Personal EsssayFootball is everything. Or is it really, what happens when you done playing because it will end someday. Whats my plan i ask myself every day. Football is such a big part of me even though i haven't been doing it as long as others. I hear all the other players saying football is their life since they have been playing since they were seven years old. I first put on pads when i was in sixth grade, it wasn't my idea of playing football, my cousins and uncle got me play. Cousin moved in a few blocks away and asked if me a die hard soccer player that plays year around to try football. I was always about trying new things, so we signed up. My uncle and one of his sons inspired me the most. I have always looked up to them because they were always around to show me new things and keep me out of trouble. I enjoyed my first season and decided to stick with it. I began to wanting to play football more than soccer which was the only sport i was playing before this. Soccer was the sport that got me into sports. I learned skills that i use in football. The only bad thing is that i get behind every season in skill and understanding of what my coach and teammates are trying to do. Freshman year came i tried out for three days for the high school soccer team. In the end i was cut, but i was strangely okay with it. I knew someday that it was gonna end, I made the hard decision to not play soccer with the team I started with.
I worked on football everyday , I have a plan to work out two times a day in the summer and I had lots of inspiration from my uncle Grant. He was a big football guy and his kids were also all about football. I looked up to them both and strived to be like them. But it all took a turn for the worse. The inspiration of my football career had past in an accident. I was sad and depressed for awhile, I couldn't stop thinking about him, but it made me that much better. I would be doing push ups or up downs in our practice field and I would say to myself “ what would Grant say to me right now”. I began to play and work harder and i did it for him and my family. My family and I did so much with him around the year. I now look up to my cousin daily. After the tragedy my father became a huge part in working with me even though he can't do much due to physical limit. He also had also been in an accident where they thought he would never walk again, but to this day he walks. He now learns about football everyday so he can be a lot closer. But he filled in a role that was hard to do. Football has changed my life tremendously, everything was for the better. |
Photo Story
This is a photo of the practice field I played on when i first started
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These are the hands of my father that helps me every day to get better, even though his limitations.
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This is a picture of me in 7th when I was in a game. It was also the year my uncle passed away.
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This is a picture of my uncle Grant.
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