Whether it was football, soccer, basketball, or baseball, I enjoyed coaching and interacting with the children. Through coaching, I found a way to give back to the community. I realized I could make a positive impact by combining my passion for sports and my ability to connect with youth athletes. To be an influential youth sports…
Playing sports has always been a passion of mine. I played Pop Warner Football until I broke my foot in third grade. After my foot healed, I decided to play soccer because my my cousin played and I wanted to try it . Ever since I started playing soccer, I have always my hardest and strived to get better. All summer I worked with my friend Imanol practicing hard to make sure we made the team.…
I would definitely consider the job that I had during my internship as a future career. Lacrosse is something that I am very passionate about, and I want it to be part of my life even after I stop playing. I am also really interested in business administration and sports management. My internship gave me the opportunity to grow and expand my skill set, and also learn a great deal about what I want to do after college. Interning at Revolution Lacrosse (REV), I was able to learn so much about sports management, how it works, and how it can be applied in the workforce.…
Mentor, is a kind of authority. Very rarely is an authority in every respect. There is also a difference between the professional mentor and moral mentor. It would be wonderful if these aspects went hand in hand, but this is rare.…
With this role I was in charge of keeping the students hype and into the games, coming up with themes for the students to have fun with, and help come up with and lead the pep rallies. Previously I talked about playing sports at a young age taught me teamwork, but that also has taught me sportsmanship and being in the sports atmosphere that’s really made me value sportsmanship. You just let it go in one ear and out the other and stay positive towards them.…
I have always been an athlete, but we didn’t have lacrosse at my high school so when I got to college I thought it would be a fun, new sport to try to learn and an easy way to get involved with the college. Playing lacrosse…
A large portion of my volunteer time is dedicated to coaching my school’s First Lego League team. FLL is a robotics program where team members learn to create computer programs, effective engineering principals, and build problem solving skills. Our team meets twice a week for three hours after school to focus on solving a set of challenges given to us by the competition. In addition to our weekly meeting times I have continued to build my own understanding of robotics and the FLL program at various meetings of FLL coaches throughout the state. This dedication to helping Cottonwood’s FLL team succeed really paid off when we advanced to the state championship as a rookie team!…
Lacrosse was something that came easily to me. The parts of the sport that did not come easy, I enjoyed working on to improve to ensure I stayed at the top of my game. The coach of my high school team also coached select youth teams. Consequently, I played for him on these select teams for 6 years before coming to La Salle Academy. With this said, being let go was completely surreal.…
In the 4th grade I came across this quote by Benjamin Franklin “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn”. That quote has stuck with me to this day because it really made sense to me. With everything I have done it life whether it was house chores, schoolwork, or sports I have tried to apply this so I could learn to my fullest ability. Now as a baseball coach I am trying to apply this to the way I teach players. For example, if I tell a player how to throw a curveball they will forget, if I teach them they may remember, but if involve them they will learn.…
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute or a hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it will last forever.” - Lance Armstrong June 21st, 2016 friday afternoon, a day that to this day I will never forget it. It was the beginning of my senior football season during preseason…
Last year I was involved as an assistant coach for a youth's soccer team for about half a season. It was a great experience to work with young children and help them improve their soccer skills. Although I am not much of a great player, knowing the basics and a few extra tips learned from the coach of the team, made it possible for the children to improve themselves at a faster rate than…
Watching the ball leave my teammate’s stick, fly through the air, and land in my stick was only the beginning of my love for lacrosse. Now, every time I shoot the ball and it strikes the back of the net, I remember the first time I played lacrosse and I am extremely grateful for it. I knew from the moment I picked up a stick, that I had a future and I would need to work extremely hard to become the best player I could be. Although I was not able to catch or throw my first time practicing, I kept pushing myself and evolved into the strong player I am today. After a surprising moment during my sophomore year of high school, my love for lacrosse was never the same and the respect I have for the sport and other players has grown immensely.…
A coach would be helping the community by starting the foundation of a sport. No matter what age group you are coaching, if it is not the pros... You are the foundation! As a coach, i must have the ability to evaluate athletes and understand their physical attributes. (texas career check)…
The summer of my junior year, an assistant coach from Concordia College seen me playing in a tournament in Bayside, New York. He came up to me after my first game and introduced himself and expressed his interest in me playing for the school. After I had a break from baseball, I decided to come and visit the school. I came up with my dad and met up with the assistant coach that scouted me, to give me a tour of the school. It was a brief tour of the school because we were restricted from certain areas since the visit took place during the summer.…
Age-Appropriate Coaching: A Dance Perspective. There are many factors to keep in mind when coaching any type of sport. A specific factor that absolutely must be adhered to is age, which influences many performance capabilities both physically and psychologically (Crocker, 2011). In consequence, all coaches must adjust their instruction in order to maximize success of athletes.…