1) At the second track meet of the season the sprint track coach decides to mix things up to see how a few runners would do in different events. He put a girl in the 3,000-meter run instead of her normal sprint 100. I definitely think that she would have a moment of terror, especially right before the race when she is waiting for the race to begin. The action of running has not changed, however the distance she would be running increased dramatically.…
She makes sure the players and their coaches have what they need to do their…
According to Wikipedia, in 2010, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania had a population of 4,008 people. Sinking Spring’s median income for a household in the borough was $35,078, and the median income for a family was $50,064. About 12.0% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the property line (www.wikipedia.org). The data available on city-data.com states that in 2010, there were 1 rape, 1 robbery, 8 assaults, 11 burglaries, 52 thefts, 6 auto thefts, and 1 arson (www.citi-data.com). Several oil and gas pipeline, terminal, and distribution companies are located in Sinking Spring near the village of Montello (www.wikipedia.org).…
Throughout my time at university, I have had the opportunity to be a member and captain of the Skidmore Women’s Tennis Team. My time spent on the team has been a rewarding and inimitable experience, allowing me to become a leader and mentor to my teammates as well as throughout the college. To explain more comprehensively my own personal characteristics that make me an excellent candidate for Queen’s Law, I wanted to give you a glimpse into a moment that I think exemplifies the qualities that you are looking for in a law student. Every muscle in my body ached as I bounced the ball at the baseline, a slow and deliberate bounce 1….…
“I don’t want to be better than you or her or him - I want to better than I am right now,” the stupendous Olympic volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings stated. Statistics show that Kerri Walsh is on her way to becoming the best female beach volleyball player of all time after only playing professionally for seven years, while she is juggling being a wife and mother. Kerri Walsh Jennings grew up in an athletic family, which inspired her career choice. She was born on August 15, 1978 in Santa Clara, California. Kerri’s father played minor league baseball and her mother was a star volleyball player at Santa Clara University.…
She would encourage others while displaying the proper attitude or actions herself. She never gave up and was a supportive player and friend to her teammates. Her biggest role as a leader came when the older players started to leave and the new players like Sydney Leroux and Christen Press came in. When they came she was there to answer questions and help the young players feel more at home with the team. As she stated “The key to leadership is you have to have complete security with yourself.…
Thus far, I have acquired the skills of passing the ball, serving overhand, and setting the ball. Unfortunately, I failed to attend the first practice. As a result, I do not know how to properly serve underhand. Practice is every Friday night from six o’clock until six forty-five at the Anderson Farm Park. I relish a game we played in which a person serves the ball to the other side of the net and attempts to hit another player with the ball.…
I've learned about them through many other individuals that were involved in her success, who praised her for not just her athletic ability, but also leadership. With her name written on the big board with all of the other inductees, in front of the tiger gym it allows me to see almost every day what hard work can help you achieve. This causes me to strive to be on that same board as her in my foreseeable future. With her humbleness, she has taught many, including me that the team, and winning is first before yourself, that success is earned not given and that you aren't born gifted, but is something you have to work for. Just like her, other respected women in Biddeford worked for what they wanted with years of practice, not expecting anything will magically get them what they…
The term passionate refers to any powerful or compelling feeling as to love or hate. Many Americans become passionate with one another, food, and also hobbies. I for one became passionate with volleyball. In fact, it is one of the top dangerous sports. I managed to make it through numerous of years with a few sprained and jammed fingers which were surprising.…
THE BIG BASS TOURNAMENT I am fishing in a tournament at Watts Bar lake. There are big bass in this lake. I love fishing for bass. Today is a good day for fishing.…
My life is brimming with numerous wonders; however, there are a few aspects concerning my life that I believe have made the biggest impacts on my personality, and me as an individual. Those aspects include my athleticism, my desire to learn, and my work ethic. I am an aspiring tennis player, and through my athleticism, I have trained and thrived for what I wanted in both my physical stature, as well as my physical capabilities on the tennis court. As a result of my physical training, I am able to endure matches that may go on for prolonged interludes of time. Additionally, I am capable of withstanding points where I am running from one precinct of the court to another, and sometimes win the point as well.…
2.(Sub-Point # 2) It also represents me because it’s the sport I love to play, the passion that I have for it and the hard work it requires really shows who I am as a person. It allows me to relieve stress and have fun, it's a part of me that I never want to lose. TRANSITION STATEMENT: Even though volleyball is my life and I plan to continue playing, as a senior I have to think about my future and the best thing that represent me in the future would be the brown scrubs that I have worn most of high school.…
Volleyball has been an important aspect of my life ever since I began in seventh grade and my commitment to the sport has grown with each year. Heading into high school, I knew that I wanted to continue with volleyball. To better prepare myself, that summer I went to a week-long intensive volleyball camp, where my skills increased exponentially. Back at home, I went to every open gym and beach volleyball session the varsity team provided. I wanted to prove that I was capable of playing at a high school level.…
William G. Morgan created the game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette”, in 1859. Four years earlier, one of his friends invented the game of basketball. However, Morgan saw the need for a game that did not require a fast pace as basketball did. He wanted a game that the average person would be able to enjoy. The game he created was a combination of baseball, basketball, tennis and handball.…
Audience Relevance Link i. Ohio University women’s volleyball team is the defending MAC champions, and a fellow peer of ours, Miss Abbey Kay, also played volleyball in high school as a middle and right side hitter. III. Credibility i. I played volleyball from the time I could pick up a ball, all throughout high school. I was a setter and mostly a defensive backrow player, but it varied throughout my career. IV.…