Athletics have been a part of my life since I was three years old. There has been many great experiences however, the best ones were during my four years of high school playing for Muhlenberg. What I learned about playing soccer for Muhlenberg High School is to always work hard, to be competitive, and to have good sportsmanship. These qualities are important in my next stage at college and in life in general.
Let's begin by saying in life success is always achieved with hard work. The sport has taught me that by proving it to myself . Hard work made me become a better soccer player, made me play varsity as a sophomore, and helped me become a varsity captain for my senior year of soccer. This sport has prepared me in life to work hard in school, to get good grades and where I want to be. This quality will help me in college to get the degree I want on time and become successful in life.
Secondly, being competitive will help advance me in my future. Having an edge of competitiveness will help give me the drive in life to keep going and never give up. Having this drive will always assist to be better and successful. This will benefit me to be the best at my career (Athletic Trainer). This trait that I’ve learned, from playing for Muhlenberg has helped me grow and
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Good sportsmanship is having respect for others, no dirty play, and being a good sport win or lose. This trait will help me excel in the next stage in my life by being respectful to my peers, teachers, and future employers. Controlling my temper will also contribute to having good sportsmanship. During games I learned not to get mad (hard sometimes), no yelling and trying to start fights or start playing dirty. This will help me in the workforce when there is a customer or employee that is not the greatest. Self control was also learned while playing soccer. The trait of sportsmanship already has me excelling in my
Soccer has guided me in many ways to become the person I am. Especially in high school, the sport has showed me how to be much more cooperative and open with others. Before high school, I isolated myself from others and had only a few close friends. Rather than being a sociable, I acted as though I was the only person in the world and had the outlook that as long as I do what is right individually, there is no need for me to work with others. This outlook changed when I joined the soccer team at Holy Spirit, my high school. With the way soccer is at the high school level, I had no choice but to cooperate and associate my selves with others. Once on the field, instead of introducing myself as "me" I had to introduce myself as a part of the team. You win as a team and you lose as a team. Sometimes I wanted to drive to games myself, and I was not allowed to because we are supposed to travel together and it would be wrong to the team for me to separate myself from the group.
I have been a four year letter-winner in volleyball and basketball. Athletics have been a crucial part of developing my character and work ethic. In sports, you must work together with your team to reach your goals. Trust and communication skills are vital and are tested every day. The failure and setbacks I have faced through sports have helped me to believe in myself and have the self-confidence that it takes to be successful in athletics and in life. As a senior captain of the volleyball and basketball teams, my leadership has improved tremendously as high school has progressed. Being a leader holds me accountable and I aim to be a role model for younger teammates on the court, in the classroom, and in the community.
My participation in high school sports have made me into leader as well as helped me gain relationships with friends that will last a lifetime. It has also taught me to rely on the people around me and work together with your team to accomplish your goals. Being a part of a sports team has also influenced my decision making because in order to participate on the team you have to have good behavior, and be a good student
...lways have to try your best and want to win. Sports also teach students teamwork skills. In order to succeed you need to have the ability work with others.
It has also taught me to have a personal drive for a sport and to have motivation to become better at something. This sport has also done many things in my life that I will forever be grateful for. For instance this sport will now being pay for my entire college. Baseball has helped me connect with people all across the country and showed me how to be self confident in myself. Something that I had previously struggled with due to past failures that I could not overcome. Baseball to me is more than a sport and I can honestly say that without this sport I wouldn’t be the person I am today, nor would I know most of the tools for success needed for future life goals and
In my life, I had not had the chance to be a part of something that influenced me much, until I joined football my freshman year in high school. Joining football was perhaps the most devoted and wisest thing that I did because shortly after joining I began to see changes for the better, and from then I saw the person that I wanted to be in the future. In other words, it shaped the person that I am today and will be for the rest of my life. Not only did the sport influence me but it also equipped me with a new mindset that affects me today in my decision making skills, time management and many other beneficial life virtues. I believe that these virtues will bring me success in the nearest future because I feel confident about myself and I feel more in control in my life through my actions, all thanks to simply joining what seemed to be a “regular” extracurricular.
I’ve been involved with sports since I was 2 years old, participating in these taught me more than the sports themselves; they taught me who I am. I put in countless hours of gymnastics practice, so many that the majority of kids couldn’t imagine the dedication needed to become a state and national champion. It taught me a few of the most vital lessons that I will ever learn; to contribute 100 percent in everything I do and to balance various aspects of my life. Gymnastics also taught me perseverance, how to work harder to achieve a goal, no matter how difficult.
This experience has taught me many valuable lessons. I learned that it is important to fight and work for what you believe in. I have learned more skills than soccer, such as teamwork and communication skills. I have learned that it's good to broaden one's horizon by meeting and becoming friends with people from other schools and communities. I'm looking forward to the soccer district and regional, and we hope we qualify for the state championship.
It will encourage students to try their best to accomplish superior grades. It opens their eyes in a different perspective on behavior as well as stronger scholastic peer relationships. It gives students activities excluding school work, because teenagers generally focus their mind on unacceptable actions. Parents commonly show passion along with appreciation when their child/children play a sport. They get to have a closer relationship and be elaborate with them more often than normal. Frequently, students do not care about their reputation or acknowledge the adults’ opinions on themselves; but in my opinion, playing sports and being mostly involved with their schools presents an improved character while in school and once they graduate. I was once told that “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” Additionally, self-esteem in high school is hard to come by, occasionally sports help! Sports cause you to interact with other people and uplift you to do better. It presents a sharpened perspective on your schoolwork, career, future, and life altogether. In some cases, playing a sport can benefit you in an enhanced form. Scholarships can be a broad opportunity for valuable players with a good education on their shoulders. As well as, college recruitment can be another option. Money is hard to come by for college and if that seems to be a struggle for a student playing a sport can help tremendously. That
This really hits home for me because I know this program will last for years to come, and my younger brother will be able to play on the team when he is in high school. On the surface, it may seem the only skill I developed was the ability to play a new sport. But instead the experience has done much more. I now have a realistic idea of what it takes to make something happen in the real world, and I am now a stronger leader among my peers. I have had to acquire new responsibilities as a leader on our team, such as being able to recruit, instruct, and support my teammates in what they do.
Throughout my life, my competitiveness has been a part of my traits as an athlete. I started playing sports at a young age and winning was the only option. The opponents I face on my school’s basketball team are more competitive than my
It can also help you gain working skills like leadership or working great with others, which in every job you have to communicate or do things with co-workers. Sports help you develop discipline, learn to set goals and then work to achieve those goals. Kid’s who are involved in sports are less likely to take drugs or smoke because they realize that those harmful things can affect their performance and for girls who play sports are also less likely to become pregnant or get to other troubles. One of things that I mostly like is that helps you use your time wisely. I learn how to manage my everyday life schedule, like how much time I should put on school, soccer, and others thing I needed to do.
Sports development has been extremely important in my life to help me develop and build my social skills and making me the sportsman that I am today. Football and athletics have always been my strong sports and I feel like I have gained many key social skills whilst being involved with them. When talking about football, I have always been the youngest player to play in the teams which were for my secondary school team, my local team, Berkshire county and for when I had Chelsea FC trials.
Sportsmanship matters not only in sports, but also in the rest of our everyday lives. In any competition, whether a job interview, a school science fair, or even a friendly game of cards with some friends, sportsmanship teaches you to win humbly and lose gracefully. Sportsmanship also helps us to understand each other better, because when we get along, we can listen to the other person's perspective, and see where they are coming from, and avoid a bad, possibly violent situation. Almost everyday on the news violence is reported at a sporting event, evidence of bad sportsmanship. Without sportsmanship there would be no sports, because no one would want to compete with a person who when they lost, would throw a fit, cry, and whine.
The main goals behind Sport Education are to help students become knowledgeable about different sports and activities to the point where they can participate in these outside of the classroom to stay active. Also it teaches execution and strategies and encourages competitiveness. It is important for kids to be competitive because they will have to be in life and it will teach the importance of winning and losing the right way. “Sports offer kids a great chance to work cooperatively toward a common goal. And working coope...