My parents have spent so much money for me to just play a sport but I’m so thankful for it. My coaches have spent their own personal time to help make me better and get to where I am today. All the hard work I’ve put into this sport has paid off. My goal when I got into high school was to make varsity my freshman year. That sort of happened, I made varsity but I was a pinch runner.…
I talked to my parents and they gave me a big thumbs up. I signed up and started playing. When you start a new team, you usually start at the bottom. I was the Benchwarmer, but I worked hard every practice and every game. I want a show the coaches that I can actually…
I played football, basketball, baseball, and I also did track. I was a star athlete for all of those sports but later in my life I chose baseball. I always had dreams of becoming a professional Second Question: How did you handle all the hatred in from fans and the league?…
and I was sure I would change that. The whole try-out was as nerve-racking as a fierce battle. I played better than I’ve played in my life, it was like my life was on the line. Around 8 months before this I tried out for the summer team, I missed the initial try-out so I emailed the coach to see if I could do a late try-out.…
A couple years later I was in highschool, I stopped playing football and soccer, and started to really just worry about basketball and lacrosse. Once tryouts came out for lacrosse I immediately showed up and tried out. Coach told me that I made varsity, I was pumped until I found out I would barely play. I probably got about 45 minutes at the end of the season, but I got a varsity letter so it worked out good I guess.…
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.…
Although I played in sixth grade and liked being with my friends, football was just not my strong suit, so I quit before the seventh grade season. Quitting the team allowed me to stop a sport I did not like, but I was looked down upon by some kids. Sometimes I would be separated from friends or left out of games at lunch. Like Edna, I went against…
Title: Never Giving Up Softball Have you ever played a sport and you felt like your team would never win a game? Well that is what the whole 8th grade varsity felt like by the end of the softball season. I first started playing softball because my dad played in our church league. One game he shattered his knee so he couldn’t play any more. When I watched the games, I thought it would be fun to try.…
I started out in the instructional league and haven’t stopped playing since. When I reached middle school I really wanted to play for the school team. That year I did not make the team. This drove me to to work harder and practice whenever I could. That next year I made the team.…
The summer going into my junior year, I tried out for the summer baseball team. However, although I had never anticipated there would be a problem with my talent levels, considering I had played freshman and sophomore year, I did not make the roster. I was devastated. In the eight years of my baseball career, this was by far the lowest of lows. When faced with adversity and defeat many people decide to give up and quit.…
Some of my successes in life include winning baseball tournaments, getting voted into the allstars in my baseball league, being the youngest kid in colorado to get his license to hunt, and firing a 306 when i was 6 without my arm falling off. My 1st success in baseball was when i was 7 years old and my team was losing the championship game by 2 points, so when i got up to bat there was a guy on 3d base and on 2nd, we already had 2 outs so if i got out we lost the game here. So when i got up to bat i got 2 strikes and the next pitch i hit allowing me to get to 2nd base and my teammates on bases 2 and 3 to get home and score the 2 points we needed to tie the game and go into overtime.…
I will never forget my first year playing on a competitive soccer team. Although, I dreaded it at most times the challenges it gave me taught me that hard work and dedication pay off. From this first year of soccer I grew as a person and an athlete which lead me to love the sport and continuing playing at a high level of soccer till this day. In 2008 I played on my first team, Concorde Fire Black. We traveled many places including Disney World where we placed second in the National Disney Showcase.…
It all started in third grade when my parents got an email asking if I wanted to do traveling softball. I had just finished my first season of VAA softball and my friend Katie and I decided it sounded like fun. I didn't really know what it meant to be on a travelling softball team back then, I just thought it would be as laid back as VAA. My first year I loved it and I had lots of fun and made lots of new friends. I would practice with my dad often so that I could get better.…
Hockey. I live hockey. I will always give anything to be on the ice. I do everything to live on the ice. I’m the type of kid who would abandon vacations and parties to go play hockey.…
Because of these efforts, the following school year I was placed on the varsity volleyball team. During the last four years I spent on this team, I have grown not only as a volleyball player but also as a leader. Though starting…