Sports Team Sharing
蕭重匡
SIU Chung Hong
Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)
很多人都認為運動員一定是從小就熱愛體育，擁有與別不同的「運動細胞」，因而只著重他們所獲得的成就，卻忽略了他們背後付出的努力。雖然有很多冠軍選手都是天才球員，但後天的培養和努力也成就出不少優秀的運動員，蕭重匡便是其中一個例子。
重匡小時候患有哮喘，因為家人希望他能改善身體健康，在6歲的時候開始接觸羽毛球和跆拳道，他並沒有很大的天份，只是以強身健體的心態參加興趣班。由於沒有甚麼目標，重匡在羽毛球方面多年都未有很大的進步，相反跆拳道方面則一直考得更高級別。
升上中學後，重匡加入了學校的羽毛球隊，與能力較高的同學一起訓練並參加學界比賽。重匡曾經以21:0輸給對手，經歷那次慘敗後，他開始領悟到自己需要努力練習追求勝利，不能再抱着參與興趣班的心態面對。因為身體健康問題，重匡比其他人更努力鍛煉體能，練習的時候亦十分認真，希望能獲得更大的進步。
升上高中，由於要兼顧學業，重匡需在羽毛球和跆拳道中選擇一項專注練習。因為比較喜歡團體活動，加上羽毛球是一項相對普及的運動，對將來亦有些幫助，所以他決定專心打羽毛球，放棄成就較高的跆拳道。在不斷訓練的過程裏，他從中找到了打羽毛球的樂趣，更愈來愈喜歡這種運動。最終「皇天不負有心人」，重匡在中五的時候為學校贏得學界比賽冠軍。
在4年的大學生涯裡，重匡都是羽毛球隊的成員，更擔任了3年隊長。在這段時間裡，他積極的帶領校隊成員一起練習比賽，自己的球技亦不斷進步，經常在校內比賽中勝出。在校外，他亦代表球會在羽毛球總會的聯賽中獲得季軍，又在混雙比賽中奪得冠軍。即使面對實力較強的對手，他都會全力應付，最後更能獲勝，這種不屈不撓的精神令隊員十分敬佩。
重匡的例子告訴大家，一位運動員不一定是擁有超強的「運動細胞」，也未必是因為有無比的天份，只要有恆心不怕挫敗，努力地練習，任何人都可以成為出色的運動員。
Many people think that athletes are born to be successful and have great achievements, but sometimes we may ignore their efforts made during their practices or competitions. Although most talented athletes became champions many times, there is another type of athletes, including Marco Siu Chung Hong, who made lots of effort in his training.
When Marco was small, he got asthma. His parents wanted him to improve his health, so he started playing badminton and Taekwondo when he was six years old. However, he did not have much talent, and he just joined the extracurricular activity class for relaxation. As Marco had not set any target for playing badminton, he did not have a great improvement for a number of years. In contrast, he kept upgrading himself to obtain the black belt in Taekwondo.
After getting into secondary school, Marco joined the badminton team at school, practicing with other students with more advanced skills and took part in the Inter-school competition. Once he lost in a game getting 0 point, while his opponent scored 21 points. At that time, he realised that he had to play harder and strive to win. He could not treat it as an interest class anymore. Due to his health problem, Marco put more effort into boosting his stamina. He was hardworking during school team practices and wished to achieve an enormous improvement.
When Marco became a senior form student, he had to focus on studying for the DSE. Therefore, he could only choose either badminton or Taekwondo. As Marco enjoys team activities, badminton was relatively common and it might help him in the future, he decided to give up playing Taekwondo in which he excelled. During school team training, he found joy in badminton and he liked this sports activity more and more. Finally, Marco could become the champion in the Inter-school badminton competition for his school when he was Form 5.
In his four-year university life, Marco was one of HSUHK’s team members, and had been the school team captain for three years. In this period, he proactively trained, participated in different competitions with his teammates, and usually won in internal games because of his improved skills. Moreover, he represented his club to become the 2nd runner-up and achieved championship in mixed double games. Although he met players with mature skills and attitudes, he tried his best to fight against them and won finally. His persevering attitude was also admired by his team members.
Marco is a good example illustrating that a successful athlete needs to be patient, hardworking and positive when facing failure, and it does not necessarily depend on his/ her muscle power or talent.