Christi Weiser's Impact On Me

Someone Who Has Had An Impact On Me

If I were to ask you what people have had the greatest impact on your life, whom would you pick? Some would say that a family member has had the greatest impact on their life, or maybe they would say a trip that they went on. The person who has had the most impact on my life is not only my softball coach, but also someone who has made me push myself to my limits. Christi Weiser has had a huge impact on the type of person I have become. I have played for Coach Weiser for two years now and she as taught me more about life than anyone ever will. The lesson that she had taught me that will stick with me forever is respect. She has taught me that respect is earned and that it doesn’t matter what grade …show more content…
We do not back talk them, we do not say negative things to them, and if we happen to knock one of them down by accident, we better help them up. Weiser may come across as strict to some people, but no one knows her better than her team. She always puts her family first and then her team. I have never met someone who is as down to earth as she is. Coach Weiser has helped me with just about anything and everything. She has helped me with personal problems and she has helped me set goals for myself that I thought I would never reach. She speaks very highly of her team and makes sure that we encourage everyone who is on the …show more content…
If someone was batting and swung at a pitch but missed, she would look them directly into the eye and tell them that they are better than that pitch and to go get the next one. She would tell us that we needed to be self-discipline otherwise we would never learn from our mistakes. Coach Weiser was a very strict person and expected great things from us even at practice. While at practice we always had to wear pants, even when it was so hot outside I thought my body would overheat and shut down. The reason she always made us wear pants was because just in case we had to do sliding drills we were prepared. Wearing pants was probably the worst part of practices because it was so extremely hot outside. When it was nighty degrees out, and sweat was rolling off of our skin like rain on a window, there we were. Some were in sweatpants and some in softball pants. People probably thought that we were ridiculous. Here we were, in the middle of June, wearing sweatpants and running around the field in nighty degree weather with the sun beating down on our backs. She also always made sure that we had our jersey’s tucked in or our shirts. When games rolled around, we looked sharp. We might not of been the best softball team last year, but we at least looked good. It didn’t matter if we were just stretching, if someone had their shirt were not tucked in she would call us out on it and tell us to “Get dressed.” If we decided to wear