My First Hockey Research Paper

I started hockey when I was in first grade, or seven years old. I wasn’t the greatest when I first started, but I always practiced the hardest I possibly could . The thing I remember the most about hockey was when I was little was going to the ice rink every Sunday morning with my dad, which was the part of hockey that I loved the most. At those practices we always worked on the basic fundamentals such as skating and stopping. Now that seems easy, but it once was very difficult for me. After I learned to skate, and stop I started playing on a team. The thing I remember the most when I started playing on a team was scoring my first goal. My first goal was probably the biggest part of hockey that kept me going.
It was at least five O’clock in the morning, the middle of winter and freezing cold. My dad and I, …show more content…
I got off the bench flying down the ice, I could feel the wind trying to make a barricade against me, but every time I broke through. Once I got the pass from my teammate in the high slot, I gathered all the strength I could and fired the puck, as hard as I could. I was hungry and envious to get that goal. I watched the puck float crisply through the brisk cold air, then it bounced off the goalies stick, hit the crossbar, and went in! Once I knew it was in I had a huge grin on my mug and was filled with happiness I thought “Yes, Yes, Yes”! At that time I could not believe what was going on. To be honest, I ironically hardly remember what happened after that point. All in all that was the toughest and most difficult achievement that I have ever succeeded and the point of my life that gave me a huge boost of confidence and made me feel more inspired to play hockey and work harder in everything I do. Even now I think of that as the most memorable and joyful point of time in my life. The thing I taught myself from that is -”Anybody, can accomplish anything ,at any