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It's more than just jump rope

10/13/2015

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COACH K. LEE​

I am very appreciative of the Bouncing Bulldogs organization for helping to mold me into 
the woman I am today. I have been a member of the Bulldogs either as a jumper or a coach for 25 years. The lessons learned throughout my years transcend beyond the sport. I am currently working as a physical therapist in an orthopedics outpatient clinic in Greensboro, North Carolina. Somehow, my experiences with the Bulldogs always appear in conversation with my patients. Recently, I have treated many Veterans who were stationed overseas, and we often share and compare places we’ve traveled. Patients comment on my ability to listen, empathize, and then organize a plan of action. I learned these important skills from peer-teaching within our team and teaching others at various workshops across the nation and around the world. It is important in life to be able to relate to others on a personal level no matter their social, physical, racial, or economic background. 

School never came easy to me. I was never the smartest in my class, never received straight A’s on every report card, and had to apply two years in a row to get into the Duke University Physical Therapy Department. But Coach Fredrick always told me, “Hard work will beat talent any day.” To this day, I will not let anyone outwork me in whatever I do. In school and in life, I am not afraid to ask questions or to say I don’t know the answer. If I do not know the answer, I will not give up until I find the answer.  I learned perseverance, discipline, organization, humility, and motivation through jump rope. My journey has not been easy and has come with both successes and failures. Therefore, I read the following quote weekly by Denis Waitley, “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
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    Ray N. Fredrick, Jr. is 
    the founder, director 
    and head coach of the Bouncing Bulldogs Jump Rope Program. He uses jump rope training and physical fitness activities to provide an arena for developing leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.

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