1.Before you do anything you need to check your heart, take a few deep breaths and ask yourself why you are about to step on the field. If your answer is that the game is your life, your heart, your sole then you are ready to take the field. Do not take the field if you have any doubt in your mind that you do not love this game. 2.Now that you have checked your heart and know that you are one hundred percent emotionally invested in the game, now you are ready to get your body ready. Perform a full body stretching routine to ensure that you are loose enough to not get hurt, the whole time you are stretching talk to yourself and keep asking yourself “are you ready”. 3.When you have stretched all your muscles and warmed your body up now you are ready to check yourself one more time. Ask yourself “ If this is the last time I breath will I be happy that I took my last breath in this helmet”? …show more content…
Stepping onto the field remember that you are a modern day Spartan no one can defeat you. And if anyone dares to step in your way you will make them wish that they didn’t step out of bed this morning. 5.let all your emotions come out, football is a very emotional sport and without it you will surely get hurt. If you feel the need to scream then scream, if you feel you need to cry then cry. There is no such thing as showing to much emotion on the field because if you had no emotion you are
“No man ever proves himself a good man in war unless he can endure to face the blood and the slaughter, go against the enemy and fight with his hands.” The preceding was quoted from “The Spartan creed” by the poet Tyrtaeus. There are two authors in this primary resource reading which include Tyrtaeus as well as Xenophon, whom authored “The laws and customs of the Spartans”. These two works give great detail to the Spartan society. As history has presented it, Sparta was a smaller polis and yet was one of the most, if not most, influential societies in history. What we know of this culture comes to us from excavation of its heritage as well as literary works such as these. But are these “eyes” into history factual and creditable enough to base our own interpretations of such a masterful race? These writings are great resources for Spartan’s war enhanced values and societal customs, but lack in evidence of governmental affairs and religion. This lacking may have been due to both writer’s motives for their work.
The education of the youth establishes a precedent for the differences between the way Spartans and Athenians lead their lives. At age seven, training for the military began for all Spartan boys, they’re forced to leave their homes and go to military schools, where they endure all types of harsh training and discipline. The main lesson was learning to take pride in enduring pain and hardships. During their teenage years they were taught wrestling, ...
My dad and I go hunting every weekend during deer season which is from mid of Novmber to the first of Janurary.We go sit at 6:00am and we leave at 8:00am,but why we sit we will be wacthing birds and squirrals playing in the place we have corn they will eat it like deer does.We half to sit still were the deer can’t see us in the deer stand.When we go hunting you have to climb up in the deer stand and then sit patiertly to wait for something to come out of the woods.We look three or four different way in the stand.”My dad stated,” theres a deer.We go hunting in Pearson Georgia.When we go hunting we have to be careful because the gun could go off.It could be dangous going hunting by yourself.But if anything happen I can help him.Because we
It’s fall everyone and Halloween is coming.I would like to tell you that fall is the best season of all.
As the clock struck 3:15 we began warming and limbering our muscles. I stretched my legs as far as they would go to the side and reached for the grass. I ran my fingers through the grass and counted along with the team. I felt my legs slowly begin to loosen with each stretch and sprint that we did. Following our series of warm-ups we began playing catch Pop! The sound of a ball hitting leather filled the outfield. As our coaches approached the throwing stopped and the field returned to silence, the buzz of anticipation in the air. Coach McGownd and our assistant Lori gave us a run-down of the practice plan, which included infield-outfield (IO), hitting drills, fielding drills and various base running drills. As he spoke, a few of the upperclassmen whispered back and forth amongst themselves. I caught bits and pieces of phrases like “come on it’s just the first day” and “how about no”. I stood drinking in every word and ignoring their muttered curses. I had never played softball and was determined to learn as much as I possibly could about the game. Coach McGownd asked us to go to a position we thought we might want to play. I ventured across the field and stood by first base. My parents and a few of my friends had told me that I would make a good first baseman so that seemed like the best choice to me. I had no clue how to actually play the position. My emotions ran amuck, ultimately stopping at optimistic.
Every year as August rolled around, Coach Rake and the Spartans were determined to have a perfect season and win another state championship. The first step to achieving their goals started with football training. The famous Spartan Marathon was held the first day of practice at noon and it consisted of at least twelve laps around the track, after completing that the running continued until all the players dropped. If, for some reason, a boy would not complete the marathon, he was unfit to be a Spartan and did not make the team. The boys knew that in order to complete the Spartan Marathon they needed to be in shape. They were determined to become a Messina Spartan and knew they needed to
Topic: Addiction to social media General Purpose: To persuade Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that social media is hurting us mentally and our social lives. Thesis: Social media can cause serious problems to you and your health, so we need to put addiction to social media to rest. I. Introduction A. Attention-getter: The ages of 55 and 64 year olds who use social media fell “worried or uncomfortable” when they can’t access any type of social media accounts (Wright, 2015).
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Behind each shield bearer in the front stood another soldier with the long spear, enabling for swift and powerful semi ranged attacks from behind the wall of shields.(Penedas, N.D.) Spartan warriors followed a code in battle that exemplified how a Spartan should have acted in battle, as to not endanger the rest of the Spartan army(Legends&Chronicles, 2007) Perfection of the Phalanx achieved by Sparta aided in the domination of Sparta from 550-362 BC(Rusch 2011, 1). Even with the perfected tactics in war, attack strategies were not the only way Spartans dominated the field of
Do these United States have an obligation to remain loyal an empire so disadvantageous, detrimental, and ruinous as the English crown? Can a people so just in temperament, so religious in character, and so manifestly destined for great and noble deeds be for any length of time so suppressed and hindered by a faraway entity as it has been under the rule of an illegitimate imperial master? Can any earthly authority rightfully deprive a man of his natural and divine rights, without also delegitimizing its own self, as well as bringing peril upon the God-given rights of all other men? Can the English crown be allowed to continue to extort and enslave the pious and prayerful population of this great continent without repercussion? To each and every one of these questions, we must answer, most emphatically, most clearly, most decisively, in the negative!
If you don’t want to great at football, you have to be prepared. All of the great athletes who I’ve watched or played with were always prepared. After observing all those years, I have found the perfect to prepare for a football game. First, preparing yourself for that weeks match up.
One of my favorite parts of softball are the games. During the games I get to bat. Batting is my favorite part of softball, batting gets my heart pumping faster. Just wondering if I’m going to get hit by the pitch or if I’m going to strike out. There’s also fielding. Fielding is also a huge part of softball because if my team doesn’t have fielders we won’t win. Before games we have to warm up. Warming up is a very important part of softball. If I don’t warm up good I will get hurt, then batting,warming up,
Football is a game of adversity and emotion. People who have not played a sport or follow one closely don’t understand the emotion behind game. They think that football is just a game, but for those who are involved with the team don’t think so. All those horrendous hours of countless preparation are for something players and coaches love. About a few years ago, a football player at the collegiate level was told that he wouldn’t be able to play another down of football again due to his banged up h...
She’s running to bathroom. She’s been doing this for the past three weeks. It’s always at the same time. Right after our video production class, right before lunch. I grab our stuff and head to the bathroom. She’s pacing in the bathroom when I get there. I know she won’t be able to control it no matter hard she tries. Jackie finally runs into the stall and I run in to hold her hair for her. I tell her that I’m going to get her a headband. By the time, I get one out of my bag she’s already done and looks like she’s on the verge of tears. She tells me that a little blood came out this time. I ask her if she wants me to get someone, but she says no. She heads to the sinks and rinses her mouth. “I think I’m going to tell my mom,” she says as she’s wiping her mouth with a paper towel. I hug her and we head to lunch.
My first game ever in baseball my mom told me that I was nervous but i couldn’t go anywhere. Then i started to like the sport and my dad started working with me to get better. He threw to me and I attempted to hit the ball. My dad has been pitching the ball to me since I was 3. I used to go outside with my uncle and run to get faster then i gained weight and i became slower and slower. I started off playing first base and catcher. Now in highschool i play catcher and third base. Third base is the hardest position i ever played in my life.