Tryout

omeo Alejandro Saavedra is a young basketball star in the making. He was born in Toronto to a mom named Nimasha and a dad named Justin they later moved to Ottawa so Romeo’s dad could pursue his dream of becoming the prime minister of Canada. After Romeo’s father lost the election to become Prime Minister Nimasha and Romeo left his father in disgust and embarrassment and moved to Windsor Ontario. When Romeo was in grade 7 when he started at his new elementary school where he was asked to try…

the SkillsUSA advisors repeatedly approached me about the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Western Region Leadership Conference. I didn’t know what it was until they eventually pulled me and a few top students from my school aside and told us about having a “tryout” to see who would best fit to become an officer at the leadership conference. Each of us presented a prepared speech and an extemporaneous speech. The judges selected me to represent my school. From there, I went to another screening with…

other. Like other team sports, scores are kept, and champions are crowned. Competitions are held all over country wide, and some teams even make it to the international competitions. Team members need to have certain skills to make the team during tryouts, like physical strength and flexibility. Routines require jumps, tumbling,…

history, many tough rules, and six teams that competed. Slamball started in a small warehouse in Los Angeles, California. The idea of slamball came from a video game and the creator Mason Gordon wanted to create it into a real life video game. Open tryouts were held based on athletic ability, body control, and court awareness. Reducing numbers to about sixty players, the first ever Slamball combine was held where players and coaches learned safety, the game and basic strategy.Slamball is not…

work everyone and will be the best. In fact, this is showing that he will do whatever it takes to be the best, even if it means putting his body on the line for it, and he knows the risk of stacks but still decides to do it. I want to do real stack tryouts, and I need to be stronger and faster, and these will get me to that point (Deuker 184-185). For this reason, he says that he wants to do a real stack and that he needs to get stronger and nimbler than everyone else and that stack will get him…

One of the most controversial subjects among sports fans is whether cheerleading is a sport or not. Many people say cheerleading is a sport, when others say cheerleading is just an activity. When people think of cheerleaders, they think of preppy girls cheering for a sport they know nothing about. They think cheerleaders do not put in work, and they just stand on the sidelines to look pretty. In reality, cheerleaders have to know what is going on during the game at all times. Many people…

discovered books and online tutorial videos to help increase my intellect and skill of the game. In my sophomore year, I tried out for the first basketball team of my basketball career and unfortunately I was cut from the team on the last day of tryouts. I was disappointed in myself because I spent two hundred and fifty dollars on my basketball shoes and didn’t even get a chance to showcase them in an expedition game. I tried out again in my junior and again I was cut from the team, but this…

Many people believe soccer is unimportant.. Some think it’s pointless. To us soccer players we are insulted by this. I believe soccer makes the world a better 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…

It’s one of the most mysterious places on Earth: the depths of a baseball player’s backpack. Moms everywhere shutter to imagine stinky old socks, trash, and general grime lurking in the backpack. In truth, it’s almost never as bad as you would imagine. If you could use X-ray vision to see inside the ball player’s backpack, you may be pleasantly surprised! Snacks No athlete can compete without the right fuel, so it will come as no surprise to find a collection of great snacks in a baseball…

grade. I knew I was good enough to make the team based on what I could do against grown men, but those were not organized, fast paced games. So, I knew it was going to be a hard road. However, to make things harder I missed the first day of tryouts. But during tryouts I was kept me on the court with the freshman, and they took the people for varsity to the main gym. That was when I realized “Okay, new goal… just try to make the freshman team.” So, I worked my butt off both days and I would say I…