Nathan Lambert  |  K-12 Sport Co-ordinator

THE FOCUS

Tia Claire Toomey, the Fittest Woman on Earth for the past three years, has an amazing ability to focus on a goal and to go after it. She is able to concentrate entirely on a specific area, train hard to develop any weakness, and perform with such intense focus to achieve her best results.

What is your focus? She said in her book “How I Became the Fittest Woman on Earth”:

 "Go after what you really, truly want and believe in, because you're going to be so much happier inside and out if you do.”

Tia started doing Crossfit in 2013 and after learning the basics, began competing in competitions. With such drive and determination, she continued to develop her Crossfit skills and made it to the Games in 2015. Placing 2^nd at these Games, and then following this up in 2016 with another 2^nd, showed the world the amazing talent and willpower that she possessed. She followed this up taking out 1^st place at the Games from 2017-2019.

Her lift in the 2019 Crossfit Games, which cemented her lead and demonstrated her strong will to compete to the best of her ability, was in the Clean 1-rep Max event. Her final lift of 265lbs (120kgs) was sensational, approaching that bar with only one goal in mind, to succeed. She lifted it, won the event and went on to take the title for her third time.

A year earlier, she did exactly the same thing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, representing Australia in the Clean and Jerk. Tia won Gold, wrapping up the competition with a final Clean and Jerk lift of 114kgs.

I remember watching this and seeing her final lift to take Gold. It was amazing to witness the focus and determination to attempt something that was extremely difficult but still within reach.

What is your focus?

Look at some of the students in our own College who have progressed through to a State or National level. They have not only committed themselves to their own training, but have also focused on what they need to do to better their weaknesses.

Shannon S, an amazing tennis player, has represented our College proudly for years, progressing through the levels and achieving many wonderful results. She made the NSW team last year and competed at the Australian Junior National Tennis Championships. Her skills in the game have come from many hours of training each area, practising forehands, backhands, serves, you name it. To achieve her best results, she wanted to make sure every area was sound and came together to create her strongest game.

Wade B, who demonstrates a phenomenal training regime, worked extremely hard to qualify for Australian Triathlon Championships, making the State team after a superb performance at NSW All Schools. He worked very hard on not only his swim and run leg, which are his strongest areas, but also riding at a consistently fast pace in the bike.

Both of these athletes have a focus on what they want to achieve, their goal. They spend time training hard, working on any areas that need developing, and this drive has helped them succeed and have great results.

Congratulations to both of these athletes for their wonderful achievements so far. It is exciting to see what you have already accomplished and we are looking forward to the future.

What is your focus?

Like these athletes and many more, they have a focus, a drive, a goal that they want to achieve in their sport. Having something to aim at in training, in playing your sport, is a great thing to have. I encourage everyone to think about what they want to achieve in the sport that they love and to go for it. Is it to get better at passing, shooting, to make the school team, to qualify for Zone or State? Whatever your goal is, persevere and commit to going for your dream.

What is your focus?