American plays

The Midnight Golf Program has changed my life. You do not see many teenagers from African-American communities golfing. Midnight Golf is gradually but surely changing this, and I am one of the many products of our success story. The beginning to one’s personal success is being well-rounded. This secret society program instilled positive experiences and qualities into me throughout the year. Learning is the game of golf has not only taught me patience and a new type of focus but it also gives me…

Bailee Gunnell Compare and Contrast Essay Do you know that the author for “The Ghost Bird” is Roland Smith and the author for “Game Over” is Eric Kahn Gale? Before Roland (the author of “The Ghost Bird”) was an author, he was zookeeper and Eric Kahn Gale’s first book was called “Bully Book”. Both of these stories have similarities and differences such as genre and point of view. One similarity between the two stories is genre. I know this because, in “Game Over”, Ryan is a realistic…

At any team event, tryouts especially, I try to interact with the newer golfers because I remember how intimidating it can be at first. One girl in particular, who plays for a different high school, was extremely shy when I first met her. I knew how she felt, so I tried to talk to her whenever I saw her and make her feel comfortable on the course. It is amazing to watch someone come out of their shell because they…

I joined my school’s wrestling team during my junior year of high school and went into this new environment with 0 years of prior training and 16 years of “Girls don’t really wrestle”. I was determined to excel during my first wrestling experience to challenge the skepticism that surrounded girl wrestlers. Despite this resolve, I was terrified at the thought of having to actually wrestle someone, so when I found out that my first wrestling match would be against a small, unassuming girl 20…

Watching the ball leave my teammate’s stick, fly through the air, and land in my stick was only the beginning of my love for lacrosse. Now, every time I shoot the ball and it strikes the back of the net, I remember the first time I played lacrosse and I am extremely grateful for it. I knew from the moment I picked up a stick, that I had a future and I would need to work extremely hard to become the best player I could be. Although I was not able to catch or throw my first time practicing, I kept…

Athletic Sports Studies have shown that people who play sports have better grades. People who play sports get better or the same grades as people who don't (how much is too much). People who play sports will try harder on school work and get better grades. As you know you need good grades to participate in school activities. This will make kids want to have good grades so they can play in their favorite sports. Studies also show that when sports ends Grades seems to drop so more opportunities…

An identity that has accumulated throughout my life could be expressed as a student athlete. As a child, I was always attracted to the idea of playing sports. As soon as I came about the age of four, my parents enrolled me into soccer, baseball and speed school. Juggling between sports, extracurricular activities, and other household chores; my parents expected me to excel in all of these occupations. Between all of these obligations, sports became an alleviation for me, a part of me that I…

“Come and look at the freaks,” are song lyrics from “The Sid e Show” and that is what the play is about, freaks. The Siamese twins were called freaks simply because they were joined together by a piece of flesh. “The Side Show” was a very great play. Since it was a musical, I knew I would enjoy it. I do not think there was one thing I did not enjoy about the play. The reason I enjoyed the play is because the story about the freaks was very vivid and understanding. The actors, costumes, music,…

that requires both upper body strength and lower body strength in equal amounts. Also, it requires an extensive variety of wellness to play at an elite level. This is what makes it harder to train for. You require not just leg strength and speed, but also cardiovascular fitness, center quality, rate, heading ability and dexterity. All of this in one player who can play a full an hour and a half or more, at as close to peak level as possible. How would you accomplish every one of these segments…

You outside playing soccer with your mates, and you try to cross the ball across the pitch with your right leg. Throughout the rest of the game you feel a burning sensation in the groin area. The next morning, you try to go for a run on the break of dawn and half way through your run you have to stop because your right hip still haves that burning sensation from the night before. Morning comes again, it’s a school day and now you are having pain in your upper leg as well as your right hip and…