How Football Changed My Life

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I played football in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade. I didn’t play in middle school or in or my freshman year. My sophomore year is when I started playing again. I wish I played more than what I have. Now that I play I now know way more than what I did and I met people that I have never noticed before. Some of them are now my closes friends. I feel better physically than what I have since I started playing football just from all the running and lifting. Playing under the lights was awesome even though I got in for about 4 quarters total.
Our JV game’s where not so good we went 4-4-1 which it's not bad we had an even season but it would of been better having a winning that season. That game I played defense for the second time in a game. I played both ways that game and I thought I was going to die because playing line both ways is hard work and lots of running. I had five tackles that game and that is good for a person who played offense the whole season. I was also the kicker and punter for the team. There was one game where I had the best kicking game ever. My kick offs where averaging 45 yards and I had a touchback on one of my kicks and it also had a spiral on it.
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Those guys taught me the game and showed me skills that I thought I could never do but the work that I put in helped me achieve those skills buts thats what people always say, “Practice makes Perfect”. I am going to miss going to practices and learning from them and getting hit by Stone and Cory every day. I am going to miss practicing on the field and miss playing on Friday nights but until next year we will continue the tradition. Everybody on that team was brothers to one another and we all have each others backs no matter

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