My Views Ever since I can remember, I’ve been attracked to the screaming bleachers and the Friday night lights. Finally after several years I was able to play this sport I’ve been drawn to since a young age. After my first football game, I realized that there is a lot more to football than cheering bleachers and bright lights One question I am asked when the topic is brought up is, “why do you play football?”. One reason I play football is because it is a great way to pass the time. If your anything like me, I have nothing to do at my house, so when I play football is when time seems to go by the fastest. Another reason why I play football is because it is a great way to make new friends. By playing football since my seventh grade year, I’ve made more friends from every school I’ve played against than the amount of friends I have from my own school. …show more content…
One of the things I get out of football is that it relieves stress. From running so much, doing so many drills, and hitting people takes your mind off of all the other things running around in your mind. Another thing I get from being in football is that it helps me stay more athletic and helps for any other sport I decide to play and even contributes to next years football season. One more helpful thing you get from football is that it gives you a healthier body. From all the lifting and working out you get out of football makes your body healthy and used to different situations that you may possibly get into in the
Football has been a big part of my life ever since I was a little kid. I almost always tried to play football when I could with my brothers if they weren’t busy messing around. During recess in grade school my class would try to start a football game and I would be the first in to be picked on a team. My first time being on a “football team” was in little league my third grade year and I’ve never missed a year yet now that I am a senior in highschool and I’m hoping to continue it in college. Football made the person who I am today, it changed me in many ways and affected how I am as a person.
Football helps build a person’s character. It helps them trust. This is because you spend hours with your teammates. You have to put your trust in them making the final touchdown, and catching the ball when you throw.
Football, just like any other sport, is mostly played for satisfaction and enjoyment out of the game. Football is known to be able to reduce stress, anxiety, and forms of depression. Football is also known for its hard conditioning, strength, and its strong mentality, which is great for your health. While football improves your strength and mentality, it also improves your concentration. Football is a game full of concentration. It forces you to get your mind set and to focus on what is going on during the game. Football also improves dedication and determination. NFL players are all known for their hard work. It is a requirement to play the game. You must know what your goal is and you must constantly push yourself to achieve the goal you have set for yourself. Likewise many sports, football teaches you teamwork. Teamwork is a number one necessity in football. You must know your role on the team and in order to accomplish that role, you must know how to work as a team and not just an
When I was beginning high school as a freshman, I searched for an activity that I could participate in. I was looking to meet new people and hoping to be accepted by other students. I was willing to do anything for their acceptance. At the beginning of the school year a football meeting was announced, although I had never played football before, I decided to attend the meeting. From the day of that initial meeting, I will be in love with the game for the rest of my life. I learned of the consequences involved with participating in a full contact sport such as football. Many people ask if football is worth the risk for high school athletes. I decided that for me the benefits outweigh the risks.
Football is more than just a contact sport. What are often disregarded are the benefits that come from the game. The life lessons that young players learn when playing this game are irreplaceable. It molded me a young man into a wholesome human being. One who applies what he learned in football to the outside world. Football has taught me a lot about myself as well as responsibilities in the work
Do you have that certain something that has affected your life for better? Football is that thing for me. I have played it as long as I could walk. I still remember the time when I was very little and my dad would take me to the front yard and we would play catch and talk about football for hours. I have enjoyed football in three big parts of life: Pee Wee, Junior High, and High school.
Imagine being member of a football team on the field while the crowd is cheering for their favorite team. You are probably wondering, “WOW, I never thought that I will be part of this team.” Football is not for everyone and being part of a football team does not mean that you are going to be in the spotlight. A person can learn much from playing football. Football teaches strength, discipline, and how to be a team player.
Football makes families and friends more ambitious. Lastly, when kids play football with their brothers and sisters they are determined to fight for the gold, and win that game.
The popularity of pro football has jumped in recent years compared to other sports in the States, such as pro basketball and major league baseball. During my time as a kid I always thought that being in the NFL was the most amazing thing. But as time has caught up with me certain things have made me wonder if it’s worth it. Life as a fan includes certain aspects such as playing fantasy football, enjoying video games, and gambling. Players in the NFL make millions, but they also endure certain life problems, which we, as fans, don’t see, to include concussions, financial problems, and quality of life issues after football. In this essay I will give you examples of why football is a great thing for me and you and a hardship for the league and its players .
For example it will increase your exercise time, build comradery between yourself and your peers, build teamwork, and it is just a fun thing to partake in. Football offers many rewards both long term and immediate that easily worth the small danger (Silverman). In the sport you must work as a team but have individual motivation that will translate into a good work ethics that can and will follow you for the rest of your life (Silverman). Some people may argue that football should be outlawed because of its dangerousness, but the positives outweigh the negatives. Football is not like a drug that will take life away from you. It is an activity that has dangers but has greater
From the early ages in history to the present day, sports have always been an important part of society. It teaches discipline, how to be a team player, how to interact with others and is a good source of physical activity. In specific, football utilizes all of these aspects of sports and it’s a great source of teaching self-restraint and perseverance. Some may say that football is a violent sport or it’s not beneficial in any way, but in reality it gives a person the basic tools needed not only for playing the game, but also how you interact with people in society.
Another reason football should be played is to build leadership. Out of every football team will rise leaders. Those gifted with the ability to exhort, motivate and inspire often shine in the context of football. It is no surprise, then, that nine of the most recent American presidents either played or supported college football. Some want to win more; others will not abide laziness or bad attitudes. Whatever the motivation, leadership skills are developed in a football
Football can teach you teamwork and gives you a healthy lifestyle. In football, it's a team sport you have to trust your teammate that he will get the play correct. It gives you a healthy lifestyle because you exercise and run.
First, playing football has health benefits. It gives people an overall workout. With intensity and range in the movements of the game like kicks, twists, turns, and throws, the game helps build long-term fitness and burn fat. Next, it practices significant
The reason why I chose this activity was because football is my favorite sport and I have not played it since high school, so when my friends asked me to play it was a no brainer