Fear not your best friend fear Eagerly waiting for the sound of the final bell ending the game, I limped back to the locker room ashamed of failing my teammates once again. With my jersey drooping below my knees, I dreaded every second of ice time starring at a swarming pool of merciless giants. Receiving the puck gave you the opportunity to score, but for me it meant running into a wall. Running into other players sent me flying through the air before gasping for air and landing dazed on the verge of unconsciousness. The condemnation of failing to contribute to my team or participating in the physical aspect of hockey reminded me I was in a dark world of self-loathing because I couldn't accept this fact.…
My hands gripped my lacrosse stick tightly and my eyes stared at the ball, which was trapped between two girls. I waited. I waited for the whistle to sound and the ball to fly in the air, the yellow of it vanishing into the sun. I was ready. I could hear the steady breathing of the girl next to me and the beating of my heart.…
I’ve been playing the incredible sport of Ice Hockey for over 10 years now. Although it has become steadily easier, and more about sharpening skills than developing them, in the beginning it was extremely difficult. The progress I have made since when I first began playing is immeasurable. I have come as far as I have in hockey through all the years of support from my father, because he’s always been happy to watch me play competitively.…
I started running as my player hit the box, I took off my cheats hit the ground they slammed pulling up the rubber beads as I ran. I set up against the player coming down I put my pole in front of me and poke the opposing player. It was a warm cool summer day with a nice windy breeze, I was in maryland for a lacrosse tournament. I was playing for my travel team Koopers and were playing against one of our rivales Crabs lacrosse we were both one of the best teams in maryland and top 10 in the world.…
In my very first T-ball game I was playing out field, I was 6 years old and it was 2 days before my birthday. My team had a game at game farm park, the ball was hit towards me and I started to run after it, the ball completely missed my glove and hit me directly in the face. Baseball has always been a big part in my culture, same with family tradition. Baseball runs in my family. My Dad played it all throughout highschool and same with both my brothers.…
This is the great sport of hockey there are a few things that I will be talking about hockey. One is the history of hockey so being like all of the players all of the teams all of the stanley cup finals (the championships of hockey). Also great hockey players so players that were really good and made a difference in hockey. The last one being great hockey records so like different records from back then that havent been broken yet even until this day.…
It was on a cool spring night in the middle of May. I was running on a field next to 11 of my teammates and 12 opponents. We were losing the lacrosse game by two points and we had four minutes left in the game. I instinctively made a choice that looked bad on the outside but ultimately… was still a bad choice. It was around 8 o’clock on a thursday night, our girls lacrosse team was playing a normal regulation game against the dreaded high school team from Hempfield.…
I didn't realize this until one hot summer day. I was 11 at the time. A new select team had just started and I was determined to join. The tryouts were challenging but I made the team.…
The sense of family is what I enjoyed most about being part of the hockey team. We all look out for each other and support each other. We focus on the positive. We do not ignore the negative, we address it and move on. We are there for each other during the season as well as the off-season.…
My Hockey World I can never see myself not playing hockey. Hockey is my passion, love, and my favorite sport in the intire world. Hockey is something important to me. I don't know what I’d do without it. Hockey brings my family together from skating on our pond to going to a Redwings game.…
I recall the day so clearly, impatiently waiting in the doctor’s office. Nothing was wrong with me; I was supposed to be at the rink for hockey practice or so I thought. Instead I was waiting to be called into a room. Little did I know I was about to hear those three dreaded words, the words no person ever wants to hear ‘You have cancer’. Everything around me stopped for a brief second while I sat trying to comprehend what was happening.…
Have you ever been so excited that you freaked out when you got to what you were excited about? Well that happend to me. I was getting ready to go to MSU for a goalie camp, and I was freaking out more than I should have. I started at my house, packing my suitcase and Goalie bag while eating some chicago pizza, All this happened this year, I was 14.…
Rumor has it that I was born with no teeth [the classic hockey player look]. So naturally, my family knew I was destined to be a hockey player. Now that I have my full set of adult teeth, I’ve realised they were wrong, about a lot of things. The biggest being the one quote they had me live by. “Quitting is never the answer”.…
Hockey. I live hockey. I will always give anything to be on the ice. I do everything to live on the ice. I’m the type of kid who would abandon vacations and parties to go play hockey.…
My first time ever watching a sport on tv was a thrill. Every time I saw one my eyes would light up. So from that day forward I would find a sport to play. I had lots of choices, but I managed to find football. My first experience was watching it on television.…