3 Goals In High School

I play football, soccer, basketball, and run track. Consistently, I have evolved into a leader on each team of which I am a member. I am generally considered a captain or play some kind of leadership role on the team. During practices, games, and meets, I have always helped younger or less experienced teammates. Although I am frequently playing two sports at the same time each season, and have many practice and game expectations of me, I have never allowed it to affect my grades. I have maintained nearly straight A’s throughout my elementary school curriculum. I have accomplished this because I am extremely organized and

Do you know anyone who is interested in playing soccer? Well if you do tell them that I am a team leader for a soccer team and I have some great advice for them. Please tell them that in order to become a good soccer player you must always be a team leader,don't get lazy on the field, and always stretch before a game or practice.

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to become a professional soccer player. The thought of playing in front of fifty thousand people is astonishing. To think that my level of skill is good enough for a professional team is amazing. I have been playing soccer for a long time. It was the first sport I played and enjoyed. Now I am going to college and playing for the school team. It is a big step from high school soccer. There is a lot of competition in college soccer that I have to be aware of. If I don't try my best or give 100%, I won't make the team and i will be disappointed. The first step was to train everyday. I would go out on my own time and practice with and without the ball. I would set up cones to do dribbling exercises, then do push-ups

Over the years, playing soccer has taught me what it takes to succeed. From months of tough practices, I have gained a hard work ethic. From my coaches and fellow teammates, I have learned to work well with others in a group, as it is necessary to cooperate with teammates on the playing field. But most important, I have also gained self-confidence. If I fail, it doesn't' t matter if they mock or ridicule me; I will simply try again and do it better. I realize that it is necessary to risk failure in order to gain success. The

The next big milestone in soccer for me was when I was a freshman in high school. I went to Troy High and didn 't think I was good enough to play high school soccer. If it wasn’t for my best friend’s dad, I really wouldn 't have played. He told me that I would regret not playing and that I had a lot of potential. I decided to try out with my three best friends and we all ran and did exhausting fitness exercises for weeks during tryouts. First, we’d have to do five laps around the track. In the beginning of the season, those five laps are a killer. By the end of the second one, I am usually out of breath. After that, we’d get into groups and do stations, like jumping over bars or doing sit-ups and push-ups, basically anything to get us into shape. The third part of practice was sprinting. I like sprints because I am way better at running faster for one-hundred yards, than doing a long distance run. The next part of tryouts were the best, all the girls would get put into two teams and we’d just scrimmage so he could see our real soccer skills. Coach Haviland, who was the varsity coach, decided teams after the tough two weeks. He said I had a little maturing to do on the field and that I will be on varsity in no time. I was shocked! I didn 't even think he was considering me. I had a lot of fun with the Junior Varsity team and made lots of friends. By

I been playing soccer since I was five years old and I never been in a fight while playing or seeing one. That changed when I moved to Fargo. I was born in Kenya and raised there. My family and I moved to the United State in 2008. We lived in Memphis, TN for a couple of months and we moved to Portland, Maine. I have passionate for the sport of soccer. I play other sports such as basketball and football, but I enjoy playing soccer the most. I played soccer my four years of High School and it was great even though my team didn’t win state championship for the four years that I played, but we were once close and we let it slip out. High school soccer give me different perspective of the game that I didn’t know. I remember when I was young all we did was run around and kick the ball, mostly try to score a goal before the opponent. That is not how football is played generally, it’s a teamwork game, without knowing your position and where u good at then there is no chemistry between you and your teammates. My freshman year I was told to forget what I know and learn new system. It took me two years to learn the system after I learned the game I started with playing with the varsity team which is more complicated because it’s the hardest level in high school. After high I went on to college and i tried to play college soccer but I couldn’t because of my school and work schedule. After finishing my first semester of college my family and I decided to move to Fargo, ND.

Keeping up with other players was definitely a test of my abilities, but at the high school level my drive and tenacity seemed to pay off. In my freshman year, I kept up with some of the best players on the team during preseason testing, and by sophomore year I had earned a spot on the varsity squad. It was in this sophomore season that I truly saw the culmination of my hard work. It was a frigid day in late November and my team was playing for glory in the New Jersey State Championship. It felt as though all my years of enduring health issues and training had led up to this point in my soccer career – it was time to prove myself. I remember pushing my body beyond its limits that day, and I will never forget the indescribable feeling of holding the championship trophy with my team after we won the state championship for our school. I realized that my zeal for the game of soccer lead to the fortitude that continues to drive me

Keeping up with other players was definitely a test of my abilities, but at the high school level my drive and tenacity seemed to pay off. In my freshman year, I kept up with some of the best players on the team during preseason testing, and by sophomore year I had earned a spot on the varsity squad. It was in this sophomore season that I truly saw the culmination of my hard work. It was a frigid day in late November and my team was playing for glory in the New Jersey State Championship. It felt as though all my years of enduring health issues and training had led up to this point in my soccer career – it was time to prove myself. I remember pushing my body beyond its limits that day, and I will never forget the indescribable feeling of holding the championship trophy with my team after we won the state championship for our school. I realized that my zeal for the game of soccer lead to the fortitude that continues to drive me

To be a successful soccer player, you need an abundance of different qualities or skills. Good footwork, passing, and shooting are all major components when it comes to the technical side of the game. However, soccer is a very physical sport; and to keep up with your opponent, you need to be aggressive and competitive. At the age of two, physicality can be a scary thing for a little girl. Although I can’t recall it myself, my parents always bring up the meltdown that I had before I played in my first soccer game. They say that right before the game started, I began to cry uncontrollably. My dad, being the coach, came to my side to ask me what the matter was. In response, I told him that I didn’t want to take the ball away from the kids on the other team because it was mean. He then explained to me that my opponents would be trying to take the ball away from me too, and that it was just a part of the game. It is still a running joke that I haven’t been the same

First and foremost, soccer is a team sport. Teams and communities require a group of people to work together while also contributing individually. Personally, I contribute to the Varsity Girls Soccer Team by working to be in the best shape I can be in, both physically and mentally. I spend a lot of time, both during the high school and club seasons, developing my technical and tactical abilities. Additionally, as the sweeper, I must direct the defense to make sure we are organized. When an individual is better, it makes the team better. Everyone on the team, starters and substitutes alike, has a role to fulfill in order to make the team as good as it can possibly be.

I have always been told that I got blessed with my genes. Everything I do athletically just comes natural to me. I have had the opportunity to play multiple sports whom of which I have had success in. In all of the sports I’ve participated in I have loved soccer the most and track is just the most natural sport for me. I’ve played soccer for over half of my young life. Soccer just makes me happy when I play. I have also been blessed by being average at soccer too. I didn’t do well my 9th grade season so coming into being a Sophomore I wanted to change that. I worked hard in the off-season and I became a varsity Captain and I finished the season 3rd in the area for assist and was a 2nd team All-District player. I was proud of myself but i knew I didn’t give it everything I had.

I focused on training for soccer, it took over my life. I spent my summers working, spending time with my family, and playing soccer. I grew faster, stronger, and improved my defensive abilities, for the first time in my life I was in shape. After an undefeated regular season, the varsity team lost its starting lineup from my sophomore year. I knew that would I have to step up. I decided I was going to do anything I could to become a better soccer player, to benefit the team. I spent every spare moment working on my touch. The summer going into my sophomore year I committed to the soccer program, meaning I went down to the pitch every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday to play pickup with the alumni. That summer I went from being a short, pudgy kid, to actually kind of resembling an

During our first practice, we discovered how greatly we depended on our male teammates, and we understood that we could now only rely upon ourselves. As the next few months went on, each team member developed different skills, and I found myself drawn to the position of midfielder. This duty required me to run up and down the full field for entire games consisting of two forty-minute halves, whereas previously I found myself lucky to play for ten minutes per half. I attribute most of my growth to my coach, who repeatedly told me to be confident in my ability, which allowed me to take risks on the field. As I grew closer to my teammates and gained more in-game experience, I discovered that I was capable of far more than I previously thought. Being on the first female Varsity team taught me to never limit myself, and to always try harder, especially when I feel

For most of my life, I was skilled in organized sports, especially soccer, which I had played for many years. After a successful soccer season my freshman year, I thought that I would make the JV team for sure. At tryouts, I went through the motions of each drill. I breezed through the conditioning tests, doing the bare minimum for each test. I didn’t try as hard as others, as I felt that I was more skillful than most of my peers.