The Power Of Sports

Beeeeppppp and we were off. Before we knew it the other team had put the ball in the back of our net, one to zero. The soccer ball was kicked back and forth from team to team. It was a very even match, until the last five minutes of the first half and another goal had been scored by the other team. By half time our hopes of winning was fading away.

I believe in the power of sports. I believe that I am who I am today because of sports. Many people would disagree with that statement, but I think its true. Through sports I have experienced competition, anger, pain and the truth; and I have learned my strengths yet my weaknesses too. All of these aspects are drilled into my mind because for me sports are basically the platform for my life.

At half time my coach sat us down and told us that if we play like we really want it we could easily turn this game around, so we went back out with a positive attitude ready to score a goal, but in the first six minutes we got scored on again. By now the score was three to zero and I was pretty sure we wouldn’t be winning this game. At half way through the second half we finally scored. Once that happened the hope on our team lifted and we started to play like it was our game. We were making moves past our opponents, we were passing beautifully, and most important we were talking. Ten minutes later it was already three all; we had come back and were on a rampage. Now it was about who wanted it more. It was an even match, sooner than later the whistle blew, the game was over. We had tied.

Never giving up is a big motto I have learned, through sports. If we never lifted our heads, we would have lost that game by six or seven goals. We didn’t win, but we had tied, we had come back from loosing and started to play our game. This is a very important lesson because I think that if you never have any hope you would always loose. Another trait I have learned through sports is to have a good work ethic.

Practice makes perfect. I belive that this statement works with whatever your trying to overcome, if its playing a sport or studying for a test in school. It was June and I had been practicing free throws everyday trying to beat my record for the previous day. In the end got eight out of ten free throws, that was the best I had ever done! Overall I lost by one, this Winchester player had scored nine out of ten. I was very upset that I hadn’t won, yet in a way I am happy I didn’t win, because this gives me even more reason to go out and practice.

What is a team leader? A team leader is someone who is always their, helps their teammates become stronger players, and also never looks in the past. If your teammate made a mistake the leader isn’t suppose to dwell on what she did or didn’t do, but is suppose to look over that and help them fix the mistake. This fall I was accepted on a new soccer team, the stars. On the first practice I noticed that there were already captains. I didn’t know what to think of that. I really wanted to be captain, but I decided to just be a follower and see where that takes me. Since fall I have been just part of the team, not a captain or a leader but a player. I think this was a very good thing for me to do because I have learned to step back and just become a great player. Not worrying about other peoples mistakes and how to fix them in practice, but to really work on improving my own game.