The Long Play

As a young athlete, I aspire to play soccer for as long as possible. This sport actually involves more than just skill, speed, and touch on the ball. There is a certain event that can happen when two teams are set to a tie at the end of the regulational time. I have had these events happen many times. Personally, I want to know the probability you will make it on your first, second, or third try. I would also like to discover the game theory behind the soccer penalty kick. Game theory is the…

1. Describe your overall impressions of the play. I was overall impressed with the performance of the play. I felt that the story line was portrayed perfectly by the actors and the way the set was built. And it wasn't what I was imagining personally from listening and reading the play, but more. Though we did listen and read the entire play beforehand, I felt that it wasn’t as surprising or entertaining in terms of the performance because I expected what was going to happen next. It felt as if…

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…

young ambitious student who strives to excel in everything I do. I want to study Sport Psychology as I know I possess the right skills to further and develop myself in the career of sports. I have the ability to understand others in sports as I also play sports myself. I have been in high pressured sporting situations which I have used my psychological skills to help increase my performance. What interests me in Sport Psychology is that I can make a big difference to not just my life but the…

good for yourself? When I was 16 years old I changed summer traveling softball teams to make myself better so that I could play softball in college. I had played on the team that I was leaving for 9 years and my dad had started the team and we named it the Beatrice Drillers. I loved playing with that team because they were all my friends and I had played with them for so long. The summer of 2016 we got a new coach and he was more of a laid back coach, which meant practices were not down to…

had just scored another goal in the game against Wisconsin and the score was now 2:1 with them winning. Yet he wasn’t in goal for this game either. Derek is one of the two goalies on the Lincoln Stars Hockey team and is going to Harvard next year to play hockey, and for school. The past summer he has been working really hard and studying as well as he possibly can so he does good next year at Harvard, which is going to be a tough school that will expect a lot from him. He has also been working…

In scene 5 of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth alludes to the established motif that “fair is foul and foul is fair.” (1.1.12) when she says, “Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under ’t.”(1.5.56-57) and, “to alter favor ever is to fear.” (1.5.64). With both of these sentences Lady Macbeth is telling her husband to conceal his foul intentions with the look of innocents. Shakespeare chose to have her repeat this motif to connect her to the witches, which consequently, ties her to evil and…

The difference in toys for toddlers, teenagers, and adults. As a toddler toys can be anything that their imagination can think of. Some toddlers have vast amounts of toys that they have never played with. Each child has a favorite toy that he or she plays with most of all. Although their favorite toy may not be what people would normally think of! My toddler for example likes pots, pans, sticks, rocks, and boxes. As children move into the teenage years the idea of a toy greatly changes.…

competitive is a waste of money, but according to researchers, competitive sports is a great thing for children. When children play on a competitive team parents only think about the negative things about it not the positives. Also, research shows that kids playing on a competitive sports team because traveling is a great learning experience for children. Kid should be play competitive sports because of the socializing, exercise, and the competition Most people think that being on a travel…

a career. And I will approach all the challenges of college as an actor does by being as dedicated to my studies as I am to my shows and displaying my passion for theatre and education. The dictionary defines “acting” as "the art of performing in plays and like productions while taking on the persona of another…