Observation Essay

Negative attitude are defined as a refusal or denial of a belief, a comment, on life and onwards. A negative attitude can be seen in our everyday lives. Being negative is seen as unpleasant and gives us a gloomy look about others. No matter where you go, negativity is everywhere and affects everyone around it. I see negative attitudes in my life whether it’s at softball, school, the dorms, or even in myself. I have this particular girl on my softball team that has an unlimited amount of talent but her talent can’t be seen because of her negative attitude towards working out, hitting in the cages, giving herself credit, and about everything she does. She wakes up every morning telling me how much she doesn’t want to go work out today or how she doesn’t want to be here and wishes she could just go back to bed. There are times I have to drag her out and force her to get dressed for workouts. Then when we get to work outs she acts upset and just complains about running, lifting, and stretching. She just has no desire to be up that early. Also, when we hit in the cages she feels that it is a waste of time to take so many swings at a time. She rather hit a few pitches and leave. She can hit the ball very well, but all she sees is ground out after ground out. I hear her always correcting every swing she does; she can never have a perfect swing and never feel good about what she is doing. To me she doesn’t give herself enough credit. If I think she had a great swing, she would tell me opposite. I despise being her partner because I don’t feel good enough about myself. If I feel good about a swing I took, then she’d tell me there’s something I could fix still. She brings me down in the same way she brings herself down. It isn’t good for her, for me, and any other player on the team. Not only do I see players being negative, I also see coaches give off negative attitudes. My coach specifically, when there is a player on our team she struggles with I can definitely tell who it is. When she is around her, I can just feel the negativity she feels towards her. By the way that she approaches her, the way she talks to her, and the way she talks about her. We will be hitting in the cages and she will come over and correct everything that the player does wrong. When she talks to her she tells her in a louder tone and uses words that are stronger and have more aggressive. She wants to set off a reaction in the player, for enjoyment or satisfaction. When I hear her talk bad about her I try to block it out. I don’t want her to force her opinions and or beliefs on me, because I don’t want to feel that way about her. When my coach talks to other players about her, she doesn’t realize the affects it can bring to her team. If it rubs off on us we could feel negativity towards her as well and that would be very beneficial for our team to come together. I don’t only see negative attitudes in sports; I also see it in home lives. Such as parents, for example, we are around them the most and it seems our parents affect the way we feel and if our parents are negative, they cause us to have a bad attitude as well. I have a friend who is a great person but has a horrible outlook towards life. She feels as if life is pointless and there is nothing positive about it. She looks at the negatives in every situation rather than the positives. One day I asked her why she is so negative and her first response was, “My parents.” Is it really our parents fault though?

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