One incident that happened to me that change how I thought about sports was when I first started playing soccer. It all started when my mom said that I should join a sport to get me more active. It took me awhile to choose soccer at first because there were so many sports to choose from. I told my mom I wanted to play soccer. She signed me up to play for a non competitive league (GYSA) so I can learn the basics of the sport. She also told me to play I would have to maintain good grades. After hearing that i always tried my best in soccer and school. My first practice was scary -(how i felt) because I didn't know anyone there, but that was the day I met my new coach and teammates. The first few practices were exciting because I got to learn how to play the game including the rules and how to keep score. I also learned what to do and not to do during a game. That season is when i first realized i was a good soccer player and a big help to my team. My team and I didn’t do very well but throughout the seasons we …show more content…
My team and I, who have been playing together for years, were all good friends. That season was when one of the owners of the league i played for went up to my coach (who was also my dad) and asked him if I was interested in joining the league’s club soccer team. I was so excited about doing it, but I also didn't want to do it at the same time. The summer before I played that season my brother had gotten me into liking basketball so I didn’t know what to do either stay in soccer, or start playing basketball. I also didn’t want to leave my team I was playing with because we had been playing together for years . So I end up declining the club offer, and finished the rest of the season with my team. I also ended up choosing to play basketball as my next sport and i still am playing basketball (I am hoping to try out for the GCA basketball team) as of right
My dad would always tell me it’s not good to play video games, because they cannot help you, but baseball can help you succeed in life. This really changed my view on what baseball potentially has. I became more dedicated and committed to the sport, Baseball. I never played any other sport, and I started progressively doing more baseball each year. I have tried extremely hard to keep playing baseball, because it will come to an end at some point, but hopefully it will be later in my life instead of sooner.
The impact of a simple sport was so major that it has participated in my personality and the way I present myself to others. The game has helped shape my traits of competitiveness,determination,and confidence.The feeling before entering a game has heavily contributed to my identity.The sport forcing you to perform is the best and worst feeling, intimidating you to execute your best.Being afraid to step into the pitch, maybe messing up, but even so you grit your teeth and
Sports play a very important role in my life ever since I could walk. My interests in playing sports began at the age of three as my parents signed me up for soccer, flag football, basketball, and lacrosse. First grade started my competitive edge as I began to play for travel teams in various sport tournaments. This competitive edge transferred from the sports field to the classroom having teachers and coaches helping me be the best I can be. Sports have continually well-shaped and defined my character by teaching me how to accept a win from working hard, also how a loss is an opportunity to learn and fix mistakes.
It all started on a warm spring day. I went to soccer practice after school just like I do everyday, but today was going to be special I could just feel it. I went up to the fields behind Gardens Elementary where we play soccer for MYSA. There I met my coach and some of my teammates. We all started to warm up. Once we had been warming up for so long my teammates got
Being blessed with another day of life, waked up by the sunrise of a beautiful day. Had a couple of peaceful seconds in my mind, but eventually I started to remember all the things I had to do by the end of this infinite day. Just by thinking about it got me exhausted. I got up from my comfortable bed and took a warm shower. While, taking a shower, I was thinking of a million things; how I was going to present my project in engineering class. Or how I was going to finish my other projects for my other 3 classes? What can do to improve on my soccer skills and accomplish varsity this year? How I was going to get accepted into college and how I’m paying for college? Problems that make me feel in a diverse world. However, I checked if I had everything
It was an eventful summer, or you could say a summer with one major event. July sixteenth in particular was that one day that stood out bolder than the rest. It has been over a decade since the time I started investing my summers with sports practices and games. Each year, I took it up a notch. I didn’t really know how I felt about sports. When I was younger, I continually nurtured my skills for a future I didn't even see. Much like how I used to always read. The vocabulary, grammar, and structure I gained knowledge from reading didn't seem to matter back then. Until sixth grade, I really didn’t have a spark that motivated me to do anything. I believe the exact phrase my friend Emily said was, “I will teepee your house every single night until you decide to try out for Citadel.” This Citadel travel soccer team is what gave me better sense of who I was.
The most important day of my life was the day I was introduced to sports, specifically baseball. My world changed because sports are something I truly enjoy and are a great stress reliever for me. Although at that young age, I didn’t know it, but I became focused on achieving goals and working towards my future. I wanted to be better so I worked harder and listened to my parents and coaches. Practice paid off and I enjoyed getting recognized for my development. I anticipate that I will always be involved with some type of sport or another throughout my lifetime. I can’t say that sports define who I am but they have definitely shaped my character.
Every day I would come home from a grueling soccer practice and notice the searing pain creeping up the side of my leg. It was only turf burn, but bad enough that every time I would go back out onto the pitch I would reopen my cut, peeling the skin back to the flesh with every tackle I made. Today, the scars on my knees are not only a constant reminder of the battles the game of soccer present, but of the twelve long years of hard work, dedication and most importantly amusement.
In the year 2015, 15 years old, I am sitting down on my couch playing FIFA. I love and treasure FIFA. FIFA is a virtual soccer video game with top of the line game play, graphics, and producers. FIFA is almost like a best friend: one second you will be aggravated or irritated because of a dreadful play, but the following moment they pull through for you and support you, just like a best friend. I would rather be playing FIFA or be with my best friend than anything else in the world, no matter what. FIFA is one of a kind, just like a best friend. My best friend and I share the passion for soccer, we both play soccer, we watch soccer and we play FIFA together. We have been best friends ever since first grade; we have grown up together
The moment I felt like a lot of things it was in third grade….. It was at my soccer game and we were tied with the best team in the league we were rival teams and they were undefeated just like us and we were playing for about 10 minutes into overtime. But the thing was I was goalie at the time and it was my first time. So it was really scary not being the one on the field moving around and then me as goalie just staring down the field. I mean this was so boring. I asked the coach to sub me out because I just was not feeling it, but the answer was no he needed me in that position. I mean it was the only time I was gonna be goalie because are original was absent. This game. It was really unfortunate because I really had the most fun when I was playing offense on the other hand it would sometimes be midfield or even defence but, goalie that was not my taste.
I have grown up with soccer, I played all thru out my youth on special teams and played in high school as well. I even continued my love for the sport and became a referee. With many years of experience on the field, I have put expectancy violations theory to work many of times in trying to predict moves and seeing the outcomes from these moves. With 25 years combined experience both as player and referee I felt as though I had a pretty good handle on what to expect and how to handle situations that are unexpected. In a regional final though I found no matter the years of experience you can always be thrown for a loop.
My whole life I've been dedicated to playing football. It has changed my life, and me as a person in ways I couldn't have imagined. I developed a strong passion for the game because it has helped me get through difficult parts of my life and has allowed me to take away, as well as learn, new things. Even though it's just a sport that people play for fun, it has helped me grow into who I am as an individual today.
I started playing soccer when I was in 2nd grade with an older cousin. My cousin was the one who introduced soccer to me. I would love to go to his house because we would always play and he would teach me thing. I joined a team when I was in 3rd grade. The soccer team was from school and I would get very excited knowing I had a game against other schools. My team mates didn’t really know a lot about soccer, I felt I did because I had one year of experience. I would help them out and tried to teach my teammates what my older cousin taught me. Every practice was better because I was helping them out and making them love the sport as much as I did. I’ve been playing ever since. In my neighborhood, we had a friend who had a really big backyard with keeper goals. We would play every single day of the week. We would gather at his backyard around 5pm and stayed
I am a soccer player. I am relaxed when it comes to everything but soccer. I am an easy going person I am a leader when it comes to some stuff but not all. I am a very quiet person but I am strong willed. I am a slacker when it comes to school work but when I am outside of school I work really hard and can get a lot of stuff done.
I was asked to think back about something memorable and to write an essay about a life’s lesson learned. In high school, soccer was very important to me. It was my favorite sport. My freshman year I decided to pick and focus on only one of the many sports I had played in the passed. I came to the conclusion that I should play soccer considering it was one I was strongest at. I also enjoyed soccer more than the other sports I had played because it was a tough sport, which was a challenge to me. During the years I played high school soccer I made a decision in which when I look back on, I think I could have handled differently.