The author uses auditory and visual imagery to stress to the audience that preparation is key. 'Seizing my opportunity for Redemption [...] gratifying CRACK! [...] together we hit the ground, perfect tackle." This evidence proves that the author uses auditory imagery to show his improvement from the last tackle. The audience can visualize two boys lined up against each other, making a hard collision. Previously the author loses a battle that he wasn't really ready for because he had ran drills and that day he was lined up against a real opponent. He comes to his senses and realized all the years of drills were for that moment. It all paid off at the end when he made the outstanding tackle. “The center’s arm twitched, and I fired into my man.
