How long does it take a person to change his mindset? I came to high school as a freshman and I wanted to try something new, so i thought that I should try football. I wanted to play in the games and I wasn’t getting any playing time in them and I couldn’t figure out why.
After our first game I was expecting me to play in the next game, but as the time came for kickoff I was still standing on the sidelines and watching everyone else go in. I thought it would be my turn eventually, but then the clock hit zero and I was still on the sidelines. I didn’t get even a second of playing time, and I walked out of the place angry and upset. I talked with my parents about how I want playing time and I wasn’t getting it, they told me that is something that I’m going to have to figure out on my own. …show more content…
I observed them and then I started to wonder why can’t I do that? I then started to step up more and more as they were calling people’s names, then I got injured. Concussion, my doctors took me out for two weeks, and I wasn’t allowed to do anything, not even simple warm ups.
While I was injured, I started to realize just what you have to do to create an opportunity to become a starter. As soon as I came back from injury, I kept stepping up, and I wanted that starting spot as the defensive end. Everytime they called for someone I was always the first one to step up, and the last one to walk off. I made sure they knew I wanted to play.
Even though I changed and I was working hard to get into the spot on the roster, games past by and I wasn’t getting what I wanted, playing time. The last game came up and I got at least a little bit of playing time on the special teams unit, on kickoff return on the front line. It was time to play but I wasn’t satisfied with it, and the game ended and I didn’t play at all on
After our first game I was expecting me to play in the next game, but as the time came for kickoff I was still standing on the sidelines and watching everyone else go in. I thought it would be my turn eventually, but then the clock hit zero and I was still on the sidelines. I didn’t get even a second of playing time, and I walked out of the place angry and upset. I talked with my parents about how I want playing time and I wasn’t getting it, they told me that is something that I’m going to have to figure out on my own. …show more content…
I observed them and then I started to wonder why can’t I do that? I then started to step up more and more as they were calling people’s names, then I got injured. Concussion, my doctors took me out for two weeks, and I wasn’t allowed to do anything, not even simple warm ups.
While I was injured, I started to realize just what you have to do to create an opportunity to become a starter. As soon as I came back from injury, I kept stepping up, and I wanted that starting spot as the defensive end. Everytime they called for someone I was always the first one to step up, and the last one to walk off. I made sure they knew I wanted to play.
Even though I changed and I was working hard to get into the spot on the roster, games past by and I wasn’t getting what I wanted, playing time. The last game came up and I got at least a little bit of playing time on the special teams unit, on kickoff return on the front line. It was time to play but I wasn’t satisfied with it, and the game ended and I didn’t play at all on