Personal Narrative: My Footbal My Football Team

I have played football for four years including this year, which is relatively short when compared to others, but in that time I have learned more about myself and others than I have doing any other sport or activity. My football experience has been very different when compared to most others that have played the game. I go to a small, Catholic school in Atlanta that places a large emphasis on unity among our small community. This same sense unity carries over to the football team. The vice principle is our head coach, my tenth grade history teacher is a line coach, my brother’s math teacher is another line coach, a classmate of mine is the running back coach, and his father is the defensive coordinator. Despite my school being such a tight knit community, it does not have another sport that has such a sense of family. The atmosphere created by this setting helped me understand what …show more content…
and we are bonded closer together than most people to their own family. This bond is so strong for multiple reasons, but it starts with the fact that our mission has been to make the team “a family.” In this family, people can depend on one another if they need help and trust them. This sense of trust is different than other sports because of the physical aspect of football. Football players know that their teammates endure more pain in practice and in games than most others have to endure during their athletic endeavors and that their teammate’s pain is a sacrifice given up for a greater good (the success of the team). Football is so more than a single person, which is why the players are so willing to deal with the pain that come with the game. It should always be about every other person on the team and giving your all for the success of the team. Football is synonymous with pride of your school, town that you live in, team, and hard work that you have put