Bo Jackson's Competitive Advantage

I used to practice every day when practice began, and I also put in effort outside campus on my own time when I could. Dribbling was the first technique that I wanted to better improve. I was a point guard, meaning that I was the backcourt player who directed my teams offense. I also practiced my shooting skills. I acquired knowledge this way, because I knew that dedication would get me to where I am now. Defense was a challenge for me, because I was much more smaller than my competition. I practiced for the games physically and mentally in order to

There’s a saying that everyone’s said at least once in their lifetime, I’m sure. It’s so cliché, but now I know that there is so much truth behind it. “Believe in yourself.” Rather than giving up on yourself, use your failures to make you better. Learn how to bounce back from adversity and learn from those experiences. This is called using your growth mindset. According to Carol Dweck, research psychologist, in her book Mindset, “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” It wasn’t until the summer between my junior and senior year of high school that I learned this and of course I learned it the hard way. I had played club basketball for four summers in a row with the Longmont Rush basketball club. I loved the game of basketball and I had spent countless hours working on my skills on the court. I even wanted to play in college. I already had schools scouting me. Unfortunately, in my final season, just before my senior year, my biggest fear came true.

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.

I choose this quote because it reminds me to never give up. When I think about it, it reminds me when I will be doing something hard like playing a level in a game or a shot that is difficult, to keep doing it over and over again until I can finally master it. Also, I think this is an important quote from Bo Jackson to say because he probably had to set his goals high. He played two professional sports, football and baseball. He probably had to try really hard when he was a good football player in the NFL and wanted to be a player in the MLB. He set his goal high, practiced and practiced and didn’t stop until he got to his goal. He also is one of the few rare players

Have you ever wondered what Bo Jackson could have done in his sports career if he would have got hurt? Vincent or otherwise called “Bo” Jackson was born on November 30, 1962. Bo went to McAdory high, where he was known as a legend to all his peers for outrageous things he did. Bo is said to have been ”caught throwing rocks at the Baptist minister’s hogs. The boy had killed several of the pigs…”, things such as this shows that Bo has had this freakish unusual athleticism since he was a young boy. Bo had a poor home life but his momma like all momma’s took care of their kids and made sure they didn’t realize the financial side of life. Bo was a trouble maker, and would beat up other kids in the neighborhood. “His brothers called him a ‘wild boar’” these are examples of how people saw him and not in a good way.

In baseball I have never been a very good hitter, but they last couple of seasons I have practiced and I am getting a lot better then five years ago. I spent extra time after team practices to go hit in the batting cages, or take soft toss. I also put in time at home to improve doing things like hitting off a tee into a net, hitting mini whiffle balls, and taking soft toss.

I asked the coach about my weakness and trained specifically to improve it. I spent additional hours on the court working on my dribbling, shooting skills, asking others for the help of difficult strategy while simultaneously managing my heavy load for legs and elbows, getting stronger. Although I was not chosen for the official team, I never gave up training. I made many new friends and became more confident because of my increasingly proficient skills. I realized that no matter what I do, I should always try my

When I first started playing I knew that I wasn't good but I also knew that I could be and do better and that's what i worked hard at. All my coaches and teammates told me that the key to being good in something is to have confidence in yourself, that things would be much more easier if you relaxed and had confidence. That was one of the biggest things that I worked on, being comfortable at what i was doing.

The first step towards becoming a member of the team involves tryouts. To begin to prepare for this step, most players practice. Individuals must practice very hard to truly be ready. One must be sure to be able to hit exceptionally well. Another thing to be sure of is to

The runners who were naturally gifted often did not work hard, did not go the extra mile, and when faced with hardships would often quit. The ones who worked hard were dedicated and stronger runners as individuals. I fell in the place of the hardworking group. I became more dedicated than most with my practice, diet, and workouts. Coach would look to dedicate himself to the strongest from the talented and hardworking individuals. When I stayed back with the few other dedicated runners, it became rewarding knowing that I was going the extra mile. I slowly began to learn that in order to keep up with my competitors I would have to work twice as hard as them to only get half of their talent. I taught myself that practice doesn’t make perfect and perfect practice doesn’t make perfect. I knew I would have to practice until I could not get it wrong and that stuck with me during all my practices and meets.

I was 12 year old when I started playing basketball. My dream was to be similar to Michael Jordan. However, my GBL team has lost every game since I’ve started playing basketball. I was also playing with my older brother Jeremiah for the first time, but we were always fighting about whose better. I knew this season would bring us together. With a lot of hard work we finally won. It took me and my brother to work together to win.

I gained more confidence with each practice as my talent slowly shines through. I practiced throwing, catching, running, and sliding. Over time, practice became second nature while simultaneously my accuracy started to improve. As I was practicing with my mom and sister outside at home I was doing better than I was at the ball field. I guess it was because I was just nervous at the ball field

Once you become a college athlete, everyone is talented. Everything you practice for is brand new when you’re in college. Every person on the team is good, so you should really be careful and lockdown or you might get your spot took at any time. Thinking of this kind of stuff from a coach’s view- this is a business for them and if you’re not performing, they’ll take you out and put someone else in really quick. It’s nothing like high school where your teachers are coaches, because this stuff depends on your future and career and its really competitive.

The concept of two-sport or multi-sport athlete enormously filters the list of great athletes throughout history and, if used as a measuring rod, leaves us with the best of all time: Bo Jackson. Bo Jackson is not known in Spain, despite starring in Bo Knows Nike brand campaign that remains today, the most successful of the multinational. In these famous ads, which have their own Wikipedia page, under the slogan knows Bo (Bo knows), Jackson first played football and baseball, two sports that was professional, then try your luck at basketball (with Michael Jordan), tennis (John McEnroe), ice hockey (with Wayne Gretzky) and athletics (with Sea and Decker). The first ad was so successful that Nike decided to do more, playing on these occasions to cycling, football (with Welshman Ian Rush), cricket, surfing, weightlifting, engine and horse riding. The American company found in Bo Jackson to a gold mine: the first athlete in history to be selected as an All Star in two different sports (Askew, 34-35). Bo Jackson’s work as America’s greatest athlete of all time shapes him as a representative of American culture because he changed both the American past times of baseball and football, he helps Alabamians with fundraisers that benefit tornado victims, and he set a new height to sports that still haven’t been achieved today.

There have been several events that have affected my life. there's times that life will hit you hard that will make you fall over but you will need to get back up and continue what you started. This is how i viewed myself with my ambitious journey of basketball. I was around seven years old when I was bored at home and I turned on the TV and was skipping through the channels and I wanted to see what I was going to be able to watch. I stopped at the sports channel for whatever reason and I remember that it was a Spurs game in the NBA (National Basketball Association). I was in shock seeing people jump all around being able to run from the court coast to coast being chased down by others trying to get the ball through the basket. I saw this particular player at the time on the opposing team Ray Allen from the Boston Celtics. This man had such a dominant presence on the court just getting the ball and being able to shoot the ball in any given time in whatever position he was in either it was going to be contested or open he gets the ball its an automatic scoring machine. This got me very fascinated and i began to start watching basketball since that day. I also wanted to try basketball wanted to play the position Ray allen played a shooting guard, one that is a spot up shooter and is in charge to score from a convertible distance away.