football team has been undefeated since 1876. How is this spectacular feat possible? It has to do with the fact that Calvin does not actually have a football team. And I for one believe it should stay that way. Despite the many fans at Calvin who crave one of America’s favorite pastimes, Calvin has yet to assemble a team. Both the Calvin board and others worry that creating a football team is not in the school’s best interest. As a graduate of a private high school without a football team, I…
A passion is a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something. My favorite sport has always been the game of soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as it is for many others around the world. I began playing in the second grade and since then, it has pushed me to work harder, strengthened me mentally to focus more, and ameliorated me socially by bringing me closer to others with similar interests. Through my passion for the game, soccer has fueled my will to succeed in everything I do…
volleyball, my sister asked, “Isn’t volleyball a girls sport? Are you going to have to wear those short shorts?” I sat down to think…
As a young boy, I always loved to play sports, going outside with my father either kicking a football, throwing a tennis ball, or shooting some hoops. Sport for me is a way to express myself. At the age of 4 I learnt how to ride a bike, taught by my sister in a caravan park named “Cairns Coconut” In our family of five, I have an identical twin named Matthew and a Sister named Sarah. A place which sticks in our family’s heart is Port Elliot Caravan Park. I have been going to there for 15 years,…
Although I do know that playing sports was a big part of my life when I did play, and it taught me many things that I still apply to my life. The first sport that I played was softball. This was when I was around six years old. My reasons for joining were that my mom had wanted due to get into some sort of physical activity, and the fact that many people from my school were also starting to join. This gave me the opportunity to meet new people and have fun learning a new sport. I had started out…
is a sport I love and take seriously in club. I hope I can make the team at FAMMS, then pass it on to high school. And after high school, I would like to play volleyball in the college/ university I will attend. Currently, I am in club, and my position is outside hitter. Volleyball is a activity I highly enjoy. Another one of my skills is nail art. This skill is a little different, but I enjoy taking care of my nails and doing them at home instead of the salon. My interests include sports,…
Millions of people around the world play many different sports. Each sport takes place during a different time of the year. As of in the spring there is softball, baseball, lacrosse, and track for school. Qualities that are necessary for someone to succeed at softball are teamwork, mental toughness, and execution. One quality that is necessary for someone to succeed at softball is teamwork. Teamwork is the combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient. Multiple…
place. Soccer connects people of all ethnicities and race as a universal language and helps teach people life skills. I believe soccer is the best sport, that is why it is the most widely renowned sport in the world. When I first played I was 7 and when I experienced soccer I was filled with a deep passion for this sport. I played on a recreational team to see if I liked it. When I first went to practice I learned that my coach was the mom of Kaidan Popp. My coach noticed that I was more…
My favorite coach trough all time was a coach that I only for a year. In Sweden we don’t have school sports, instead, we have club sports instead outside school different ages, levels, and leagues. When I started to play with the women 's team while I at the same time combined it with my boy 's team I was about 12 and I was the youngest girl in the team. The ages were about 12-30 years old. It was my first year playing in a women 's league and the year before we qualified into the pro league. I…
Importance of an Anti-Hazing Policy in a Sports Program When an athlete joins an athletic team, he/she needs to feel safe while around the team. Team members should not initiate other members with hazing. Athletes do not want “to submit themselves to mental and/or physical humiliation, degradation or physical punishment” (Crow, Ammon, & Phillips, 2004, p. 15). According to Hoover (1999), hazing is “defined as any activity expected of someone joining a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses,…