How Football Changed My Life

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The ball was coming slightly wide towards me,I tried to take the catch and took the catch,but this catch changed my life.

I was an active sports player since my childhood, I participated in different sport at different levels. I loved the things that included work related to my games, as I was the sports manager of my house for two years. The most favourite game of mine was CRICKET,my first love. I was playing cricket since 2nd standard and by the increasing time this sport not only became my passion, but it also became my daily need. In first few years of my career I was not much involved in this game, but by the time my interest developed and then I played with my full potential. As a result, I was selected by coach to lead my team. The …show more content…

I led my team for almost 4 years. I wasn't only a cricket player, but I also played baseball, throwball, handball, football and some athletics like shot put, discuss throw. I was an all-rounder in the field of sports. I represented my team at various levels. The came the golden year for me. The year that uplifted my cricketing career. In this year, I played several tournaments and gave the best performances of my life till date. I got the Man of the series award, Best bowler of the tournament award , Best batsmen of the tournament award , and several Man of the matches award. This year gave my career a new height as I got my name in the newspaper(Chandigarh Tribune) of the capital(Chandigarh) of my state Haryana for giving a brilliant performance in the match and helping my team to get over the line from a very …show more content…

My life took a 360 degree turn as earlier I was planning to play for my country, but know I am studying hard to achieve success. I did a lot of hard work in my high school. My uncle suggested me to prepare for the admission in USA for higher education. I did a lot of research about the education USA and realized about its important and outcome. I made my mind to prepare for studying in USA. I used to travel to the national capital(Delhi) of my country India because the proper education guidelines were not there in my town. The distance that i used to travel was approximately 260KM on weekends and sometimes do the daily up down. I also traveled to the capital of my state( Haryana) - Chandigarh for more better options. I got 86% in my junior year and this boosted my confidence towards my studies. By the going time I developed the interest in the field of education. Slowly and steadily in cleared all my required exams for the

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