In sports most players master one set of skills. For example in volleyball, a libero, a player who only plays the back row, is the best passing player on the court. These players usually do not like playing in the front row, as they believe that they aren't as good at hitting as they are at passing. This hinders their skill set and in the end most colleges do not recruit players without well rounded skills. Author Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow." While many people believe that learning one skill and becoming the best is good, I believe that being a well rounded person is the best thing you could do for yourself. This quote is relevant to everyone, from school
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This makes them a step ahead on the students who only focus on school or only focus on clubs or sports. Just as in school, in sports you must branch out of your comfort zone to grow in that sport. Softball, for example, is a game were players must be well rounded. These players must know how to hit, catch, and throw just to considered in a starting lineup. Another sport that players need to know most of the skills in is basketball. In basketball players should know how to shoot, pass, and dribble among other things. This sport is different from others because you must know how to play offense and defense. In sports such as football you can send in different offense players and defense players, but in basketball you are in simultaneous play. This relates to college, to be recruited the college coaches want to know that you are a well rounded player on and off the field or court. The work place is also somewhere you need to be well rounded. During a interview, the interviewers do not just look for your skill, they look at what type of person you are and how you will effect the work place. This just like what the application board in colleges look for. One particular job you should be well rounded in is a surgeon,
This makes them a step ahead on the students who only focus on school or only focus on clubs or sports. Just as in school, in sports you must branch out of your comfort zone to grow in that sport. Softball, for example, is a game were players must be well rounded. These players must know how to hit, catch, and throw just to considered in a starting lineup. Another sport that players need to know most of the skills in is basketball. In basketball players should know how to shoot, pass, and dribble among other things. This sport is different from others because you must know how to play offense and defense. In sports such as football you can send in different offense players and defense players, but in basketball you are in simultaneous play. This relates to college, to be recruited the college coaches want to know that you are a well rounded player on and off the field or court. The work place is also somewhere you need to be well rounded. During a interview, the interviewers do not just look for your skill, they look at what type of person you are and how you will effect the work place. This just like what the application board in colleges look for. One particular job you should be well rounded in is a surgeon,