Part one: Football (and other high school sport activities) are one the best ways to teach life skills that will help a person in the future. I’ve played football since I was in 4th grade and it has been one of the biggest influences in my life. Football taught me dedication/commitment, leadership, and become mentally tough. The first couple of years of football I was not the biggest kid and in fact I got tossed around a lot. You would think this would normally make a person quit, but it didn’t; instead, I took it as a goal not to get beat up, so I committed myself to the weight room to make myself better. I also didn’t want to make myself better, I wanted to make my team better, so in 9th grade I was making other kids go to the weight room
And, if one does not block “his man” or “tackle hard” the game cannot be won. Therefore, being on a football team forces one to plan ahead, know his or her job, and to put the team before him or herself. This is what makes most football players selfless. The position that I played every year of my football career was an offensive lineman. It is a tough job and one of the most important on the field. Along with the multitude of responsibilities, there is little, to no recognition. I knew this before I chose this position on the first practice I attended. My first coach played at the University of Notre Dame in college, and went on to play for our great country, overseas. The first thing Coach Foose told us has stayed in my mind since, “You will work the hardest and think the most, and never get a pat on the back.” I never realized, until I was older, that what Coach told us is true in
By participating in football people can learn sportsmanship, hard work, discipline, and teamwork. Considering the many lessons it teaches, teamwork and discipline play the main role. With teamwork, players/children are learning how to trust their teammates the more experience they have with each other. As for discipline, it teaches kids to work hard and set good goals which can be helpful for them in the future as opposed to not playing, and being a step behind. NFL expert Jobe Lewis says that “football requires a pretty unique brand of teamwork and requires the player to discipline himself and to work hard” (Lewis 1).
All of the videos showed the importance of concussion identification, management, and prevention when it comes to all athletes. In the video Life Changed by Football, Zach Lystedt was just your typical high school athlete. His story focused on the idea that one day you could be perfect and the next day it could be changed. This all started when Zach’s head snapped back during football and he sustained a concussion. One of the most important things that happened, that shouldn’t have, is that Zach returned to play. Coaches and athletic trainers didn’t properly assess his injury, sending Zach back out to play. Zach’s brain was still recovering from his concussion and returning to play caused even more damage. As a result, Zach was unable to move
Ask anyone who knows me about my childhood, and they will tell you that I was one of the shyest kids there ever was. It made my life difficult, talking to people was a struggle, and presentations were disastrous. If it wasn't for soccer, I would probably still be that way today. Soccer has had the most positive influence on my life. It has taught me how to be a leader, the importance of teamwork, communication, and all of the other cliche skills that participating on any sport team will teach young adolescents. Even though these important values are learned from every sport, soccer has taught me much more.
Jeff Scurran is the head football coach at Carolina Foothills High School in Tucson, Arizona and he wrote an article on why football is a necessity that society can’t get rid of. “We are teaching kids traits desired by many professions, including the military. I took my team on a trip to West Point a few years ago. I wasn’t surprised to find out that every freshman cadet was required to play on an intramural football team. Because in football, we are teaching kids hustle, determination, teamwork, effort, discipline, intelligence, and that hard work pays off.” High school football is one of the only sports that teaches so many traits that are proven to improve your academics, and could eventually assist you in life in general. “Look at the ones who stay, learn, put in the work to develop their technique- and put in the classroom to remain academically eligible. Other sports promote this but the combination of teamwork and toughness in football is second to none,” Scurran says in his article, “These are essential qualities to being successful in life; the intangibles are
The air was as crisp as a fresh picked apple, this my friends was football. Four years ago I decided that I wanted to play football.I was excited to play a contact sport and tackle people. The coaches decided to put me in the nose guard position for the Lake Zurich flames defense. The nose guard tries to get past the guy who hikes the ball and tackle the guy with the ball. I enjoy playing the noseguard position.
I hated to go to practice when I started playing, I was small, I wasn’t athletic, and didn’t really knew anything about football at the age of six. The whole time there I hated how I was one of the last ones to finish a lap, one of the weakest tacklers, and not much talent. But after enduring those harsh practices after weeks of knowing that information I didn’t quit. I think I just wanted
“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority” (vince lombardi) For me football started during the seventh grade, and is with me to this day, it take countless hours and many bruises to have a chance of succeeding on just a single play but what i think you must have in football and in life to succeed at your dream is perseverance.
In the past I had often been asked to describe something important in my life, the usual answer was family and friends. This all changed my Sophomore year of high school, when I joined the football team. I had always wanted to play football but for never did. I was convinced by a few friends to join the team. The first couple months of lifting were some of the most challenging things I had ever experienced in my life up until that point.
Children are sponges that wish to absorb life lesson and benefits. Perseverance, how to react when you get knocked down , the idea of teamwork, accountability, the element of toughness, learning what it takes to put maximum effort into something and knowing you can expect a certain outcome, selflessness, cooperation, time management skills, less participation in risky behaviors, family support, community involvement and communication skills all from what looked like “just a sport” the list goes on an on but from experience doesn’t sum up the total of life skills/benefits football has to offer. Kim Gorgens a clinical professor at the University of Denver says “ organized sports are a learning lab for life. They steep kids in everything from frustration management to diplomacy to collaboration….” Football is as lasting as its worth of sacrifice and discipline, standing forever firm regardless of society’s
Out of all the high school basketball players in America, 3.4% will play in college. Out of that 3.4%, 1.2% will be drafted into the NBA. Since the majority of people won’t get any money out of playing sports, why are we encouraged to? Why do we play? Why do we tell other people to play sports? For me sports have shaped my culture and after years of playing I can how it’s impacted my social life, personality and even my post high school life.
I was 4 years old when I made contact with a soccer ball for the first time in my life, it might seem childish but the experience of playing soccer as a child shaped my life forever. Growing up in the threatening background in Caracas, Venezuela, the only extracurricular activity that kept me out of danger some activities, and helped me escape any bad habits that affected most of my friends at an early age was playing soccer, playing soccer made me realized that achieving my goals was possible, therefore, playing soccer shaped my attitude at a young age. However, everything went south when I was diagnosed with a severe groin trauma on my left leg at the age of 10, which prevented me from reaching my highest potential in soccer due to constant
In sports you often think about going pro, very few of us will in fact make it there.
Last fall, I participated in a four-week program called TOPS soccer where I taught special needs children in my community how to play the sport I love. As I look back on the experience, I realize that it has completely changed my outlook on life and really opened up my eyes. I hope to share the valuable life lessons I learned through this experience with others.
When I joined the football team I was thrown into a different world. I only had basic knowledge of the sport. My lack of experience led my coaches and teammates to believe that I would not last long and quit. I also thought that I would end up quitting. After a month of weight training, my body was broken down and I felt that continuing was not possible. I decided to stay on to prove to myself that I could do it. I dedicated myself to football. My hard work finally paid off when I made it the team.