luck and four leaf clovers and anything with March 17 because it's my brithday.

Vocabulary words

#1

Debunk (Prove something false)

Imminent (about to happen)

Affluent (wealthy)

Routine(ordinary, normal)

Benign (harmless)

Enlighten (to teach something new)

Malevolent (evil)

Inquire (to ask)

#2

Perplexing (confusing)

Resilient (tough/determined)

Amend (to fix/to change)

Fickle (indecisive)

Benevolent (good)

Desist (stop doing something)

Listless (tired/lazy)

Lackluster (not impressive)

#3

Dwindle (to reduce in number or amount)

Subtle (not obvious)

Gullible (willing to believe anything)

Erratic (unpredictable)

Condescending (conceited/talking down to someone)

Aspire (to seek to become or achieve)

Pristine (untouched/in perfect condition)

Nettle (to annoy or bother)

#4

Hapless (unlucky)

Scrutinize (To look closely)

Domicile (home)

Clarify (to explain more clearly)

Asinine (stupid/idiotic)

Infer (to figure out without being told)

Eloquent (well-spoken)

Strife (conflict)

#5

Plaintive (Very sad)

Flaunt (to show something off)

Distraught (emotionally upset)

Queue (a line of people or things)

Accrue (to gather over time)

Relentless (never stopping)

Leery (untrusting)

Crass (rude/vulgar/having bad manners)

#6

Inevitable ( It's going to happen no matter what)

Phobia ( A strong Fear)

Seclude(To hide away from others)

Rebuke (To criticize publicly)

Notorious(Famous for something bad)

Fluctuate (To change often)

Candid (Honesty and sincere)

Sophomoric (Immature)

#7

Inhibit (slow or stop something from happening)

Aberrant( unusual unexpected) 

Loathe (to hate)

Prowess (exceptional skill or ability)

Incoherent (unable to be understand)

Epitaph (a headstone)

Countenance (your face)

Antigone and Creon

Tony Paulino

10/1/13

Block 3

#21

Antigone and Creon



In the tragic story of Antigone by Sophocles. The story of Antigone, the king punishes anyone who tries to bury the "traitor": however, the traitor happens to also be his nephew. The king doesn't want anyone to bury him because he went a against his state according to the king. Antigone is Polynises sister, and she's is going to try to bury her brother and disobey the king. The conflict between Antigone and Creon result of both their similarities and differences in this tragic flaw.

The differences between Antigone and Creon are there loyalty. Antigone is loyal to her family and gods. "I will bury the brother I love".( scene 2. line 69). Antigone is loyal to her gods. "Which one of us can say what the gods hold wicked" (scene 3. Line 131). By that it means Creon will get punished for going against the gods laws. Creon is loyal to his state because he punishes anyone including his own family. "This girl is guilty of double insolence. Breaking the given laws and boasting of it". Creon is not loyal to his family because he doesn't let them bury Polynises.

The similarities between Antigone and Creon are there pride. "I do I deny nothing" Antigone tells Creon. Antigone tells Creon to arrest her because she's proud she buried her brother. Croons pride is to prove her wrong. Also to show the people there king is right. "You will give no support to whoever breaks this law" shows Creons arrogance. Their pride is important to both of them, even though they both have different thoughts on the others though of there pride.

 

Both Antigone and Creon are both to blame for this tragic mistake. Creon was very stubborn. He also said it was his way or no way. Antigone is also to blame for not listening. She could have also been secretive about burying Polynises.