The summer of 2014 was a season that changed my life forever. It started off as a great, fun time that was full of friends, family and lots of football. About three quarters of the way through the summer, the football program hosts an annual scrimmage where we invite two other teams to our school and we scrimmage them. That year, I was on the Freshman football team and the day of the scrimmage, we were going up against Holland Christian and Mona Shores. It started off as a normal day of football. My parents took me to the school about 15 minutes before we were all supposed to meet up as a team to get ready to face off against the two teams coming to our house. We first scrimmaged Holland Christian, who was a pretty good team, and we did …show more content…
The sound of the helmets colliding was deafening. It was a run play up the middle of the line of scrimmage. I had the ball and broke out into the open. From there, it was just me, and one other kid from Mona. Only one of us was going to be standing in a matter of seconds. We were both running full speed straight at one another and our heads were the very first thing to collide. That impact sent me flying backwards into the air, causing my brain to bounce off my skull, and sending me crashing to the ground, out of consciousness. Our athletic trainer said it was by far the hardest hit she had ever seen and it was the same for many other people who witnessed the collision. When I came to, I thought that I was fine, and ready to play again. But, in reality, I was nowhere near fine. I was seeing stars, and everything looked much, much brighter to me. On top of those internal symptoms, I was stumbling across the field trying to regain my balance and just “walk it off” which is seemingly normal for many minor injuries (a minor injury is all I thought it was but, I was very wrong). I went in for one more play not knowing where I was or what was even going on at that point. After that play, I went off to the side, where my parents and one of my coaches were, who brought the trainer to me. She examined me, and was asking me questions like, “Are you seeing stars? How does your head feel? Does it hurt to turn your head?” After asking questions like those to gather information on …show more content…
I have some recollection of the long excruciating drive to the hospital, and being in the hospital for hours, in a neck brace, waiting for my test results to came back. When they did eventually come back, the doctor said I had a severe concussion along with a sprained neck. The doctor was informing my parents on how to handle these injuries on the road to recovery while I was unable to focus due to the unbearable pain and medication I was on. Soon after, I was discharged and we were able to go home. The hospital provided a neck brace and told me to wear it as much as possible to limit the mobility of my
Many things have helped to shape my identity to make me the person I am. The most influential thing that has shaped me is my culture. One of the biggest pieces of my culture that has done this is my participation in sports. Out of the sports I play, high school soccer has shaped me the most. Soccer in high school shaped my identity by making me more social, a leader, and open minded about diversity.
After four years of a new team every season, I went into my first practice of my fifth soccer season expecting the same to be true. Play on this team for one year and then be randomly placed on a different one the following year. Little did I know this team, especially the coaches, would leave a lasting impact on my life. I gained an invaluable support system that has stuck by my side for an upwards of nine years.
My 8th grade year around the month of February people were starting to recognize spring football was right around the corner. I was a middle school stud says most coaches I played bandit and sometimes safety full time. Tine seemed to fly faster and faster day by day the team was coming ! Spring had finally come and walking on the I was a pretty favorable upcoming freshman by coaches and players. The first couple of practices were great I never known so much went into high school football but I eventually found out. My knee was hurting a lot my 7th grade year because of ball that
In high school I received a concussion when I went up for a header and instead got hit in the head by an opponent. After the game I felt some of the symptoms of a concussion like headache, nausea, and I was irritated by light. I played two more games with a concussion until I felt so horrible that I had to come forward about my concussion. The trainer at my school had me take a test called the impact test. This test basically compares results one would take earlier without a concussions to the results of someone with a concussion. I failed this test. So I was sent to the doctor they took scans of my brain to make sure it was ok. The doctor also said I could not leave my house and I could not read, watch TV, be on my phone, or participate in strenuous activity. I was strictly aloud to nothing and couldn’t sleep except at night. I had to do this for a week and a half. Then my doctor said I had to take the impact test and see if I could
I honestly believe without football I would not have an identity since it played a crucial role in shaping me into the caring, smart, and passionate person I am today. Before football you could not pinpoint the difference between the herds of people who did not have a care in the world and myself. Ever since the 6th grade I frequently arrived to school tardy, got into multiple fights for no apparent reason, and often received disappointing grades; these bad habits became a daily routine that derived from the fact that I did not know any better. After being raised by parents who did not finish high school and never stressed the importance of school, I had no one to instill a moral compass within me. Anyways, at the beginning of my 7th grade year I was messing around in my Physical Education class when suddenly a football coach
Raised in a small town of 750 people, where high school sports meant everything, sport has played a tremendous role in my life. Basketballs and footballs replaced stuffed animals in cribs, and dribbling a basketball came before learning to ride a bike. I started playing basketball in the second grade, and I hated it. We always played in the division above us and we hardly ever won a game, but after watching Coach Summitt and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers win back to back National Championships, the same years my high school girls basketball team won back to back State Championships, I fell in love with the game. In fact, sport is what led me to the University of Tennessee; I admired Pat Summitt, not only because of the number of wins and National
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.
Do you have that certain something that has affected your life for better? Football is that thing for me. I have played it as long as I could walk. I still remember the time when I was very little and my dad would take me to the front yard and we would play catch and talk about football for hours. I have enjoyed football in three big parts of life: Pee Wee, Junior High, and High school.
Everyone has life experiences. Some can be new and fun, like the first time ever going to Disney World as a child. Meeting your favorite movie characters and seeing stories come to life. Other can be tragic, like losing a loved one or suffering a car crash. No matter the experience we all learn from them. I am here to tell you about an experience of mine that I went through at an early age. At the age of 15, I told my parents that I wanted to play football. The sport of football really changed my view on life and taught me that things don’t come easy and that if you really want something, you’re going to have to put in the time and work. One of the many experiences of being in the sport of football is that practice is one of the toughest things I’ve ever went through, physically and mentally. Football taught me a lot about team work and working with others on doing and executing a job. Football made me faster stronger smarter and wiser. I had great coaches who always encouraged me to keep going whenever I wanted to quit because something was too hard or I was feeling
“Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.” said by Dwayne Johnson. When I had nothing to do at home I could always go and play football with my friends instead of going out and doing something I shouldn’t. When you grow up with a family that loves football and goes to a school where the passion is mainly playing football. I ask myself every day what would my life be without football. If it wasn't for football, I don't know where I would be right now. Football kept me out of trouble and it also helped me out in school when I needed it the most. If I were to describe what makes me, me I would have to say its football.
Throughout my high school career, I have done sports. I did Circlet, swimming and rugby. High School, especially matric is known to quite stressful and full of lots of work and it was certainly for me. What those sports provided me was an escape, an escape from all the work, stresses and problems that did came in to my life. I not only did those sports to escape but to meet new people, create new friendships, to experience a family outside of home and also to form a brotherhood.
Haley Golden, a senior at Piedra Vista High School, was concussed before a baseline was even established; therefore, making it more difficult to determine if she has a true concussion. She had to rely on only a physician and other tests to determine if she was concussed. Haley believed her “doctor portrayed the severity of my concussion pretty well…my coaches didn’t get it at all, whatsoever. They just expected me to be so much better so much faster than I was…”
It was an amazing year, but it taught me very important lessons and showed me things I've never seen. Coming from a school that had all the resources and had some of the best teachers and the most money in the school district I was used to having it all, getting tons of equipment, having nice helmets, a good field and stadium to play on, and always having school support there it was different everyone was in their lanes and the school was one of the poorest in the district the high school was only one floor there weren't very many teachers that cared about their job. The football program was not so great either as our locker room was very small and the coaches who coached didn't look like they belonged, we had very limited equipment and we practiced on a half field made of grass with tons of mud puddles everywhere, trees on the front and side with there always being bugs
Did you know that most people think simplicity and consistency are the most important factors in success? Well, I am one of those people. I wanted to become better at sports, but I didn’t have a person who could get me there, until my dad stepped in. He would take me to multiple different places, never stop for anything, and push me to my limits. He decided that if I wanted to become better at sports that he would get me there, anyway possible.
Junior year, September 18th 2015, was my first home football game. I had been cheering for three years but this was my first year cheering for Brother Martin. I had cheered for Mount Carmel before but I wanted to cheer at football games. Mount Carmel doesn’t have a football league