I'm Alfie Hewett and I play wheelchair tennis. So my first Paralympic dream, um started back when I was probably around 13 years old, um London 2012 was on the horizon and obviously at the time um I was five or six in in the British
rankings which meant I had a couple of places to go to be selected um so I was very much part of the
squad. So when I was a kid, um I actually was moved downstairs, um it's when I got my Perthes' disease and I had to had to be in a wheelchair. It was a big part for me back then I struggled a lot
sleeping, dealing with what I was going through so to have a bedroom that I felt comfortable in,
give me that sort of space and area to switch off and get a good night's sleep was was really important. So my current bedroom, um is on four wheels for the majority of time, um it feels like I'm you know I'm living out of a suitcase at the moment with all the traveling and training um
that I'm doing so going back home it's yeah I'm currently in a, in a flat in in Norwich.
I still have my my Norwich pillows and photo frames on the side that like gives me that that
feeling like I'm at home again and similar to my childhood. My bedroom now represents um for me, it's the importance of being able to
switch off especially away from such a hectic, busy lifestyle with traveling, being in planes, being on the road, having different beds, different you know sleeping environments almost. I think it's important to, to come back and feel like you can just switch
off and um get the the best night's sleep possible because I see sleep is probably the most important
thing in, in my performance. Being able to be reset, energized and positive I think it all comes
down to what sort of night's sleep you have.