The Importance Of Playing Football

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I have played soccer for as long as I could remember . One way or another at 12 years old, however,I was never good at it. 6 years after you would see me as an experienced player. You are wrong for some odd reason because, I missed out on the everyday routine at practice,I did not know how to play soccer,and I did not have any play time. I never had any faith in myself, Even though, I was a very fast runner . Every time in practice, I kicked the soccer ball into the goal like 2 or 3 times out of 6. I spent hours in the hot turf field with my teammates, and working to get just a little bit faster and a little bit stronger. I have played soccer for as long as I could remember . One way or another at 12 years old, however,I was …show more content…
It was the first time that I ever did something productive in practice, but I would mess up on every single drill that we did. My teammates would bring me down even if I did right or wrong. Meanwhile, I was not that active in practice and I used to always give up on something that I tried my very best on. My teammates would talk about me because I was the only kid on the team that did not know how to play soccer or know anything about soccer. It was my first time playing soccer,plus most of the players on my team were Hispanics. The Hispanics followed the sport more than I did.There were approximately 4 Hispanic kids on my …show more content…
It was the first time that I ever did something productive in practice, but I would mess up on every single drill that we did. My teammates would bring me down even if I did right or wrong. Meanwhile, I was not that active in practice and I used to always give up on something that I tried my very best on. My teammates would talk about me because I was the only kid on the team that did not know how to play soccer or know anything about soccer. It was my first time playing soccer,plus most of the players on my team were Hispanics. The Hispanics followed the sport more than I did.There were approximately 4 Hispanic kids on my

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