Personal Narrative: Life Lessons Learned From Sports

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I believe that life lessons are learned from sports. Through all my sports endeavors, I have learned many things. My coaches have touched my life in many different ways and have made me into a better person. Anyone who has not played a sport, I encourage you greatly to try one. Everyone should play or have a chance to play sports. The lessons learned in sports can not be learned in other places. I play hockey, football and run track. Out of these sports, Hockey has changed my life the most. In hockey either team has a chance to win when you step on the ice. Sometimes you get good bounces and the puck goes your way. Whichever team puts the most effort forth will win. I have played games against teams where we had a more skilled team, and they beat us because they came ready to go. I learned that overconfidence kills teams. This applies to life also, never be overconfident and always do things to the fullest of your potential, or you might fall short. …show more content…

Last year we had the best team in the league and we needed one game to move on. We were up a goal. My captain Chase Bell is skating in the defensive zone. The other team shoots and the goalie flashes the leather and makes a glove save. Then out of nowhere a player on the other team slashes our goalie. In less than a second Chase is raining punches down on this player. People were coming off the bench and joining in. Gloves and sticks scattered the ice. Pairs of players throwing hooks and uppercuts. Referees whistles screeching. The crowd roared with mobs of angry parents banging on the

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