Win-win game

play your game, because this is a team you should have no problem beating. Let’s go 1,2,3 TSC!” just like that, the game had started. Coach put me in my preferred right-midfield position , but it felt a bit weird at first, because the game felt like it was played so much faster than on my old team. Finally, we got the ball and progressed it up the midfield. Matthew, the midfielder, passed me the ball. I panicked a bit and took a bad touch, losing the ball. Just calm down and play your game,…

that freezing cold day and we managed to score four goals before the last whistle blew. This game proved that anything can happen on any given day, and that sometimes, the more skilled team doesn’t always win, but rather the team with more heart. I know that many other soccer players can relate to my story because every good soccer player knows that the team that works harder is the team that is going to win the…

TThe Game That Changed My Life Ever since I first started to walk, sports have been a major part of my life. When I walk on to the pitch I am transformed into another world where all else fades away except the game. Two years ago, when I was a sophomore in high school, the game changed my entire life forever. After many time-consuming and demanding practices my team finally earned a place in the conference tournament for the first time in decades. The game was days away, but I could already…

final year where we were going to win State and I was going to get a college scholarship. I had prepared all summer and in the preseason, nothing was going to get in my way. Our team was smaller this year and lacked the skill we had in the previous years, but that just meant I was going to have to step up even more. I was totally ready for the season and whatever challenges we would face as a team. Scouts were communicating with me and arranging to see some of my games. I had worked up to this…

regional league) games and didn't do to good, but i scored in every game. After our game that saturday morning I went shopping with my mom and Sidney’s family, it was lots of fun. After we went shopping we went back to the hotel and put stuff down. I hung out with the girls down stairs and our new friends that we played that morning. They were actually pretty cool girls, I hung out with my coach and talked about the game we were having that night. Both us and the girls from Nebraska had a game…

and a baseball game that was very important. The baseball game was between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. I am a Cincinnati Reds fan, so I really didn’t care who won the game, but two of my friends are St. Louis fans. I was more interested in the football game. The Denver Broncos were playing the Kansas City Chiefs. This game was important for me because the Denver Broncos wide receiver is on my fantasy football team. What is fantasy football? Fantasy football is a game where…

I was never a sporty kid. For the majority of my childhood, my hobbies have included reading, playing video games, and other generic nerd activities. If you had asked me if I wanted to play a sport, I would have laughed at the prospect, so I surprised even myself when I answered yes to my mother’s inquiry about joining my school’s new flag football team. I worried about it for the weeks leading up to the first practice, but eventually I decided “Why not? It may end up being fun.” Soon enough,…

have been working on, I immediately start learning a new one. In Basketball I am constantly learning and growing. Basketball has taught me to never limit myself and keep pushing to be a better me. As a basketball player I have learned that teamwork wins…

was tied on 1-1. My team, Delta Calcio Rovigo, was for the first time meeting in the tournament’s final game its longtime rival team, Calcio Padova. We were competing against each other for the regional championship title. Everywhere was very quiet as I quickly tied my cleats, and started walking from the center of the field down to the goal. It was my turn to take the last penalty kick of the game. I turned my head and saw my whole team anxiously holding each other close together in the middle…

predicted, I am out. For the rest of the summer camp, I avoided all the kickball games in shame. For years afterward, I tried to avoid competition and conflict of any sort. I stayed away from card and board games, and when my classmates shrieked with delight whenever any contest was introduced, I only felt a sense of foreboding anxiety. What I enjoyed instead was learning to work together with others. Instead of trying to win at everything, I only tried to push myself to improve. At the same…