Concussion awareness is so important when it comes to not having a really safe helmet it could be the one thing keeping you safe from a concussion. Making sure you are wearing good and safe helmet is so crucial, it could be the determining factor between having a concussion or just a small bump. When it comes to actually finding a good helmet don't just trust a helmet if it´s a well known brand. You might think this doesn't make much sense, people usually assume that if a brand is well known or…
the same position of a complex family. When Troy was younger he did…
schools, so I had still yet to fully adjust to school and be comfortable. I was pretty socially awkward, too, but that’s another story. Right before school started, I noticed that Dunbar was having football tryouts. I had done rec basketball before, but never a “real” sport. Being a huge fan of watching football, I decided I should try and play it. I went to the tryouts in late summer, and I soon realized I might be in over…
It was a good day for a softball game, maybe a little warm but not too windy. We had traveled all the way to Akron to play one of the best teams in the state. Our hopes were not very high as we readied ourselves for the task we were about to perform. The JV game was skipped due to some missing players on our team, so the Akron JV team just scrimmaged each other. This kind of annoyed us because we just wanted to get the Varsity game over with. Eventually they finished up, and the field was…
of his football coach's office with his hands tapping the side of his jeans restlessly.In the moment Zack started to notice many little details,observing many otherwise useless things.The green mold covering the walls of the basement of the school.The dim glow of the light bulb all Zack noticed with his nervous eyes. “What would like Zack”,The coach answered, walking out of his office carrying a clipboard. “Well you see Mr.James...I'm thinking...I'm thinking about quitting off the football…
In chapter 9, Leper states, “Everything must evolve or else it perishes. [...} It’s like a test, isn’t it, and only the things and the people who’ve been evolving the right way survive.” This quote relates to Finny’s inability to change, and blindness in seeing others’ impure hearts. As an idealist, Finny sees the world as he pleases, instead of cruel reality. Finny’s ignorant nature throughout the novel all leads up to his death, or act of perishing. This quote "Everything has to evolve or…
Shawnee Country Club, located on the east side of town, is a quiet and beautiful place. The “Country Club” is a place where I spend most of my time. The smell of fresh cut grass, and the sounds of purely struck golf shots are what makes this place what it is. Over the course of my daily trips to the Country Club, I realized that this place holds a lot of good and bad times for the golfers. Not only are there sounds of purely struck golf shots, but also groans of frustration coming from the…
Spirit week.Everyone is running around blowing horns and wishing the team and captain good luck. The football team captain and starting player. Mason Jacobs. Girls are head over heels in love with him. I dont see whats so great about him. Hes hosting a party tonight I'll go, but I will also keep my distance. I dress in my blue jersey and white skinny jeans and leave. When I arrive I see Mason standing outside his own party. He walks over to me and says"Hey,good job on your win."I smile and…
People love the sport of football and millions of fans come out each year to watch a football game. But during these games people don't look at it as the sport of dangerous concussions. They look at it for the entertainment and it gets the fans adrenaline pumping. The NFL is finding new ways to make the sport safer and creating less injuries by reducing full contact practices and eliminating as many kickoffs. Full contact practices have been limited to reduce injuries while playing. The NFL…
“You’ll always be too small, you should quit.” Those words have stuck with me and will stick with me until I prove him wrong. It started in youth football my second year of playing and i was kind of nervous about playing and i wasn’t very gregarious. My coach didn’t help with that at all. My coach was one of the most intense and hardest working coaches in the league are first game was coming up and he was pushing us to are absolute limits out on the field which was not the best idea in my mind…