I had just entered my junior year in high school and was
back to playing football, my grades were good so far and my A.D.D.
medication was helping me a lot. Zach and I had just arrived at the
union school for a junior varsity game against Oceanside high school,
we geared up and got ready for the game. I started the game at
quarterback and the game wasn't going well for us, which didn't come
as a surprise because jv games are never enjoyable. I took the snap
and rolled out to the left side of the field, no one was open so I tucked
the ball under my arm and started to run up field, I had room to move,
suddenly a linebacker running at me from my side started to shorten
up his steps and set himself for a tackle, he tackled low but I …show more content…
At least that's what I had
thought. I remember later my teammates telling me he clipped my
ankle as I jumped over him, but I don't know for sure what happened.
In a blink of the eye my head and my feet had switched positions, my
facemask slammed into the ground. As I stood up I began to feel
dizzy, my mouth was starting to become dry, my attention span was
much shorter than usual. After two more plays we punted the ball, I
was lined up on the outside as a bullet, the ball was snapped and
kicked down the field. The defenders in front of me back peddled and
slammed on the breaks to try and put a block on me but I stepped to
the side quickly and avoided it, the ball carrier was getting closer, I
met him at the sideline, lowered my shoulder and sent him out of
bounds. I stood up, my whole body felt as if it was made of jello, my
control over my eyes was gone, they kept drifting all over the place
uncontrollably. Luckily I was close enough to my sideline and
someone on my team could see something wasn't. 14 hours later I
woke up, the clock almost read 2 pm. I got myself out of bed, within a
few hours my mother returned home from work to tell me we
back to playing football, my grades were good so far and my A.D.D.
medication was helping me a lot. Zach and I had just arrived at the
union school for a junior varsity game against Oceanside high school,
we geared up and got ready for the game. I started the game at
quarterback and the game wasn't going well for us, which didn't come
as a surprise because jv games are never enjoyable. I took the snap
and rolled out to the left side of the field, no one was open so I tucked
the ball under my arm and started to run up field, I had room to move,
suddenly a linebacker running at me from my side started to shorten
up his steps and set himself for a tackle, he tackled low but I …show more content…
At least that's what I had
thought. I remember later my teammates telling me he clipped my
ankle as I jumped over him, but I don't know for sure what happened.
In a blink of the eye my head and my feet had switched positions, my
facemask slammed into the ground. As I stood up I began to feel
dizzy, my mouth was starting to become dry, my attention span was
much shorter than usual. After two more plays we punted the ball, I
was lined up on the outside as a bullet, the ball was snapped and
kicked down the field. The defenders in front of me back peddled and
slammed on the breaks to try and put a block on me but I stepped to
the side quickly and avoided it, the ball carrier was getting closer, I
met him at the sideline, lowered my shoulder and sent him out of
bounds. I stood up, my whole body felt as if it was made of jello, my
control over my eyes was gone, they kept drifting all over the place
uncontrollably. Luckily I was close enough to my sideline and
someone on my team could see something wasn't. 14 hours later I
woke up, the clock almost read 2 pm. I got myself out of bed, within a
few hours my mother returned home from work to tell me we