“Ish wake up, we’re here!” Gary says as the bus pulls over to the side. I open my eyes and -Yaaawwwwwwnnn. I’m not a morning person, especially on Saturdays. I stretch my arms and wait until I can follow everyone off the bus. Gary bounces up and down like a maniac. I guess I can’t blame him. Who wouldn’t get the jitters on a day like this? He is half my height, has a square-ish face, and has dorky smile. However, appearances can fool you. The little devil is slippery to catch and I felt bad for anyone who was going to guard him. As I stepped off the bus, I was met with an immediate blast of cold wind. Woah, it’s supposed to be hot today, it’s the middle of June! Apparently, everyone else also had the same shock as me because they were all shivering …show more content…
You have the grades and you get along with others. Rugby is a game about strategy and teamwork. It’s a gentlemen’s sport!” said Mr. Grozof as he handed me a registration form. “You also seem to enjoy whenever we play rugby during class and since this is your last year in middle school, I advise you to think carefully about …show more content…
I told him the same thing last year and the year before that. Honestly, I think he already knows my response by now. The tall six-foot man was looking at me eagerly. He was Romanian and unlike many of my previous gym teachers, he was buff. The most noticeable feature of his, in my opinion, were the gigantic calves he possessed. Not only were they immense, but you could see every vein and muscle on his leg! Mr. Grozof was right when he said that I liked rugby. In fact, I badly wanted to join the team and play for the school. Last year, the team won the New York City Championship Cup, and the golden trophy was currently standing alongside all the other Championship Cups. Yup, my school won many of the previous championship cups and was well known in the community. To me, it wasn’t about the trophy or fame. It was about that adrenaline rush and the split-second decisions that would make or break the game. I looked at the registration paper as I got in the carpool van. The maroon Chevy was decent, and I always rode shotgun so space wasn’t an issue for me. Listening to the 80s and the bickering of the underclassman behind me was the usual morning and afternoon. Sigh, I’d like to join, but I have no way to leave school after practice which ends at 5, and the carpool was the only way for me to get to school and back, I told myself. My mom fears that one day I will fall onto the tracks and that would
Most student-athletes grow up as very innocent lads bedecked with tremendous talents and become very promising in sports. Thus, they become rays of hope for their families, neighborhoods, and schools yet to be determined. Like the lamb in William Blake’s poem The Lamb, they are fed “by the stream & o’er the mead; gave…clothing of delight, softest clothing, wooly, bright…making all the vales rejoice.” (Smith 24) Then they are exposed to the life of hard work in which only the fittest survives. This makes them ready for the different challenges in the sports scene.
When I was beginning high school as a freshman, I searched for an activity that I could participate in. I was looking to meet new people and hoping to be accepted by other students. I was willing to do anything for their acceptance. At the beginning of the school year a football meeting was announced, although I had never played football before, I decided to attend the meeting. From the day of that initial meeting, I will be in love with the game for the rest of my life. I learned of the consequences involved with participating in a full contact sport such as football. Many people ask if football is worth the risk for high school athletes. I decided that for me the benefits outweigh the risks.
The Penrith Panthers have an accumulative score-line of 80-18 in their favour to start the Intrust Super Premiership NSW season, largely thanks to their new-look five eighth, Tyrone May.
Going to college is such a stressful time in a person’s life. You have to go through the process of finding what school you want to go to and what you are going to study. Figuring that out has to be difficult because they may be unsure if they are going to make the right decision or not. Now imagine going through the process of picking the best school for yourself and what you are going to study, and add playing a sport on top of that stress as well. You play a sport all throughout your childhood and high school, you do not want to give that up as you go away to college. You decide you are going to go to college to play that sport, not only do you want to play that sport, you also want to go to a Division Ι school and compete at the highest
Each game, my passion grew. Each team, new memories and lifelong friends were made. Sports sometimes make me feel disappointment and at loss; but it taught me to be resilient to a lot of things, like how to thrive under pressure and come out on top. Being the team captain of my high school’s football and lacrosse team showed me how having a big responsibility to bring a group together to work as one is compared to many situations in life. Currently playing varsity football, varsity lacrosse, and track I take great pride in the activities I do. Staying on top of my academics, being duel enrolled at Indian River State College, working three nights a week, and two different sport practices after school each day shaped my character to having a hard work
Throughout my life, I had always received recognition for being very agile and quick. My first day of Middle School consisted of the track and field coach attempting to persuade me to join the school’s athletics program. I had previously never been apart of an athletics team, and was willing to take advantage of the opportunity. Throughout my three years of middle school, I was the one consistent member of the school’s track and field team and had an overall successful personal record. Coaches from opposing school would praise me leaving me feeling very confident about myself.
Imagine it is a Friday night underneath the lights, in October, and you are walking into a stadium packed with fans cheering. But the only noise you can hear is the sound of your cleats hitting the pavement as you are marching up to the field, and the only thing you see is the other team and the end zone. It is such a stimulating feeling, it is unforgettable. Now, you may think I am talking about an American football game, but I am not. I am talking about a rugby match. Believe it or not, football derived from rugby. Differences are in rugby, there are no pads, the ball does not have laces, fifteen men to a side, and above all else, it is an international sport and it is safe compared to football. How come if it is safe, and it is a worldwide sport like soccer, why is it not a school sport like football is too many high schools and colleges across the country? Rugby needs to be a school sport not only because it is safe or it is international, but because it builds character in those that need support, teaches people how to work as team, and to expose what real brotherhood is.
...to let you know what you can get out of rugby league a career. rugby league is in many sports played around the world which you can make an nrl team where ever you are in the world.
Like most sports Rugby is a point based game the objective is to score on the opposing team and prevent the opposing team from scoring on you. At the end of each game the team with the most point is the winner. This is the first simalarity that rugby has with football. Football is also an objective sport you have to score on the opposing teams end zone adding point until the end of the game and the team with the most points is the winner.
Rugby is a sport which requires extreme aggression and also lots of courage, confidence and dauntlessness to stand your ground. The coache...
Introduction Rugby Union, developed in Rugby School, England. Has grown over the years into a global and professional sport. The overall aim is for one team to keep possession of the ball in order to touch it down on or over the opposing teams try line. Although territory may be gained from kicking the ball forward, transfer from player to player must be lateral or backwards. Despite more advanced skills being required depending on position, the ability to spin pass a ball effectively should be attained by all players.
Sports can help many at- risk youths. In order to participate in sports you need to be committed and willing to work hard. You also have to learn to respect others and accept that winning isn’t the only measure of success. Losing can build character as well. When youth participate in a sports they enjoy, they are less likely to engage in behaviors that are harmful or dangerous to themselves and others. It is for these reasons schools should strive to maintain athletic programs for their students.
Imagine yourself as a parent and your child asked you if they could join a rugby team what would your reaction be? Would you be all for it or would you be dead set against it? If you are against your child playing rugby I bet one of the reasons is the fact rugby is portrayed as a violent, contact sport. It is also characterized that to play rugby you need to be a freak of nature who is around six foot five and weighs about one hundred odd kilograms by the age of 14. So, you think why would I subject my child to the violence of a rugby match?
Participating in school sports helps the athlete, the school, and the community as a whole. Dreams are born in courts, fields and arenas across the nation. They can also be lost with the sound of a swish followed swiftly by a buzzer or by a quick running back on a kick off return with only seconds left in the fourth quarter. Being a part of school sports is often the highlight of the year for some students, such environments harbor friendships that can last a lifetime and can teach participants lessons that aren’t learned elsewhere. Lessons like getting back up, and fighting until the end. Lessons of victory and defeat, and holding your head high no matter what ...
Many times people like to advocate winning and losing as the only factors to sports. Playing sports is an advantage for any student because there are things you learn that the classroom doesn’t offer. With the help of coaches and individual experience, students learn many lessons that help them build character and even do well in the classroom. Sports also give students another chance to excel and stay in school if they struggle with their education. The time that students occupy at practice is time away from trouble. When it comes to sports, winning is great, but learning and developing as a person is even better.