Athlete Application Research Paper

How it feels to be Athlete Me I am an average athlete who grew up playing many different sports that consisted of basketball, baseball, soccer, powerlifting, and football. Football was the main sport that I participated in. The sport football was also the sport that awarded me the most recognition from my peers and my community throughout my entire life.

I remember the very first day when I was in elementary school being recognized as an athlete. The way my athletic ability was discovered was when I attended fourth grade tackle football tryouts for our local football leagues around Belton. All of coaches from the area had the players run through simple footwork drills to show them how quick and explosive they were, that I performed amazingly and with ease. The coaches who attended this tryout to recruit football players for their own football teams where all highly interested in recruiting me to be part of their team. Even the fellow players that were already on teams were so impressed by how well I performed that they were trying to convince me to join

Being an athlete throughout my entire life has had its positive moments. For example, throughout my entire community everybody knew who I was just because of the sports I played and the publicity I received from local papers. I mean for example the Belton paper wrote a whole story about me being a role model in the community and phenomenal athlete on the field. Being so well known by the community as an athlete gave me a huge advantage because it was easier for me to obtain jobs and to do volunteer work throughout the community because everybody already knew who I was and the type of character I had. Another great thing about being an athlete is it has taught me so many different life skills that will benefit me for the rest of my life. The number one life skill being an athlete has taught me is how to persevere through any obstacle thrown at me in