I Love Hockey Research Paper

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To this day I live and breathe hockey, which is the same way I felt about it growing up as a young kid where I spent innumerable hours watching the San Jose Sharks play on T.V., where I would then try to mimic their moves in my own practice. But prior to the formation of my love for hockey, it was an obstacle that a way younger me would have thought I would never overcome. I never expected it to hurt so much, these were the first thoughts that went through my mind as I fell to the ice once again. Learning how to skate had begun to prove itself to be an infuriating farce that had so far only caused me pain without any improvements to show for it. Moreover, the ability to skate adequately was a prerequisite for my dream of being able to play hockey, which was, in my eyes, the only obstacle that stood in my way …show more content…

Frustrated, I stormed off the ice ready to quit as I started untying my skates in fury. But before I could throw in the towel, my parents stopped me, they laced my skates back up and put me right back on the ice. For the next couple of weeks my parents were unyielding as they continuously brought me to the rink, laced my skates up and placed me on the ice, urging me to stay persistent. At the time I loathed my time at the rink as I thought it was pointless, but as each week passed I seemed to be getting better to the point where after around a month I finally mastered the basics of skating. Skating had become as normal as walking to me and what had previously seemed like something only achievable through magic, had become mastered through devotion and persistence. This experience cemented itself as something I would constantly revisit when I catch myself ready to give up and looking back at this experience, this was an unforgettable moment of the benefits of hard work and perseverance that my parents taught me through

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