Tryout

who had died a few weeks before the game. Last of all, Michael helped the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team (the Dream Team) win an Olympic Gold Medal. In 1992, the U.S. basketball team decided to let NBA players tryout for the team. So, Michael and some of the best NBA players went to tryouts, and some made the team, and one of them was Michael. People from all around the world went to see Michael Jordan and the national team play at the Summer Olympics. Everybody was so excited to see this. People…

Baseball brings passion, pain, and excitement to people all over the world; from little kids that run the bases at a major league baseball game to a previous President of the United States that throws the first pitch. Baseball is one word in which would describe my identity. The pain that I endured, the struggle that I overcame, and the championships I won have truly made me the person I am today. From the early morning practices to the midnight championships, I have learned how to become a…

madre and padre. In 5th grade, all students got the chance to try out for the JV basketball team. I didn’t know what to expect going into the tryout - I had never tried out for any school team before. All my classmates were training and practicing hard, while I overlooked it, thinking all because I was athletic, I would get on the team. I went to tryouts with confidence, but that quickly decreased when I got the email saying I hadn’t made the team. I was pretty disappointed, however, my…

To this day some of my favorite memories growing up was watching the Masters golf tournament with my dad or just hitting plastic golf balls in the backyard. Golf was the game I loved ever since I was a little boy. That's the reason why getting cut from the golf team freshman year hurt so bad. I was numb with an empty depressed feeling inside me. Getting cut from the golf team taught me that in my darkest moments giving up would be easy, however with perseverance and dedication any goal can be…

high school and college soccer, let me show you the competition out there, because honey, you're a dime a dozen in wanting that same dream!” The first tryout I was nervous because I didn’t know what to expect and let’s just say there were hundreds of girls trying out. As a matter of fact, 600 girls tried out for my age group. After that first tryout I understood what my mom meant. While driving back from school one day out of the blue I said, “I really want to make that team!” “What team?”…

My legs were paralyzed. I was called to stand, but every time I tried to move my intrinsic survival instincts tugged me back into my seat. Anxiety was cursing through my veins and fear was clawing at my throat. Every nerve in my body was firing a thousand times a second. My lawyer called my name again and I forced myself to stand on my trembling feet. Can I really do this? What if I forget what to say? Nervousness clouded my thoughts. I tore my brain apart searching for my lines, but all…

well as my own can be compared to the well-known cheerleading movie, Bring It On, in order to reveal the movies missteps and accuracies in its portrayal of high school cheerleaders in America. Early in the film, we see the Rancho Carne Toros hosting tryouts to find a new member for their squad. This scene is unrealistic in that most, if not all, high school cheerleading…

They were holding tryouts for seventh grade volleyball, I had never once even touched a volleyball before. I thought that I should just try out for fun. Tryouts went great and were fun to me. The last day we got a number, a number that would decide my fate for my seventh grade year. It would be put on a list and if you were lucky enough to…

It was a frosty day as a young man treked outside into the dull, bleak streets of Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. He had a sort of a somber resolve about him, as if he was bearing a cumbersome avoirdupois. The intrepid tap of his footfalls could be heard moving down the streets. His destination soon came into sight, a two story brick building. You could see that the building had been there for an extensive period, since it kind of perched like a person who didn’t quite apperceive how to poise right. You…

“Careers and higher education are leading to the masculinization of women, with enormously dangerous consequences to the home, the children, and our country. When our boys come home from war, what kind of girls will they be coming home to?” This quote is taken from the film A League of Their Own when a woman on the radio, Maida Gillespie, is disgusted with what is happening to the “role” of women in America. However, its not only her that is appalled at what is happening, but also most of…