Essay: When The Game Stands Tall

During my high school years of football, our team had to learn how to deal with adversity. In my four years of playing football at Forest City I played for six different football coaches. It is nearly unheard of to have that many coaches in a four year span of life, nearly all high school athletes can make it through high school with all the same coaches without them leaving. While playing under one of the many I had, he took us to the move When the Game Stands Tall. This movie is about one of the most storied programs in high school sports throughout the entire United States. The storied program is the De La Salle Spartans, in California.
The story behind this program is they held the longest football winning streak of all levels including the National Football League. This streak hit 151 games won in arrow, with 12 …show more content…
This player had a dad that pushed him to the limit and sometimes pushed it too far. He pushed his son and told him that he had to get that record. While on the final drive of his career they were on the three yard line with the quarterback calling the drive. When they hit the three yard line the players were getting all antsy for the record to be broken. When the running back tuned in and said to take a knee and end the game. With the quarterback not wanting to be responsible for the play call he had the running back take the final snap, and he gladly took the knee. His father was livid and yelling at them to run the ball. Yelling for them to run the ball.
This movie showed me that winning isn’t everything, it shows that you need a brothership and stability. With them losing the streak and then bouncing back to still win a title at the end showed how to battle with adversity. This will be a movie that I use for everyday life to remember how to deal with the dreaded word adversity and