How Hockey Changed My Life

My first two years of high school were spent at Immaculate High School. There I met some amazing friends and improved my level of play in sports. I challenged myself with honors courses and got involved as much as my schedule permitted. During my freshman year, I asked my counselor if I could take more challenging courses. She agreed and by sophomore year I was in honors chemistry, geometry, English, and history. While it was more difficult, I enjoyed the challenge of the higher level courses. At Immaculate, I played varsity field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse as a freshman and continued on my sophomore year. I really liked my coaches in field hockey. They taught me more about the sport and showed me how to better use my skills. In ice hockey I played on an all boys team. At first this was a hard transition because I was used to playing with girls, but after a couple of weeks I started to enjoy playing. Everyone was nice and accepting of me being on their team. Throughout the two years on the hockey team I made some incredible friends who I am still friends with today. They had my back on and off the ice and were always there for me when I needed it the most. Playing on the boy’s hockey team taught me to be more aggressive and more confident. …show more content…
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