Influence Of Soccer In My Life

While playing soccer through the years, I have learned the importance of being a team player, a leader, and to think outside the box.

Soccer has always been a part of my life since I was four years old, it has also been in my family for a very long time. My father played soccer all his life and also in college, the same thing goes for my sister she also played in college. So soccer is in my blood and because of that reason and because I have been playing since I was four years old it has taught me some very important lessons that will benefit me greatly through the rest of my life.

The first lesson soccer has taught me is always be a team player. If you are not a team player it will be very challenging to get certain assignments done in life,

In most of life 's lessons you are not the one teaching, you are the one being taught and that corresponds with most things in life. Well soccer is no exception, all my life I have had someone teaching me something new about soccer, even now after 14 years I am still learning how to be a better player. The people that have taught me all of these lessons about soccer are not only teachers, but they are also leaders in my eyes, they took me under their wings and showed me that I can be so much better than I already am. Seeing what they helped me with over the years inspired me to also become a leader on the pitch and off the pitch. A perfect example of this is, during my junior year of varsity I was one of the few juniors who actually started and my teacher at the time was a senior, he taught me how to play at a high level at such a young age. He ended up graduating and being a first team all state player, but after he left I felt the need to do what he did and try to help a younger player become a outstanding player. That is what I did my senior year and now that I am gone the player that I was teaching is doing exactly what I did and becoming a leader and a teacher just like I