How Baseball Changed My Life

In total I had joined 6 baseball teams in my whole life (17 years). I don’t want this problem to ever happen again so I’m not planning on joining anymore teams for now, but I may join one during college. I still like baseball even after all these years. Baseball has always been a part of my life. It’s been something I’ve played, it's been something my grandfather has enjoyed, my aunt, and pretty much my whole family. But at the end of the day I think that it was one of the best decisions that I had ever made just because I have more time to do stuff and time to spend with my family members and friends from

“Be remembered!” echoes through my mind every time I get up to bat. From tee ball to now, softball has made a massive impact on my life. Ever since I was five years old, I have been playing the game that I love the most.

My sister was really sick in her head, and she was a danger to herself and our family. I remember the cops being called sometimes when she got too out of hand. I can recall the threats she would shriek to my parents. She even spent over a year in a mental hospital. I had no idea how bad her condition was until I visited her in the hospital. It was a terrifying place with constant surveillance. Everyone looked depressed and trapped. The hospital looked like it was a prison. This really hit me like a wrecking ball, and I cried myself to sleep a lot of nights. In reality, I just lost some of my personality because of this experience. However, I always remember baseball being there for me. I loved getting on that field and freeing my mind from the current situation. That's when I realized that baseball helped me deal with adversity in real life as well as in the game. During eighth grade, I was back to my normal self. I was talking to friends and loving my life. From this experience, I am almost always exhilarated to be at the field playing baseball. This shows the possibilities of a bounce back in the game, but more importantly in real

Many different things in people’s life can change their lives completely. One thing that changed the way that I look at things is softball. Softball as a whole showed me many life skills needed for my future. Softball changed my life in more ways than one. For example it showed me to have self control, watch my grades, and work together.

From the age of three, my life was nothing but Hockey. With a father who was a hockey player and a brother 3 years older already playing hockey, it was clear which sport I was going to get into. Once I started walking, my parents put me on the ice to learn the game of hockey. I instantly fell in love and I have continued playing to this day. Once it came time to play high school hockey, it all got serious. I was a freshman on the varsity team with my brother, who was a senior at the time. This was nothing but an emotional year for me, it was my first year in high school and my last year to play on a team with my brother. Once my brother graduated, he decided to go onto Juniors hockey, which is what I would do once I graduated. By the time I graduated high school, my brother would exceed the age limit for juniors hockey, so

Lush, green grass began to massage my bare feet. Sunshine beamed off the clean, white goal posts. With my cleats in my hands, ball in my bag, and my freshly washed shirt, only one thing came to mind: soccer. The sport I love and have devoted the past three years was evolving. Many of my friends were shifting from recreational to club soccer. After three years of recreational soccer, I decided to take my game to the next level and tryout for club soccer. Eager to showcase my skills, I stood on the field bearing confidence. Before tryouts began, my thoughts solely consisted of playing club soccer with my friends. I thought little about tryout preparation, because I didn’t know what to expect. No one gave me information about how to perform well

Each of my years playing softball has been a momemtous experience for me. Indeed, I have learned valuable lessons about life. I have not only gained experience on how to approach different life situations, but the game has also provided an insight of me. In other words, softball has impacted my life and will also shape my future. Therfore, this will seek to discuss some of these impacts contributions to my life.

Athletics had not always been a flauntable aspect of my life as they are now. In grades 1-4, I was uncoordinated and far too lanky to produce and store any muscle. I often ponder about what changed in the fifth grade, for I became very agile and have exercised almost every day since the beginning of that year. I did not pick up the sport of swimming until the seventh grade and I cannot imagine myself not swimming, not only as a source of exercise but as a source of pure pleasure.

“Right guy, right time!” My dad blurts out, as I dig my left foot into the batter’s box. The count is now 2-2, a pitcher’s count, knowing that I need to be extremely cautious on the next pitch, because if I miss read the ball, I would let everyone down. By the time the pitcher starts his motion I couldn’t be more excited, but nervous at the same time. I’m able to quickly tell that the pitch was a fastball right down the pipe, I put everything I had into that swing, a rip the ball into deep right-center field. The ball takes one bounce and hits the fence. So I take off, like I was being chased by some lions in the African safari. I swing out wide, as my first base coach orders me to go two. As I approach second base I look to see where the ball

I started on the high school football team and didn’t do too bad. I ended up getting all district defensive back which was good to have. I also started on the high school basketball team. This was a pretty good year we didn’t do to bad but got beat out in regionals. It was one of the most painful times of my life because it meant a lot to me and the team. I couldn’t believe it happened. We worked so hard. A good thing about it is that I improved and did better that year. I also tried a crazy thing which was to play baseball. I have never played baseball in my life nor did I like it. I went ahead and tried it out anyways. I enjoyed it but I was not good at it. I couldn’t seem to find the ball in the outfield. I was a decent pitcher and batter though. The best part about baseball was the bus ride I enjoyed them a

Baseball Improved my health a lot. The summer I played for Mountain range, was the summer I learned baseball is harder than I thought. I worked so hard that summer that I lost 20 pounds, I used to be 160 in 8th grade but when baseball came around it went away like dust in the wind. My coaches taught me a lot and got me physically and mentally prepared for baseball, I would not be able to hit a ball until i joined the program. After the games we played the coaches would tell us to run poles,(Which where you touch both foul poles and we would do at least 8 poles) I would run them and try to get faster every time I would see who would be in front of me and then the next game get in front of them. Baseball changed my health in many ways.

Every kids dream is become a Professional Baseball Player. I still remember when I first started baseball, I was only 4 years old so young and small. Baseball has shown me how to use my head by focusing on everything. Growing up with baseball has changed my life dramatically, It taught me to become a smarter individual and a better athlete. Baseball has never let me down.

In life you have to experience difficulties before you will ever experience success. I have always loved baseball. I started playing as a kid and continued into my high school years. During this time, I experienced frustration and eventually happiness came. Throughout this story I wasn’t focused on one moment, but all of the moments leading up to the signing for my college. The main experiences took place in many places, Chicago, Harrisburg, and West Frankfort. Playing baseball is a family event for me. My family supports me and is always there to cheer me on. These moments are so important to me is because I spent my entire life working to be signed by a college.

Last year I had a friend that loved baseball. I mean this kid just loved the sport. He liked to play it but there was one problem.. He wasn't a very good player. This kid was athletic and really wanted to know how to play. I helped him. I taught him to keep his glove on the ground when a ground ball was coming his way. I taught him how to properly catch a baseball. He wasn't the best player I have seen. Everyone would make fun of him because he wasn't very good. He worked hard all that year.

It was the summer after eighth-grade, and the thought of going into high school terrified me. I have played sports before such as softball, and volleyball but I wasn’t very passionate to keep playing competitively. I really wanted to start my freshman year off by playing some type of sport but I didn’t know what I should get involved in. My brother-in-law mentioned that he saw some flyers at the golf course with tryout dates for the golf team. I thought he was crazy, I never pictured myself as a golf player, but for some reason I really wanted to check it out. He agreed to help me with some of the basics before the tryouts, which