Soccer When I was in 9th grade i was soccer class, but in 8th i had wondered if i should even choose it. But then i realized that if i ever wanted to experience what it felt like to train like a real athlete I would regret it for the rest of my life. So i filled out all the applications and went to the doctor to get my physical and joined soccer. Although I had joined the class, it was not Season yet. so tryouts were not done yet but i was determined to win to become the best in the class. Outside, in the meadows of the fields i walked out with my white shirt, shorts and cleats . It was training day our first day training and to determine who was best we played a game of classic soccer. We got into groups of 11, 1 goalie and the rest
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.
When I turned three, I started playing my favorite sport to this day, Soccer! I love soccer because it gives me this feeling of excitement and I just love winning with all of my friends on the field. I loved soccer and I looked forward to it every day. I met a lot of my friends in soccer and it is one of the reasons that I started to become an athletic person. Soccer is still my favorite sport and I love it. I am planning to still play soccer up to the varsity team.
I played soccer since I was seven, as of the last few years I played at a very high level. I have represented Ohio South two times at a regional showcase, I have been invited to participate in a camp in Manchester, England and attended the camp twice. Also last Season for the Newark High School soccer team I was named first team all league and third team all central district. Soccer was the first sport I truly loved to do, I wanted to be the best. I work hours upon hours to master whatever part of the game I wanted to improve on. Soccer has taught me to have a great work ethic, and that mentality came when I was cut from the state team the first time I tried out. It was the worst thing that has ever happened to me, I was destroyed, and I thought I was not good but I knew I could do better. The next year I worked, I got bigger, stronger, faster, my soccer I.Q. was higher;therefore, overall I was a much better player. The result of that work, was that I made the team, but not only, I made the starting line up. After that I knew I could accomplish anything I put my mind to.
As I was growing up, it was my dream to become a famous soccer player. Driven by this motivation, I started playing soccer when I was five years old. Since then I had played for my elementary, middle, and high school team until I joined college and focused on my study.
As a child I was not in to many sports or involved in school activities. Going through high school I figured out that being involved in a sport or a school club would make my high school experience better. The first and only sport I chose to do was track. Track changed my whole high school experience and life. I learned to never give up, and it kept me out of trouble throughout my four years of high school.
Growing up in El Salvador, soccer was a sport that significantly impacted my childhood. My cousins and uncles taught me how to play soccer, as well as various techniques that would later benefit me on the soccer field. At the age of seven I started to play for one of most well-known soccer clubs in El Salvador. Practicing twenty three hours a week was really paying off, as I could see in my medal and trophy gain. Not only did they represent my accomplishments, but they also gave joy to my teammates, community, and family because they were the people who encouraged me to give my best. Playing soccer was also a way to release stress because when my family was going through hardships, it was easier for me to let all of my negative energy on the
From an early age I always knew I would be playing soccer my whole life. My dad showed me the ropes of how to play and got me interested right away. By the age of three I had started playing, and to this day I have not stopped. Soccer has been a huge part of my life and I don’t know where I would be today if I never played. I met some amazing people playing soccer including my coaches who encouraged me and told me never to give up as well as my teammates who became my friends and were always there for me.
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.
I started playing soccer when I was four years old. At the time I had a lot of problems. To name a few, I was bad at working with others, I was a sore loser, and I did not handle pain or disappointment well. When I started to play soccer I had a low self esteem and was terribly shy. Going up and talking to people was not on my list of things to do. This made it pretty hard for me to fit in with all the other kids and make friends. It was hard to enjoy playing soccer when I felt as though I had no friends on the team. My parents noticed my dislike in the sport, but urged me to keep playing anyway.
I focused almost all of the first seventeen years of my life on playing ball. I loved the image and friends that came with it. Soccer was the only life I knew and it gave me a sense of belonging and gratification. That life ended a couple of weeks before my senior year soccer season when I destroyed my knee. At times I wonder what my life would be like if that never happened to me, but I’m glad it did. Losing soccer pushed me to evolve in a minor hobby of mine, painting.
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.
When I was in grade 3, we had a PE teacher who loved soccer. So every PE lesson, we played soccer. That was it.
The first year I decided to play soccer was during my sophomore year. My life during my sophomore years was a bad ideal for me to play soccer because of the distraction that it can cause me to fail my classes. I end up not focusing a lot during my freshman year so I wanted to start focusing a lot more on my school work and GPA, during my sophomore years. So, it was hard for me to play a sport,
I got a ball and started feeling the ball with my feet so that I can get used to it. I found myself that I improved and became the best at soccer compared to my old days after a year playing and practicing with my friends. Through this I learnt that if I have the passion, will and the effort to improve at a particular activity, the hard work that I gave will not betray me. Times
When I was little my parents always encouraged and helped me to try anything I wanted to try. When I wanted to try dance, my Mom enrolled me in classes for ballet and tap dancing. It was great, especially the tap dancing, however, since I was at such a young age I valued sleep more than my dance lessons, and lost interest. The next thing I tried was soccer. It was a lot of fun and I kept up with it for many years. I think the reason that I loved it so much was because the whole time I played, I had the same supportive teammates and encouraging coach, we were truly a team. Alas, it was too good to last. It wasn 't until the team finally broke up that I started to slowly lose interest in soccer as well, and my involvement tapered off. Around the same time that I was involved in soccer, I started to really become interested in my school work and the more academic clubs.