Interview to Yeray

YERAY VELASCO

1.-What instrument do you play?

Cello and guitar

2.-How long have you been playing for?

I have played the guitar for the last 8 years and cello for the last 5.

3.- Why did you start playing?

I always used to see my uncle playing the guitar and I felt jelous and so I wanted to play like him, till the day that I was given my first guitar and I started to play.

4.- How long does it take you per week?

As many hours as I can everyday after going to the consev in Madrid. About 10-13 hours for both instruments.

5.- How many years do you think you are going to be in the conservatory?

I'd like to finish all I have started. About 10 although you can, of course, go further, but I haven´t got any clear idea yet.

6.-Would you like to continue with this in a future? As a hobby or in a professional way?

Yes, and I don´t mind the way, always as a hobby and in a professional way, it depends on how lucky I´ll be.

7.- What are you feelings on the stage?
If it is a solo, I get very nervous till I atart playing. When it is in a group, I enjoy from the very beginning.

8.- What did you prefer: playing like a solist or in a group? Do you play in a group?
Clearly in a group. I've been playing as a guitarrist in a rock group in Alcorcón. 

9.- Whould you like to start playing another instrument?
I just started the piano and I also like to start playing the drums.

10.- Who are your idols in music? Whould you like to be like them?
James Hetfield and J.S. Bach. And I whould like to be like them only in the musical way. They are outstanding musicians.

Interview to Paula

PAULA PÉREZ BELTRÁN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbXCCwxx_zI

How old were you when you started swimming? Why?

I started swimming with "Club Natación Torrijos" in the season 2007/08, but I used to swim in swimming classes when I was young because of my back problems. Now, swimming is my hobby.

Which is your favourite style?

I usually swim all butterfly distances (50m, 100m and 200m) in most of the competitons. I like that but I think 200m butterfly is really hard. I also like swimming 200m and 400m freestyle.

What was your best achievement?

To represent Castilla-La Mancha´s team in the Spain Championship, and to have participated in many other Spain Championships.

How much time do you spend training? Do you have enough time time for studing, going out with your friends...?

Training sessions take from 20:30 to 22:30, at least five days a week. Some days I can´t go swimming because I have to study.

Yes, I go out with my friends too.

Have you met new people from other places?

Yes, a lot of people like Marta (Ciudad Real), Lourdes (Valdepeñas), Candela (Almansa), David (Talavera), Sandra (Toledo) and so on.

How do you feel when you are seconds away from diving?

I feel really nervous. Fear and insecurities are rounding my head, but all these feelings disappear when I dive into the water.

What do you feel when you win? And when something doesn´t go as you expected?

When I win, I feel satisfied and happy with myself, and it gives me strenght to continue working. When something is not like I expected I become discouraged with myself and I throw off the towel quickly, but after all I start working again doing my best.

Have you ever thought about quitting swimming?

Yes, when something goes wrong, and now because of my studies.

Would you like to continue swimming in the future? In a professional way or like a hobby?

I would like to continue swimming, but I know it´s very dificult to become a professional swimmer, so I´ll continue swimming if not in a professional way, as a hobby.

Which are your objectives for this season?

To do the best I can, because I´m very concentrated on my studies.

Interview to Anabel

ANABEL PALOMO

How old were you when you started doing karate?

I was 5 years old.

Which belt do you have?

The black one.

Which have you been your best achievement in this sport?

To be Spanish championship and twice third of Spain.

How much time do you spend doing karate?

I spend between eight an ten hours a week.

Do you combine well with studies?

Yes, I do.

Do you practise another sport apart from karate?

No, I don´t.

Which have been the competitions that you remember most fondly?

The first time I participated in a competition. The referees of all tatamis stopped to have a look on what I was doing and the entire pavilion started

 clapping at me heartily.

And again in 2011 when I was first of Spain.

Would you like to continue practising karate in the future?

Yes, of course.

What´s your favourite mode?

Kata and combat.

I like both of them very much because in 2009 and 2011. I got national budget in kata and in 2013 in combat.

Have you made friends from other teams of karate from other comunity? Where?

Yes.

From Andalucía, Murcia, Cantabria, Extremadura, Madrid, Aragón, País Vasco and Navarra.

Anabel's victory, Spain's Championship

Interview to Daniela

DANIELA HERNÁNDEZ AGUIRRE

How old were you when you started practising rhythm gymnastic? Why did you start?

I started practising gymnastics when I was 8 years old, because when I was young I always liked bending, doing somersault and that things, however I didn´t know that there was a sport related to this until I saw it.  

What is the style that you do better?

I would say that what I do better is the ball and free hands.  

What was your best achievement in the 'Club de Gimnasia Rítmica Torrijos'?

This year´s best achievement in the Spanish championships, I reached the final, and I won the 7th position out of 120  

How many hours do you spend practising rhythm gymnastics? Do you have enough left time to do your homework, meet with your friends..?

Normally I spend 12 hours a week, but when we have a competition I spend around 18 hours. It needs a lot of effort and hard work. Yes I have time left to meet with my friends and to study at the weekends, if you have your day well organised, you can do it all!  

Do you have friends from other clubs?

Yes, I have made a lot of friends from different communities and even from different countries.  

Would you like to continue practising rhythm gymnastics in the future? In a professional way or like a hobby?

The truth is that I would like to. For me it is the same. I suppose that I would do it as a hobby more than in a professional way.  

What are your feelings when you´re only seconds aways from starting?

Tension, a lot of tension, joy and nerves, because in only 1 minute and a half you have to do what you have been preparing and working for all the year long. I would say that a lot of feelings at the same time. 

What do you feel when you win? And also when something is not as you expected?

When I win I feel very happy for myself but for my trainer too because she is the person that trains me very hard to the point of winning something.

And when something is not as I expected, I suppose that I get a little disappointed, but I´ve always thought that each sport has a good side and another dark side.  

What are your objectives for this season?

To better myself, to get new challenges, not only to pass to the finals.

What´s your favourite style in this this sport?

Free hands, that means doing the performance without apparatus (ribbon, ball, rope...) and ball and free hands are my favourite ones.