This allows the sport to be played by younger people. In American colleges Wrestling is complete at a high level, which also gives athletes the ability to wrestle for almost 8…
An athlete's goal is to either to maintain their physical fitness, that they have earned through various exercises, or they hope that their name is remembered. However, in some cases skill hardly matters to be remembered as an athlete. Rather, the death of a youthful athlete has a more memorable plaque on their tombstone than an older athlete’s. In A. E. Housman’s poem To an Athlete Dying Young, Housman explores this idea of how the death of a young athlete makes them more memorable than dying of natural causes or at a later age. With the use of imagery, tone, and syntax Housman is successfully able to illustrate the aftermath of a young athlete’s demise.…
You may only be at a ball park to witness a no-hitter once in your entire life, if ever. But to be on the team that is throwing one, an even rarer accomplishment. The possibility of being the pitcher to actually throw the no-hitter itself, almost the rarest feat in all of baseball. Excitement, adrenaline, rushed through me every time I threw the ball to home plate, and knowing that I was one pitch close to keeping the opposing team hitless. While playing some may think you feel the pressure of the game; however in my experience I felt stress free, which left my mind to only think about what pitch to throw next.…
An Athlete’s Worst Nightmare Imagine you are going along playing the sport you love, when all of a sudden you hear a pop, your knee gives out, and you are on the ground in pain. This happened to me not once, but twice. After going to the doctor both times, they figured out I tore my ACL.…
Personal Statement There are several accomplishments that I consider important. One is the successful completion of military service. The two years I served in the 2nd Infantry Division was an unparalleled experience that cultivated me with duty, respect, courage, integrity, and discipline but most importantly, the determination to pursue my goals assiduously. The other one is completing my Capstone project in which I interned at the EPA region 10 to investigate the corporate social responsibility in the sports industry and what motivates sports teams to adopt sustainability. Subsequently, I worked as a sustainability intern at the University of Washington Intercollegiate Athletics Department.…
In my opinion football is the greatest sport. It brings family and friends together, and brings out alot of emotions. It also requies lots of skills from the athletes. The athletes are very skilled, and unlike other sports football requires running, kicking, throwing, and cathching.…
Does anyone hear about how athletes get their passion to play a sport? Do you hear about how and where they grew up in. Some player were not silver spooned. Have you ever heard of an athlete that never trained and made it to the pro’s? Does anyone know and hear about someone that never had a hunger to get out of a place.…
“Coach...Coach”,Zack the quarterback said nervously with a stutter in his voice. Zack stood outside of his football coach's office with his hands tapping the side of his jeans restlessly. In the moment Zack started to notice many little details,observing many otherwise useless things. The green mold covering the walls of the basement of the school. The dim glow of the light bulb all Zack noticed with his nervous eyes.…
By the time I sprinted onto the field for the start of the Jefferson Cup soccer final I had mentally prepared myself for the fierce showdown ahead. I had been playing soccer for most of my short life, giving up all other sports to concentrate on being a top player. In fact my whole family was committed to the game, so I guess you could say that I eat, sleep, and breathe soccer. I sure hoped that all my hard work would be translated into a big win that day. As I readied myself for the refs whistle to announce the start of the game, the hair on my neck stood straight up, and the adrenaline rushed through my body, filling every vein and artery.…
Why wrestling should stay in the Olympics? Since the 2020 Olympics were coming up the Olympic committee wanted to take the sport of wrestling to be removed from the Olympics but if you think about it what was the sport that began the Olympics and was one of the first sports. Wrestling has been around since the first Olympic games and has always been around. Then only Olympics wrestling has not been in was 1900.…
The lessons I learned through sports are too numerous to name, but I believe that I represented myself in ways that are worthy of these honors. I have tried many sports. Some I have loved and some I have hated. Those sports that I loved, I wished the season would never…
Playing Tennis Tennis is my greatest passion. I have dedicated the last year and a half of my life to becoming a better player in hopes of playing at a prestigious college. I didn't start playing tennis in hopes of playing in college or even being good; I just wanted a gym credit. After a disappointing 7th grade basketball season, I was ready to try something new. That was a little over three years ago.…
“Runners on your mark…Set...Poww!” Those were the last sounds I heard during what could have been my last race of my sophomore year in collegiate Track and Field. It was a frisky, yet cool Saturday in April and after a strong performance in the previous indoor and outdoor season (4x100m and 400m), I was determined to continue and uphold my strong form on this day. There is a saying that things do not always turn out the way we hope, but I believe, there is always a positive lesson to be learned from every life event. I love sports.…
When I was 13 years old I loved wrestling. I grew up with it with my family all my life. Determined to join the eighth grade wrestling team in middle school, I made the team with no hesitation in October. I arrived to every single practice and did my work and then left to go home. Concentrated on the first match of my wrestling career all I was wanting was to achieve my first victory.…
Professional Athlete is the job I choose because I like playing outside. I also like to play with a team. I like Playing in front of a big crowd, and it sounds cool when you hear everybody cheering your name, because everybody knows you and everybody appreciates your hard work and what you do for the team. Also, if you are really good you will get paid a lot you might even get paid Calvin Johnson money. Also after every football season you get offseason which you get to spend time with your family.…