Obviously, my soccer mates and soccer environment growing up helped shape me into the person I am today. The fact that I went to Spain during the summers and on holidays throughout my childhood is what raised my interest in soccer and its environment. The soccer community has helped me grow as a person. Through being part of the soccer community growing up, I have learned more about myself. I have learned how the soccer environment suits me and which I can’t do without.…
My Personal Michigan Hero Can you describe a person in your life that you would call your hero or inspirer? My hero is my dad, and he is about 5 feet 8 inches tall with black going on white hair. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, and his family had moved 8 times by the time he made it to high school. He is respectful and encourages you to do your best. My dad is my inspiration because he taught me that I need to work hard and do my best in school.…
When society defines inspiration it is commonly associated with world leaders and people who changed the world for the better. This makes it seem impossible to believe that any everyday person can be an inspiration. Yet that one close friend or mentor seems to have a much larger impact on us than any of those famous characters. I believe that everyone has a Clarisse inside of them, but that society has made it so hard to imagine that we can make a difference. In my life, I have found a person who expresses their inner Clarisse and brightens my life.…
is that soccer is the most popular sport. Seeing everyone watch and play soccer made me fall in love with it. I have played in little leagues, middle school, high school, city leagues, and college intramurals. Besides being fun, soccer has taught me many life lessons. Two of these lessons are perseverance and teamwork.…
From the time I was six years old, soccer consumed my life. I started at a recreational level, advanced to a competitive division, and eventually on to high school. I’ve put countless hours into learning the game. I never thought my soccer career would include coaching until one summer when two friends and I signed up to coach a recreational soccer team of nine year-old girls. Initially, I thought it would be a cakewalk, my previous coaches managed my teammates and I with ease.…
Without soccer, I would not know how to tell my story. I didn't have much free time for soccer teams when I was young because I had to take care of my 5 younger brothers when my mom wasnt home. But in sixth grade our neighborhood was full of Latinos that loved soccer, so that is how I started to become more passionate about it. Our neighborhood did not have a nice field. It didn't have goals or markings, it was pretty much dirt and grass.…
In all sports there are disagreements about which sports are actually a sport or if the sport is aggressive enough or not, or how they. But the two sports I would like to compare and contrasts are soccer and football. The most common thing in sports are injuries in both sports are in soccer was ranked the Sixth in “Top ten dangerous sports” and the reasons for being ranked sixth. In the year 2009 the “U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's statistics had revealed that 88,000 soccer player between the ages 5 to 14 have been seen in emergency rooms since then.…
Inspiration The person that inspires me is Kolten Wong. He plays for the St. Louis Cardinals and that is my favorite team. When last season started he played as a second baseman and he was diving for the ball and getting down on the ball very well. He was always watching and just waiting for the ball to come.…
Soccer is my life as of right now, it’s all I want to do all year round. The longest break I get from soccer is 2 weeks after high school soccer is finished, then I have club soccer in the spring. I believe that hard work = success if you work hard enough for something you can achieve your goal. If I didn’t put as much time into soccer, I wouldn't be the way I am now and that goes for anyone with any sport the more time you put into something the more skilled you will be at the task.…
I have always had a passion and love for my sport, soccer. With that being said, I want to pursue a career that pertains to sports. I have considered kinesiology or some sort of exercise science because I am very interested about the fitness, health, and rehabilitation to injuries that comes with sports. As far as contributions to my community go, my major will hopefully allow me to assist or volunteer in programs, projects, or businesses in my local community that pertain to sports medicine. I have participated in my high school's health career academy program for three years now…
A few main things that have influenced me would be family, music, and color guard. All three have played a huge part in my life in some way, shape, or form. Family… Why family? Family is the base of me, family is what helps get me through the day.…
Soccer became my life. Soccer made me who I am today because if you don’t respect your teammates, your coach, and all the rules, you cannot…
I smell sweet, freshly cut grass. I feel a cool morning breeze on my face. I feel the grass crush beneath my cleats. I hear whistles blowing in the distance. I see the figures of my teammates in the distance.…
I love intensity. I love the limelight. I love pressure. But as my approach to the ball in the biggest game in my soccer career became shorter, my whole body was overcome by a surge of doubt. My muscles froze and I could feel the eyes of all two thousand bystanders glued onto my back.…
Frida Kahlo is my inspiration. I remember the first time I actually studied one of her paintings with more than a passing, curious glance, when I read pages from her journal and grew voracious wanting to know more about her. It would have been hard to say at first what about her I clicked with. I would have only been able to describe abstract emotions, complicated thoughts and ideas all tangled together as I happily unknotted ideas that gave me such joy, such inspiration. Now, I feel a closer bond with the person I look up to so much, I have an understanding of her that will only grow with time and experience.…