Positive Impact Of Soccer

The Impact of Soccer I never realized a sport that you never saw yourself playing could have such a large impact on your life. In my life, soccer was that sport. I grew up believing the same thing that everyone who has never played the sport does. It is a “sissy” sport. I was wrong. My freshman year of high school was the beginning. Sophomore year made me realize what a team was. My junior year brought the hardest times, and finally, senior year made me understand what it was all about.

The beginning of it all was my freshman year in High School. Like I said, I never saw myself playing soccer. It was February of 2014, my best friend Zeb Farmer had been joking around with me about trying out for the soccer team, I would always joke back saying, "I'd love too.” He thought I was being serious, and tryouts had arrived. I went out with him to our soccer/football field thinking there was no chance for me to make the team. After messing around at a tryouts and making the team I realized I had a thing for the sport and wasn’t too bad at it either for just a beginner. My freshman year I only ever got to play with the JV team. I wasn’t at the same level of my friends who had been getting Varsity time as a freshman. The thing between my friends and I is that almost everything is a competition to us. I couldn’t stand sitting the bench while they played so I began practicing more than anyone on the team and it began to show. Although, I never got to play varsity as a freshman I was

It has taught me that as long as you are getting closer to your goals there are always going to be obstacles, but if you are improving you should be proud of yourself. It has also taught me to never think of myself as better than another. Everyone is created equally and people are very capable of surprising you. Trying out for the soccer team was one of the greatest things I ever did, and without it I could be a completely different person