The Field
"Ethan are you ready?" I hear Coach say to me on the bench, "go give Cameron a break." I walk on the field, a 70-80 yard long 60 yards wide expanse with two goals, a ball and two teams of 11 working as a whole trying to achieve the same objective: to score a goal and win the game. This is my favorite place to be, the one place where I feel the inner most tranquility. The soccer field is the battleground covered in the blood and sweat from that army of eleven, the field is filled with frustration, joy, anger, and Gatorade. The soccer field is the place where I go not as an obligation because I'm on the team for school, but as a place of euphoria, where I can strenuously run in spurts, workout frustrations and just block out the real world for about two hours. It's where nothing really matters except for soccer and that's fine. When I stop and think about it, I've learned a lot from playing soccer that transfers into my everyday life. To go further into this topic, the level of concentration that I put into my games and all my practices, also goes into papers that I write for English or history. I also realize that this same level of concentration helps me on my job. Sure, it's …show more content…
Being on this team has lead me to realize that it isn't an "Ethan" show, it's really a "there's no I in team" situation. It's about being able to execute the tasks coaches and teammates put on my shoulders. This transfers to how I see everyday life. When my parents ask me to do the trash or the dishes I do them with little hesitation, when my boss tells me to face an entire isle of cans I do it. I've learned to be more accepting of constructive criticism and by doing so, I have been able to accept praise without getting too big headed about it. These are the skills that I've taken from being on the soccer team and interpreted into my everyday
"Ethan are you ready?" I hear Coach say to me on the bench, "go give Cameron a break." I walk on the field, a 70-80 yard long 60 yards wide expanse with two goals, a ball and two teams of 11 working as a whole trying to achieve the same objective: to score a goal and win the game. This is my favorite place to be, the one place where I feel the inner most tranquility. The soccer field is the battleground covered in the blood and sweat from that army of eleven, the field is filled with frustration, joy, anger, and Gatorade. The soccer field is the place where I go not as an obligation because I'm on the team for school, but as a place of euphoria, where I can strenuously run in spurts, workout frustrations and just block out the real world for about two hours. It's where nothing really matters except for soccer and that's fine. When I stop and think about it, I've learned a lot from playing soccer that transfers into my everyday life. To go further into this topic, the level of concentration that I put into my games and all my practices, also goes into papers that I write for English or history. I also realize that this same level of concentration helps me on my job. Sure, it's …show more content…
Being on this team has lead me to realize that it isn't an "Ethan" show, it's really a "there's no I in team" situation. It's about being able to execute the tasks coaches and teammates put on my shoulders. This transfers to how I see everyday life. When my parents ask me to do the trash or the dishes I do them with little hesitation, when my boss tells me to face an entire isle of cans I do it. I've learned to be more accepting of constructive criticism and by doing so, I have been able to accept praise without getting too big headed about it. These are the skills that I've taken from being on the soccer team and interpreted into my everyday