The Great Game

It all started with a stretch. Game day had arrived, and as a team, we were all ready to go out and kill it. We had already gotten dressed in our new uniforms, stretched, and finished warming up our legs in the Pequot Lakes High School hallway. Pequot had a great volleyball program, along with some great players, so we knew that the match against them would be a tough one. We all gathered in the locker room with the coaches, and the starters names were already written on the whiteboard: Hiltner,…

My very first organized basketball game, three years ago, I was a scared, nervous, and excited mess. Wait, let's backtrack to weeks before the game. The level of anticipation among my team for the first game was sky-high. Our team, Purdue, hadn't known each other at all before we were grouped together. Over a span of a few brief weeks, we became quite close. Game day! I was one of the last of my teammates to arrive to the game. Coach Tom, coincidentally also my brother's name, supplied the…

We earned the first point as Lorena set Raul and killed the ball on the left side right over Miguel. It was now Oscar’s turn to serve. He served 5 points in a row and on his 6th serve he served it into the net. A great start for us, especially since it was only to 15 points. The Galactics had a chance to gain momentum now that they had service. They scored a few more points and started to feel confident again. As we rotated around, Raul scored on every ball Lorena…

Have you ever played a sport and wanted to give up but there was reason why you didn't. One important belief/value I hold is that I believe that if never giving up you ultimately don't lose. When I was at a young age I first started to play football.When I first started football I wasn't good because I had a terrible coach who didn't teach me the fundamentals of football and a that point I had wanted to quit But my parents encouraged me not to.When I first started football I wasn't good…

BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL Basketball is a sport in which you need a lot fundamental’s. You do not have to be the greatest you just need some kind of knowledge of the game. Football on the other hand you just need to be bigger than a bull and faster than a rabbit and jump higher than a kangaroo in my perspective. Do not get me wrong football is a great sport and it is very exciting, but basketball you need height in most cases as to say you wanted to play the center or power forward position, in…

Imagine playing on a field with a sold out crowd, cheering and hollering for your team to win the game. Then you’re up to bat and you hit a walkoff home run, and the whole stadium goes wild just for you, because you won the game for your team. It’s always been a dream of mine to play softball in college. One thing I would like to accomplish in the future is to get a softball scholarship to the University of Michigan because; I love playing softball, I would like to be apart of the team, and…

has the greatest athletes, soccer or hockey?” Soccer players need so many physical attributes to play one 90 minute game of soccer. First, the most important, stamina. 90 minutes running up and down the field, with a continual clock, besides half-time, needs major stamina. Another important attribute soccer players need is speed. Although it is not crucial to becoming a great soccer player, it is helpful, especially when…

In my opinion you need to know the game and its rules to make a really great player. Many types of shooting takes place in this game and they all take practice to increase your shooting average, The Gm for the Toronto Raptors Rob Babcock says “It certainly is necessary to have talent but talent does not make a team.” So practice is a huge factor to great shooting and winning, NBA.com shooting fundamentals says “ The 3 point shot is a valuable tool in today's game and your ability to…

1.) Morality: I used the game Fable for this category and my score was average (46). I think my score does reflect the fact that I enjoy playing games where I have to make decisions based off choices and can play the game my way. I sometimes like to play the game through and make all evil choices then play it again and make all good choices that help others. I don’t ever play this type of game with mixed choices though, I always do one or the other. 2.) Anger: I used Destiny as an example…

The best soccer game I played in was when I was in ninth grade for Forest Lake. We were playing an away game. I play goalkeeper but they wanted me to play defender. So they subbed me in and I played as a defender for a little bit and then they subbed me out and then I was subbed in as goalkeeper in the second half of the game. We were winning the game 2-0 and I was subbed in because the other goalkeeper was tired and wanted to get subbed out. They subbed me in and I had to save a penalty because…