My cousin is probably one of the most naturally talented soccer players I had ever seen. Not so much for myself. I had to work really hard to be skillful with ball control, shoot on target, to not panic in stressful situations. I was never the star player on any team I had ever been on, but I always tried hard and practiced a lot. Practice doesn't make you perfect, but it does make you better.
I was in ninth grade,and midseason, my coach, Ms. Borman, was teaching us a new play that we could implement into a game. It was a torrid afternoon. The sun blazed down from a cloudless blue sky, beating heavily on the fields, radiating the heat to cause the practice to seem even worse. The only task left we needed to accomplish was to perform the play
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quickly and smoothly with no flaws five times in a row. Then we would be done. There was a catch, though, every time our team screwed up the drill we would have a punishment. One lap around the field, 20 push ups, 40 squats, and plank for 60 seconds. We had done the drill perfectly four times, then it came down to me to score the last shot. I felt a sea of anxiety deep down. My heart pounding, I took a deep breath and darted down the sideline. The fluorescent yellow ball was touched toward me. It felt as if I was in slow motion. The ball rolled before me, and I shot. I whiffed! The ball flew wide of the goal, therefore, we were required to complete the consequence. My teammates groaned and glanced at me with faces of disappointment. I felt as if the workout was the utmost physically demanding, challenging workouts I had ever done. Coach made us work on this drill/conditioning every practice onward. At the closure of the season, with a record of three losses, one tie, and nine wins, I learned that coach did not make us do all this conditioning because she hated us, she did it so we were able to succeed. I began playing soccer in second grade.
At first, I was just interested in playing the sport and enjoying time with friends. I’ve now been in the sport for 8 years and just began indoor soccer in the winter. Soccer is a year-round sport, at least for me it is, that has always kept me on my toes. We have practice 5 days a week and a game either in the middle of the week or on a Saturday. Busy doesn’t even begin to describe the chaos that goes on during my average school year. Nevertheless, all the chaos can’t be worth …show more content…
nothing. So last year our team was second in the outdoor league and first in indoor soccer.
I've never been more invested and in love with something that I was doing. Soccer has taught me numerous lessons one of which being, dedication. In order to endure a two-hour practice every day, then practicing skills on my own time, and an hour twenty-minute game it is necessary to know what dedication is. It's been crammed into our heads to be strong, passionate, and never giving up on what we are doing. I've learned to be strong in the sense that every day I feel down or exhausted, I've learned to push through it. Never missing a practice even if it's the worst day of our lives. I've learned to show up taking into account that I'm not just out there for myself, I'm out there for every guy on the field playing with me. Soccer has taught me passion seeing I've never felt more love for anything I've ever done in my life. I'm proud to show up to practice every day to become better and feel the drive that radiates around each person on the field. Also, winning the game, everyone smiles with joy and cheers because that's just how much passion is in the air. In closing, soccer has taught me to never give up. If our attack fails, or we are down by two or three, we keep pushing on because we believe that we can beat this team. If I'm working towards a new skill, whether that be a new move or shooting a curve ball, I work harder and harder to achieve that skill. There is no “I can't do it” in
soccer. Due to soccer, I've learned that I can. If one says I can't do it, it's because he is not putting in enough effort. I've learned to never give less than 110% because that's what it takes to be dedicated to something, that's what it takes to succeed. I've learned what it is to want something and to never stop striving for it even if it seems untraceable. Furthermore, I would never be the person I have become today without the experience I've had through soccer. Not many people stumble upon these life lessons and go through the trying times that I've had. I learned all about life with a ball at my feet. I have never been happier to have a sport in my life that not only changed my life but has never failed to continue teaching me lessons I'll remember for the rest of my life.
Playing soccer has also brought my family closer together. Both my parents and my sisters would come to all my games and support me. No matter the outcome of the game my family was always there for me. My family has been at my important games and the games that I am not so proud of. Even though they have seen the worst of the sport I still love having them watching me play. They have been the reason I have never given up. And I love making them proud. In the past year, my travel team folded and I thought that I would never have another team to play on. It was very upsetting knowing that I would not be playing with the same girls that I have played with my entire life. Yet, I joined an intramural team and started playing again. I played on a co-ed team for two more years before I graduated high school. On the intramural tea...
Soccer involves two teams and two strategies. Strategy one requires offensively invading the opponent’s area and scoring, and the second strategy involves defensively protecting one’s own goal and keep the opponent from scoring. The main objective is to master the basic skills of soccer, including dribbling, passing, shooting, goalkeeping, and sportsmanship. Other objectives include applying these skills into game situations, demonstrating an understanding of the rules, comprehending how to play safely, and learning use equipment safely. The general intent is to teach life lessons, instill confidence, promote health and fitness. Life lessons include winning and losing courteously, work with others as a team, respect authority, respect fellow athletes, respect equipment and facility, and lastly, how to value delayed gratification. Confidence is instilled by learning an impressive game, learning to fit in, and learning to be part of something greater than themselves. something. Soccer also promotes health and fitness by teaching students that being fit feels good, an appreciation for a balance of work and play, and proper nutrition and hydration to perform at their
I started playing soccer when I was four years old. At the time I had a lot of problems. To name a few, I was bad at working with others, I was a sore loser, and I did not handle pain or disappointment well. When I started to play soccer I had a low self esteem and was terribly shy. Going up and talking to people was not on my list of things to do. This made it pretty hard for me to fit in with all the other kids and make friends. It was hard to enjoy playing soccer when I felt as though I had no friends on the team. My parents noticed my dislike in the sport, but urged me to keep playing anyway.
While I have developed my soccer skills over the years, the relationships I have built with people are treasured more than my ability to play the game. Playing soccer has granted me the opportunity to be surrounded by an extensive family of people who truly love me. I am forever indebted to the sport for bringing me into love-filled relationships with players and coaches alike.
I played soccer since I was seven, as of the last few years I played at a very high level. I have represented Ohio South two times at a regional showcase, I have been invited to participate in a camp in Manchester, England and attended the camp twice. Also last Season for the Newark High School soccer team I was named first team all league and third team all central district. Soccer was the first sport I truly loved to do, I wanted to be the best. I work hours upon hours to master whatever part of the game I wanted to improve on. Soccer has taught me to have a great work ethic, and that mentality came when I was cut from the state team the first time I tried out. It was the worst thing that has ever happened to me, I was destroyed, and I thought I was not good but I knew I could do better. The next year I worked, I got bigger, stronger, faster, my soccer I.Q. was higher;therefore, overall I was a much better player. The result of that work, was that I made the team, but not only, I made the starting line up. After that I knew I could accomplish anything I put my mind to.
...ike at the ball. Individual skills are useful only when they fit in with the team. Soccer teams use strategies, and a good player must understand his responsibilities to the team and must use his skills accordingly. Soccer players must learn to think for themselves during games. Since there are no time-outs, they hear from their coaches only at half time - and then only for a few minutes. If adjustments in team strategy are needed during play, the members of the team must know enough to make them by themselves. Each player must be adaptable enough to play both offense and defense, to take the responsibilities of a teammate in certain situations. Every player must be prepared to do everything. Soccer provides a fine balance between individual skills and teamwork. Playing winning soccer requires the cooperative effort of eleven men and the individual skills of each.
In front of my bed, a small cork board is pinned to the wall. Every night since the fall of 2012, I have read the soccer motivation quotes before I went to sleep. As my high school years flew past me, the signs piled up It seemed as though before I had time to blink, it was the summer before my senior year. The night before my first day of conditioning, I rearranged all the things I collected to motivate myself over the past three years. One of those motivators that did not exist on my cork board, however, were my past captains. I had always looked up to my captains. One of which was Abby. I had always admired Abby’s determination, especially watching it increase after receiving the captain spot. I used her determination to drive my own. Every year, I strived for their approval and compliments. From the moment I started soccer, I knew I wanted to be a team captain my senior year.
While I was in high school, I joined the soccer team. There were 15 girls in a team. There were three girls, whose last name was Lepcha. Who think that they play better soccer then everybody in a team and they do play well but not good as they thought they were. They had started playing soccer for one or two years ago. There were two other girls, whose name was Sabina and Dilu. They were my best friends. My one friend Sabina had played soccer for quite long and she played well but she did not have an attitude as Lepcha did. My second friend was Dilu; she was not that good at soccer. It was her first time playing soccer just like me. I do not know other people who were on a soccer team but the one thing I know about them was that it was their
Growing up in El Salvador, soccer was a sport that significantly impacted my childhood. My cousins and uncles taught me how to play soccer, as well as various techniques that would later benefit me on the soccer field. At the age of seven I started to play for one of most well-known soccer clubs in El Salvador. Practicing twenty three hours a week was really paying off, as I could see in my medal and trophy gain. Not only did they represent my accomplishments, but they also gave joy to my teammates, community, and family because they were the people who encouraged me to give my best. Playing soccer was also a way to release stress because when my family was going through hardships, it was easier for me to let all of my negative energy on the
The definition of soccer: “A game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by the goalkeepers. The object of the game is to score goals by kicking or heading the ball into the opponent 's ' goal.” When I think about the thing I’m most passionate about, soccer pops into my head right away. Soccer represents more than just a game to me. The sport gives me an outlet distract me from the real world, it taught me to overcome a battle that shaped my character, and my teammates bring out the best in me.
The first lesson soccer has taught me is always be a team player. If you are not a team player it will be very challenging to get certain assignments done in life,
Soccer is a sport that takes a lot of commitment and teamwork to succeed in games. Even though most sports do take commitment and teamwork to succeed,
I have always had a passion for sports, soccer in particular. For awhile I actually thought if I was good enough I could play professionally. Just imagine being in front of thousands of people who are rooting for you, that was my dream. In gym whenever we would play soccer, I played the hardest I could. I pretended I was in a stadium, sweating beads of accomplishment as I scored goals. When I would play soccer it made me feel like I already had become a professional player. I always felt like I dominated. Looking back, I do not believe I had, but at the time I felt on top of the world. It was something I enjoyed greatly. Soccer made me happy. It made me complete. My road went from being visible to the graveling beginning.
I was always taught that soccer was to be about the love of the game and that it should be fun. Unfortunately, I faced many obstacles that I needed to overcome before I could truly love the game for what it was worth. I grew and continued to love the game, knowing little at the time of the obstacles I would be faced with, and would need to overcome. My struggles with soccer began early in my life. I was an average player, who had a drive to succeed and go far.
I love being a part of something bigger than myself, and my gifts and talents help me do this. As a frequent leader of group projects, I am constantly urging myself and my group to go above and beyond the requirements. These experiences as part of a group, often encountering failure, have taught me that I almost always have a positive outlook on life, and I will persevere and do everything with confidence. Everything bad that happens in life also has a good side; God always has a plan for us. I would love to develop my athletic talent and passion for soccer. I am on the club team FC Revolution in my hometown of Santa Cruz. Constant practices keep me in good physical and mental condition. Soccer has taught me that exercise is equally as important