College Essay About Playing Field Hockey

Playing field hockey is my passion and an activity that I love to do. I will always love the sport and it will always be a part of who I am. I like to do many things that involve that sport of field hockey. For example, I like to do summer camps, winter clubs, play for my school team in the fall, and do tournaments with my club team in the spring. Speaking of playing field hockey all the time I am currently playing for my indoor club for the third year in a row.

When I first started I was not that skilled at indoor field hockey and didn't know that rules as well as others who have been playing. It took a couples of days to learn them because it is on a different surface so there different rules that apply than outdoor. When I first started …show more content…
These teams they were playing were very good, a lot more skilled than me, and much older than me. I had never been more nervous because I didn't want to embarrass myself infront of other parents that I hadn’t know yet alone parents I have known. I thought to myself just to have fun, learn new things, and take advice from the coach in a positive way. The coach put me on the field and I was shocked at first and wasn't very aggressive to get the ball like I was on u12. While I was playing I just thought to myself that I was doing good and I was almost …show more content…
I definitely think that I would do that again now that I am more used to it and it's not the first time. The lesson that I have learned was have the courage to try and do something new, which is what I did. The coach came up to me after the games and told me things I could work on and things that I did good and took all of that in a positive way to make myself a better player on the court. In the end all that matters is that I had the courage and I had