The whistle blows‚ the ball is handed to Courtney and I am open. “BALL BALL‚” I yell as I am under the hoop wide open. Courtney with a confused look on her face passes me the ball and I make my move. I take the ball to the hoop and shoot a left hand lay up. After I make the ball the crowd goes silent and I realize that I am on the wrong side of the court which‚ means I scored for the other team. I was very upset with myself. I knew that I could not let the team down‚ so I tried to keep playing
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September 10 2013 Football Camp (Essay #1) Football camp this year was easy‚ especially for me. As a kicker and punter I did not do much hitting or running any drills or anything like that. I really just kicked and punted at the beginning of practice then sat on the bench for 2 hours and watched everyone else practice. The only very difficult part of camp was the conditioning test and the running‚ which was not bad at all. What I thought was interesting about football camp was the fact that
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as long as possible. The Ancient Greeks competed in a similar game entitled ‘Episkyros’‚ but both of these pursuits reflected rules closer to rugby than modern day soccer. The most relevant of these ancient games to our modern day ‘Association Football’ is the Chinese game of ‘Tsu-Chu’ or ‘kick ball’ as it translates. Records of the game begin during the Tsin Dynasty (255-206BC) and represent a game in which soldiers competed in a training activity featuring a leather ball being kicked into a net
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ollar Bone It was a very pleasant evening and I was at soccer practice at the South Barrington turf soccer fields. I loved to play soccer and I took it really seriously. Everything I do I go all out. There was no such thing as a second gear for me‚ I would always go 110 percent. When I was on the field‚ I could be looked at as a violent person and I would constantly get carded for rough play. During some of our matches I struck so much fear in my opponents they were afraid to guard me. Our
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right things to make us feel better. When we get older we begin to make more risky decisions‚ and sometimes those become bad decisions‚ possibly ending in injury. As a high school football player‚ I knew that I was taking a risk with my safety‚ but I was not worried because football was something I loved. My football team‚ the Cy-Fair Bobcats‚ were on a 3 game winning streak‚ and that week’s opponent was not too intimidating so we knew we were in for a win. We started the game just as planned‚ two
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played basketball for the first two days for 2 hours‚ Then I went to Arkansas where I got to go to another Arkansas football game that lasted 5 hours and was a back and forth game so it kept me standing‚ and on the way home I watched my favorite TV show criminal minds. A lot of people have different favorite things‚ but some of my favorites are‚ playing sports‚ watching Arkansas football‚ and watching a good TV show. First of all‚ playing sports is one of my favorite things to do. They teach me discipline
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big game. We all were waiting for this day for a very long time. Let me tell you how we got there. It was two weeks into school when the P.E teacher asked if me and my friends want to join a football team? It was out of school so I and my friend said yes. So he gave us the paper and we went to the football tryouts some of my friends made the team. We went to practice two times a week after school. Then it was are the first game the score was zero to zero the time was flying. At the end the whole
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By being told to quit something just because I’m not good at it. Back in my 7th grade year when I played football‚ I was pretty atrocious at everything basically. Trying to run routes against corners‚ catching‚ and trying to stay at 110%. I used to play Wide Receiver but they made me change positions because I didn’t try hard enough. They moved me to o-line and I was probably one of the worst players on the team. I only started one game my middle school life as a guard and all I really did was get
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Football is a popular American team sport. Players can start young by participating in youth leagues and then work their way up through high school teams‚ college teams‚ semi-pro teams and finally‚ professional teams in the National Football League. Players can play tag football or tackle football. Tackle football involves much more physical contact. Though football is a source of exercise‚ it can be dangerous if not played correctly. Physical Conditioning Football players undergo demanding workouts
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the chip I was coming home from school on a cold winter day‚ I just finished a great football year. I was ready to have a little break between sports.but when i got home my parents said they had great news. My football team got invited to go and play down in Orlando‚ Florida. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing‚ my coach never even told us we had to opportunity to go. I had so many question to ask my parents. When do we leave? What do we do to prepare? What team are we playing first? What are
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