Last year, I tried out for TSC ( short for Tennessee Soccer Club). TSC is considered as one of the best, if not the best, soccer clubs in Tennessee for many reasons: its championship winning teams, its top notch facilities, and its player's collegiate success to state a few. I was confident that I was going to make the showcase team. This confidence came from the fact that I knew many players on the showcase team and had competed against many of them, so I knew what to expect at tryouts. The tryouts lasted three days, and there were more than 200 players competing for a spot on one of the two teams in my age group. After tryouts had concluded, the coaches informed us that they would be calling players to let us know if we made the showcase
Some kids that have been playing for a long time got cut. I couldn’t believe it. The next day at practice coach said now that you made the team we are going to have a tryout for who is going to start and make lines according on skill and your ability to work. Every drill I was first, we ran a thing called the stair way to haven, I was first.
“Hello my name is Coach Ventura but you can call me Ace. So, we will be doing some drills for the next 3 days to a--.” My face broke out in red and I was speechless. I thought that there was only one day of tryouts. I calmed my nerves and gained back my composure. I refocused my hearing on the coach when she was in the middle of saying,” …--a number and go to your group.” I didn’t know the first part, but I joined into what everyone else was doing which was getting a duct tape number on the back of our shirts to determine what group we started out in and rotated to. As the tryouts went on I was feeling more
Ever since I was young my parents said “Drew you should try new things, even if it means you fail at something.” I never really listen to them until one time in the study grade when I decided that it was ok to fail. I asked my parents “ Can we look for a club basketball team that I could try out for?” Thrilled in hearing that I wanted to try something new, they found I tryout for a team called the Cincinnati Royals. A couple of other friends agreed to try out with me, but I was still very nervous because it was my first tryout. All three of us made it through the first round of cuts and were called back for another tryout. I remember being more nervous for the second tryout than I was for the first. My palms sweated the whole night, every shot I took clanked of the rim, it wasn’t my night. My two other friends were told that they made the team, but I unfortunately got cut which I expected given how I performed. At first I saw this experience as an overwhelming failure, but I soon realized that I challenged myself, and I could learn from the criticism the coaches gave me. Taking the new stuff I learned from the tryout, I found a different club basketball team that I was fortunate enough to make, which I got to meet new people and play a sport that I loved. Although I may not have gotten the
On February 28, 2005, I experienced one of the most exciting events that anyone could ever experience – winning a State Championship. The day my soccer team made history is a day I’ll never forget. However it is not just that day we won the title, but the whole experience of the preceding season that got us there. From start to finish, my team’s 2004-2005 season taught me that the platitude is true. You can do anything you set your mind to.
It was the most competitive three days of my life, basketball tryouts. This is the first time my friends and I were trying out for a school team, we were all hyped for basketball season. I entered the tryout excited and consequently energetic. Adrenaline was pulsing through all the players bodies, there were 6 foot tall 8th graders with years of experience competing against 6th graders who have never touched a basketball before for the same spots. I was in between, I was a 6th grader that had experience along with some skill. That was also my downfall, I went in overconfident and consequently cocky. I wasn’t planning on getting cut, I walked into the tryout overwrought, nothing could stop me from being on the team.
First I would be only be accepted as a member of the baseball team if could prove my worth on the practice field and demonstrate my skills as a fielder and hitter. The first opportunity to prove that came at tryouts. Tryouts are the time to showcase everything you’ve got, from making the simple plays to laying out and making a diving catch in the outfield. When it was my turn to make that play I felt all eyes on me, silently judging me. Everyone was doing it, the coaches to determine rank among the hopeful newcomers and among the veterans, the veterans watching me, trying to see if I was a threat to their starting role, and even the other players trying out, hoping I would fail so I wouldn’t
In 2014 I was determined to make the high school soccer team. Every day at 8 am at the beginning of a dreadfully hot August morning, I would get to the turf fields for 4 hours and participate in “hell week”. After a long week, I made the JV team. I was never put into the game and felt like my hard work was put to no use. My sophomore year rolled around and I tried extra hard to impress the coaches. Anything and everything was a competition to make it to the top. By the end of the week, we all gathered around the paper that had names of the players who made it. I didn’t make the team. After tears and telling myself to move on, I went to the field hockey tryouts. I knew nothing about the sport and was terrified that soccer wasn’t my go-to
The day I had been practicing so much for was finally here. I didn't know what to think, I was more prepared than other people but still didn't think I would make the line. As I walked into tryouts the first day, I was confident , but at the same time, I knew I was nervous inside. I was one of the 3 freshman trying out. There were other people there who were on drumline the previous years. They looked like nothing was wrong to them and this tryout was pretty much a casual rehersal for them. All though , all thing all of them thought that we freshmen were terrible. We started
The Pioneer football team lost its bid for a perfect season last friday in an interleague matchup against the Vikings of River Valley High School. Despite the absence of two senior captains, Trey Pugh and Andrew Koenig, the loss was a massive upset as Alder was ranked as the number four team in Division IV in Ohio’s latest AP poll. The Pioneers fell at a score of 18 to 14. When asked about the outlook on the rest of the season, senior captain Austin Fooce replied, “We still have a lot to play for. We are really looking forward to week 10 and playoffs.”
During the past summer I went to a camp on Oahu called, G.P.A. 2016 Football Showcase. It was a first time at the position I chose, cornerback. The showcase was three days long, as the weekend went on I began shining in a certain coach's eye. He then put me inside the Top 12 of the camp in that position. I already had my goals for football and those goals were starters; to get my name in the newspaper, make my senior year memorable, and
If you mess up and feel that you won’t make it, you have to fully TRUST that whatever happens is God’s plan for you and it’s the best plan overall. I’ve learned this throughout the past 4 years of doing tryouts. You just have to pray that God will work in your life and that He will put you in the correct situations to glorify Him. Thankfully, I can glorify God by doing what I love, which is cheer. Cheer is one of the biggest blessings He has put in my life.
Malcolm X once said, “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat; every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time.” I stared closely at the scoreboard, watching the seconds count down. I grasped that I would not be playing in this game or the next, or the one following that. This season would be a learning experience, an experience that would strengthen my mind and spirit. My first year on varsity soccer was truly a challenge. I struggled for the first time in my soccer career and faced many difficult obstacles, along the way. The season began, and I was immediately labeled as a “reserve” player. I was a bench warmer and a useless substitute, who had minimal playing time.
I was going back and forth of what to tell you guys of what got me through my high school years. There were three words that came to mind that I felt helped me get through my years of high school. For the young ones listen up for the older ones take notes for the grown-ups reflect.
In the English Premier League, Manchester United is one of the best, if not, the best club across England and around the world. Situated in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, Manchester United has been dominating football since the late 1800s. The club has won a record 20 Premier League titles, 3 UEFA Champions League titles, one UEFA Europa League title, one FIFA Club World Cup title, and many more. As of 2017, Manchester United are the world’s most valuable club, roughly worth £2.86 billion. With many star players such as Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimović, David De Gea, and Romelu Lukaku, Manchester United have built an image on success, with a team so remarkable at the “beautiful game”, it is one of the most popular sport brands in all of football.
Commencement of a Football scholarship Minor, high voiced, and short is how I first remember starting my first adventures with football. I was born in Dallas, Texas and raised to be a Dallas Cowboy fan. Growing up in D-town all I could remember was watching some of my idols like Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irvin do tremendous things on the television screen. Watching these games as a child came to be a Sunday ritual for my family and I. Growing up watching the Cowboys of the past and present is what made me want to pursue my football career. Maturity came a little further and at age 5 I was able to play legally on my uncles flag football team.