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PROMPT: Which high school sport is the most challenging for a young athlete?

The most challenging high school sport for a young athlete would have to be cross country. Cross country is the most difficult high school sport for a variety of reasons. For example, it requires a great amount of mental toughness. Mental toughness must be present in every sport, but over the duration of a 3.1 mile race, runners need to concentrate on their own performance while maintaining awareness of their team’s overall needs. While cross country might be viewed as an individual sport, improving times for each respective runner, it is also a highly competitive sport in which each teammate counts toward a collective score. Mentally, runners must be capable of pushing past fatigue and negative thinking. In competition, runners must block out any extrinsic distractions that would cause their performance to decline. In a unified team sport, such as basketball, teammates can rely on each other for positive encouragement and collaboration. In cross country, runners are able to still work together, but they must first mentally prepare themselves for the challenges and obstacles along the way throughout the race. In this way, cross country requires the most mental toughness, thereby making it the most challenging sport for a young athlete.

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