High School Football Research Paper

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Playing high school football has changed the person I am now that I am at the end of my high school journey. From coming in as a quiet lazy freshman, I quickly changed into starting the development as a leader. Being vocal and demonstrating drills was not something I could reminisce on and say that I would of done the first day of summer camp my freshman year.
From transferring schools football was my way in. Without the vocal and communication skills I had started to learn, the transition could have been terrible, but with those skills, it was smooth and ended up making it easy for me to fit in. After a week into the season, I started varsity, This was a real confidence boost for me since I was relatively new to the team. Hustle, I knew would be the way I would reach that goal. Since I learned how to communicate on the field, playing made the cohesiveness of the offensive line better. I was the only underclassman starting on the offense, so being under the wing of many seniors helped me out in learning how to be a leader, and
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As a team, we did not finish how we wanted to in our record, but as a whole, the team was closer than I would have ever imagined. As a player myself, I developed my skills to another level because I was looked upon for almost everything. During the year I tested my skills and also learned from the mistakes I made throughout the season. Besides my leadership skills, my communication, responsibility, teamwork, and my self discipline skills, along with my dedication all were were Making those mistakes allowed me to see what I was doing wrong, but what I can do to become a better player. I can say that being a leader was harder than what I thought it was. Controlling the huddle, saying the right things at the right moment, and being the hardest worker day in and day out was some of the duties that I found was difficult for me through that

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