It is the start of a new chapter in my life and I decided that this year it is going to be different, that this year I was going to get off my gluteus maximus and do something with my life! I have always felt that I was alone, not part of any group, or had people I felt were like my family other than my own blood but that was going to change after because this year I have decided on playing a sport. My instincts told me that it was going to be difficult and that I would not have the body or mind to follow through. Most of the sports at school did not have a no-cut policy and I knew that if I was going to go up against hundreds of other students... there would be no way I can beat them but it did not stop me. Luckily an opportunity came when …show more content…
The week before me and my dad went to go buy my first pair of cleats at Dick’s Sporting Goods, the cleats were all weathered and protective around the ankle.My first warm-up was like a senior carrying a preschoolers bag, I was surprised, then my coach had placed me into as a “Forward” meaning I was like one of those big guys in the center line in football taking all the hits, rucking, and scrumming. All was fun until my friend had snapped his arm like breaking apart some dried paste. One guy was coming from the back and another from the front, causing pressure on his elbow and then it just dangled. His last words before he went to the ambulance was to keep playing so we took a knee and played …show more content…
And this year I’ll be doing it all over again in the Spring! My Sophomore year at high school I really wanted there to be a rugby team at Lane Tech. Being a champ is one thing but to be a champ for your school is one step above. So that year I and my friends got together to form the Girls Rugby team, though that might sound strange because I am a male, we could only form a girls team because not enough guys wanted to play this kind of sport. It was sad but I was happy with the start and in the future, I hope someone will carry the torch and create a team worthy of a
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.
Earlier in the spring I was playing a soccer game against the South Anchorage varsity soccer team. I was playing left midfield, taking the ball up the left side of the field when the other team’s right fullback stepped up to get the ball. I cut to the right and heard a loud snap that rung in my ears. I could not stand up. Every time I tried to move my leg, waves of pain pounded from my knee. I had to be carried off the pitch. I learned a few days later
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.
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
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.
I remember being nine years old, and like any other elementary school kid my mother had me playing soccer. Most kids don’t play soccer with the intention of continuing, and neither did I. When I was nine though, something clicked, and it started with one day, one moment, and one decision that changed who I could’ve been as a person today.
To whomever, it may concern, I would like to introduce myself, I’m Kelly Agurto, a college student who’s currently attending at Essex County College who’s finishing this Fall Semester 2015 and had started in the fall of 2012. I am the youngest child from my mother’s side of the family of both parents. Since both my parents been separated ever since I was six years old. I was fortunate enough to have gotten an opportunity to play soccer both my Freshman and Sophomore year at Essex County College. Soccer has become a medicine, to be able to cope and gained the confidence; also the power to be my own self again. It all started when I was given a chance to play soccer ever since my Junior year in West Orange High School, as a Midfielder. And I’m
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.
Soccer has given me the ability to have a competitive drive in anything I want to do and strive in the best way I can. When I was 10, I was in a league called NYS or National Youth Sports, this league basically is what every kid in the Las Vegas Valley played in and at least until middle school. The first sport I truly fell in love with was soccer. I always watched it growing up with my family whether it was the World Cup, Euro League on Saturdays just to watch something, or at my grandpas’ house when the Chivas would play. I got put in the spring league for my first season, coached by my older brother and my dad.
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
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.