Mark Arbogast Tues/ Thurs 10-11:50 Mr.Keller English 1111 The Shoulder Injury There had been only a couple days left till the very first football game of my senior year. The team we are playing was the Haywood County Spurs‚ and the game we had been preparing and practicing for since our sophomore year. The sun was blistering hot‚ shining down on my shoulder pads‚ baking me in my uniform like a freshly made apple pie on a summer day. This only made practice worse as I put all effort into it
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“Cameron‚ you can’t play football you’ll die‚” My mother told me in her usual serious tone‚ I could always count on my mom to keep it 100% reality even though I hated it. I wanted to play football so bad for three years I’ve literally had dreams of me playing defensive back‚ my wishful position‚ and being able to play with my emotions and do very well. I stopped pursuing football even though deep down I was still set on football. I ended up making our basketball team in eighth grade I remember
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school‚ football has been the only thing that has mattered to me. I was given the opportunity to dress varsity as a freshman and being around that atmosphere‚ being on a successful team was intoxicating‚ especially to me at such a young age. I loved every minute of it‚ and I knew I wanted to be the one out on the field making the plays I watched that whole year. I made it my goal from that year on‚ I was going to give everything it took over the next three years in order to be the best football player
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Every little boys dream is to play the game of football. I Remember It like it was yesterday my first time playing football though before I ever played I had to learn what football was. Football was a game where two teams went head to head on a 100 ft field with two end zones on each end called touchdowns‚ and the team that scores the most touchdowns win.Behind every game of football there is an alternating ending anything is possible in this sport. My new home‚ the gridiron where it all began
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9th st adventures It all started at ninth street with some friends of mine John and I started recruiting some people to come play football with us. I honestly didn’t know I had a pretty decent arm. I originally was going to start practicing to play wide receiver instead of quarterback. At the time Odell Beckham Jr. ( wide receiver for the New York Giants ) was extremely explosive and dynamic on offense. Seeing him blow up on offense made me want to try out for wide receiver. But somehow John convinced
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Many people I know have learned many life lessons while playing the sport of football. Vince Lombardi‚ the Green Bay Packers former coach‚ has a quote that no sports editorial can disagree with. I survive by this quote every single day of my life. The quote says “Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work‚ sacrifice‚ perseverance‚ competitive drive‚ selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile
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driving‚ or overmastering feeling or conviction towards something. I have an extreme passion for football. Bryan Stevenson has a passion for fighting injustice in the US criminal justice system. As Bryan Stevenson has made a great career out of his passion‚ I believe that football could benefit me in a very similar way. Football can help me build a career in that it has taught me many life lessons. Football takes a strong work ethic‚ commitment to something greater than yourself‚ and perseverance.
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Football refers to a number of sports that involve‚ to varying degrees‚ kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football‚ more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". Unqualified‚ the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears‚ including association football‚ as well as American football‚ Australian rules football‚ Canadian football‚ Gaelic football
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Football Life The Average size of a Nfl player ranges from 5-11 to 6-4 and weight 215-295lbs. I was roughly 5-4 and 120lb when I started my football career so as you can see how I differed. I was told before I even started to play that I was to short or too small but I was determined as a person also as a player. I started football freshman year coming off the street just playing some pickup games at a middle school. I was inexperienced with little knowledge of the sport from what I had watched
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Eighth grade year‚ gym class‚ flag football. I remember this day like it was yesterday. I had a fuming hatred for the gym teachers and their actions toward these pre-pubescent kids who take everything a little too personally‚ but with these rude teachers each and every reaction from each and every kid was appropriate. The only way I could describe these teachers is 40 year olds who find joy in making 13 year olds miserable. So‚ it all began when the flag football unit started. I wasn’t afraid of the
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