Breaking My Collarbone In the past, I’ve made numerous mistakes. They all were very similar, most of them being related to school, sports, friendships, or even as simple as arguing with a parent. Although I had many, and learned quite a few lessons from them, most of these mistakes were not life changing. I would usually just be grounded by a parent, or get half credit on the homework because I didn’t do it correctly. Those mistakes were not as grand, or complex, or painful as my favorite mistake. I hadn’t realized until I reflected on the event, but my favorite mistake was when I broke my collarbone playing flag football in sixth grade. I remember it was a perfect day to play football. The fresh, morning air gave me energy, making me feel …show more content…
Before the start of the game I was told to guard their best receiver because nobody else could keep up with him. Even though i was fast, I was definitely not as fast as him. He was like lightning, speeding past me and making quick, subtle turns that were hard to predict. I was so tired from guarding him all game that by the end of the first half I felt like collapsing. When they hiked the ball, I made sure that I tried my best to stop him from getting the ball. Without failing to surprise me, he predicted my next move and feinted left and then turning right. I fell for the trick, and his quarterback threw the ball to him. He caught it and started running down the field. I sprinted after him. I put the rest of my energy into this run. As I got closer and closer to him, an idea formed in my head. When I got close enough I would dive for his flag, hoping to pull it before he reached the end zone. It was not a very intelligent idea, but it could’ve worked. When I was almost touching him, I dove. I missed the flag by millimeters. As I hit the ground I heard a loud ‘POP’ in my shoulder. Instantly I knew that I had broken a
“Ok thanks”James sounding sad.Him and his mom leave the hospital and on the way home the car was silent.
A broken bone is one of the worst and most painful injuries you can suffer. Broken bones can be caused by many different things such as falling on it or even a hard-twisting motion. Bones can be easily viewed as a solid, non-working part of our body where tissue just sits, but your skeletal system is as much a living part as your organs. Your body stores minerals in the compact bone, and stores fat in the yellow marrow. Your bone also has the ability to produce red blood cells in the inner part, the red marrow. Your bones can do many great things, including healing themselves. The process of healing themselves is complex and can take a lengthy period of time.
I loved everything about the sport, knew everything about the sport, and simply wanted to be physically involved with the sport. I signed up for my local football organization and greatly anticipated the start of the season. My first season our team finished undefeated, winning each game with ease. I played offensive line and enjoyed every play, finally being a part of the sport I loved. My coach at the time admired my hard work and dedication, repeatedly telling my fellow teammates that we should all aspire to have a work ethic such as my own. At the end of the season, my coach suggested I practice to become a quarterback. A quarterback is usually one of the skinniest players on the team, a trait I certainly didn't have. If I were to be a quarterback, I would have to lose at least thirty pounds and practice almost every day until the next season. As crazy as the suggestion seemed to me at the time, I gladly accepted the challenge and almost instantly began to work to become the best quarterback I could
Those hot days in those great summers football was my favorite pastime. I lived in a house with two sisters and no brothers the most close thing to a brother was my football some friends and the field.
The first drive of the second half advanced as planned for the Packers until they met the 50 yard line. It was 2 and 5 and Aaron dropped back for a pass. Jordy and Randall ran switch verticals and both the safety and the corner followed Randall leaving Jordy wide open. I saw Jordy from a million miles away and thought Aaron read my mind, but shockingly he threw an incomplete pass towards Randall Cobb. After that play, I stormed past the security guards to the play caller and told him to run the same play but try throwing the ball to Jordy this time. I was positive that the coach ignored me as he called in the play. Aaron dropped back again and Randall and Jordy ran the same route. This time Aaron threw the ball and it screamed past the linebackers and into the delicate hands of Jordy Nelson for a touchdown. The crowd and the sideline crazily celebrated and the coach turned to thank me. Instead of kicking the extra point, the Packers made the bold move of going for two. Aaron got under the center and snapped the ball then he faked the handoff and ran behind the left tackle earning the points. The Packers now led 15-14 with 3 minutes left in the third quarter. Then with 30 seconds left in the game the Cowboys had the ball on the Packers 30 yard line. They decided to take a knee and use a timeout with five seconds remaining to make sure the Packers didn’t start another drive. Tony got under the center and looked over to Dez Bryant, his number 1 receiver, and I knew immediately the ball would be thrown to him. The ball snapped and Dez ran vertical and soon the ball followed him, he jumped up to catch the ball and the stadium was so silent that I thought I walked into church on Monday morning for a second. Dez magically placed one on the ball but Tramon Williams broke the connection ending the game. The stadium erupted like a volcano with happiness and the
The horn blew and the game started, Dedham won the face off and is running down the field at a faster pace than I was used to. They shot the ball! I couldn’t move my stick quick enough to save it, so I threw my body in front of it and got hit right in the shoulder. It hurt a lot, but what I hadn’t realized was that it hit my shoulder and reflected ten feet away from the net where my player caught it and ran down the field and scored. The other team didn’t know what hit them. It was the half now and the score was three to nothing in our favor. Our couch told us that we needed to keep up the good work.
Riley, our starting quarterback, placed his hands on the helmet of the right tackle, as he did every play. He called the play looking straight into my eyes signaling the pass was coming to me. My entire body tingled with excitement as I ran to the left of the field. I could feel my cleats dig into the soft, freshly cut field as I took my stance. I looked up into the sky seeing only white lights which created the stage for the football field. As I brought my head down slowly to see the white eyes of the defender across from me, my heart beat slowed and I was still, in peace for the short moment. The quarterback hiked the ball and I began in pursuit; shifting, juking to get away from my defender. We were side-by-side running down the field as the ball was thrown into the air, coming strait to me. I jumped up and became airborne, snagging it from the lit up, night sky. Falling back with the ball secured into my arms, I felt my defenders full weight push into my left leg. A snap rang out as we hit the ground together and I looked down to see a large bump sticking straight left out of my
Mistakes have been made from the beginning of time. Adam and Eve, the first living humans, made a mistake and were thrown from heaven to live apart from God. Ever since then, every human alive has made at least one mistake that either they or someone else regrets. Including myself as one. Some people spend their whole life reflecting on those mistakes and try to change the past. I personally have not made a mistake, that influential, to affect my life. But I have made some very dreadful decisions in my life. Several being about, something I may have said to an individual to disrespect them; or what I did in a basketball game that affected the whole team; or even a decision I made while hunting on the mountain that affected my parents.
I recently started getting severe pain in my lower front teeth and swelling in my jaw which prompted an emergency visit to the dentist. Turns out I had an abscess in the old extraction site from a previous wisdom tooth removal some 7 years past. The infection caused my lower left molar to rot out and need to be extracted and also contributed to some pretty severe bone loss in my lower jaw. Now I'm in a rather desperate situation, my front teeth are on the verge of falling out from the bone loss and my only option to save the teeth and stop the pain is to have a bone graft done to make up for what has gone missing from the infection, the graft itself is going to cost 2,500$ and needs to be done as soon as possible to avoid losing my front teeth
“The error of the past is the wisdom and success of future” once said Dale Turner when asked about his past mistakes. A mistake is defined as an error in calculation, action, or judgement cause by poor reasoning or carelessness. They create an opportunity to learn, and are perhaps life's greatest lesson in teaching humanity how to grow, mature, and imbibe new knowledge. It was a cold morning the day I boarded the massive yellow school bus. My mother was full of tears as I waved goodbye to her, she was sending her only son to Astrocamp; a three day affair full of science, fun, and ga-ga ball.
It was two days until the first game of my last high school football season. My team and I were going to play Bayfield, a battle we had persistently prepared for since the last game of our junior year. The sun was beating on my pads, radiating the heat to make practice seem even worse. I was exhausted and looking forward to the end of my last sweat poring practice for the week. Our team was repetitively executing plays to make sure they were like second nature to us on Friday.
Bone breaks are caused by trauma which is caused by a fall or an accident. It can also be caused by osteoporosis which is the thinning and weakening on the bone tissue. This would cause bone breaks as the weak bone will not be able to absorb any impact which would result in bone breaks. (Parker, 2005) The final common cause of bone breaks is overuse of the bone. This is the repeated motion of the limb which can tire the muscles surrounding the bone which will then put more force on the bone during motion such as exercise. This will result in stress fractures. (OrthoInfo, 1995)
During the beginning of the season, one of the football players was running a route and jumped to catch a football and landed awkwardly. My preceptor and I immediately
I have personally gained a wealth of knowledge and experience from all of my own little mishaps, and a few major ones. One instance of a failure that taught me well was when I tried to find a quick solution to boiling eggs. I was so tired of what I considered the long process of boiling eggs that I formulated a more imaginative way to cook them. I gathered my eggs in a large glass mixing bowl, poured water on top of them, and popped the bowl in the microwave. I set the appliance on for about 10 minutes, and then left the kitchen so the eggs could be nuked while I finished my other chores.
Accidents happen all the time whether we know it or not. Some could possibly be avoided and others may not. I was a young girl, who didn’t truly grasp the concept of life and death. Every time I was upset about something, I would think about ending my own life. However, through one horrifying incident, that silly thought of mine completely vanished. Thanks to that specific mishap, the way I perceived life and death has in turn, changed entirely anew.