Personal Narrative: My Athletic Ability

My coach was a big influence in my life because, he chose to be different and not follow down a bad path, that taught me that it's ok to be different and you don't have to be a follower. I am a little like him because he joined a circus (he became a acrobat) instead of following the bad path his friends went down, I joined acrobats so it can help me stay on track. If i didn't join i could of went down the bad path other people were going

I would want to especially credit my swimming and soccer coach for always believing in me. My first sport I was enrolled in was swimming and I did it for ten years. My coaches were hard on me and wanted to be successful in every event I was preparing for. One punishment that my coach Jeff made me do was to run outside with wet tennis shoes in my swim suit on snowy days after swimming in a pool with ice cubes. They pushed me to my absolute limit and it completely changed my outlook on life. My other favorite coach was my soccer coach Hollie. She was the reason I passed high school. In high school, I chose to party over my grades. One day she told me if I continue to fail classes, I would be kicked off the soccer team. She helped arranged tutors for me and motivated me until I graduated. Ever since I was 10 years old, I had this dream to join an official college sport. During my senior year of high school, I had two offers from Robert Morris for their cross-country team and Lincoln College to join their swimming team. I declined both offers because the school’s tuition was high and my GPA was too low to receive any scholarships. At that moment, I knew I wanted to mentor student athletes like my past coaches did.

It was just another school night in the seventh grade. Our recreational tackle football team had a practice at 730pm until 9. It was a very swampy night and from that I felt myself very sluggish. At the time, I was a backup running back. I was always left on the sidelines facing the chills of the cold wind during games. I typically didn’t get to see much playing time on the field, but that night I got my opportunity. I was receiving kicks during a punting audition and all I was doing was catching the ball and throwing it back, nothing unique. One throw after another, my coach began to praise my arm strength. Seeing me pass the ball was a true eye-opener. That night, I went from a backup running back, to the starting quarterback of my rec

My freshman year, I qualified for state in the shuttle hurdle relay. The girls on my relay team were a huge help to me, by guiding me along with new experiences. We ended up making it to finals and placing seventh in the state. My teammates pushed me in practice, and I wouldn’t have made it as far as I did without them by my side. I was always told that my hard work will pay off, and it for sure did. Going to state track taught me that anything is possible if you work for it. As I grow older, I’m sure to be a great role model for the underclassmen by giving them the motivation that they can do anything if they set their mind to it. I didn’t only help myself by doing this, but I helped the entire team. Throughout every sport, I try to be a positive influence towards my team because we need one another to improve and make a great impression by representing Forest City High

I have been fortunate to be the recipient of untold hours of guidance of my own coaches and mentors. I can only imagine the sacrifices they have made- time away from family and fatigue just to name a couple. As a result of their investment in me, I have had innumerable opportunities, not the least of which will be the opportunity to attend Rice next fall and play baseball for the Owls. I am doing my best to apply the lessons I've learned through Wylie high school sports, to my life and all the lives I touch through service. All of these lessons impacted my life immensely and will follow me through

It was a warm summer morning on August 28, 1998 when my mother went into Sioux Valley hospital to give birth to a baby boy. After an agonizing 15 hours in labor, I was born. They named me Bryce meaning “Nobel One.” My full name was Bryce Jay Edberg, I got this middle name after my father, which his middle name was also Jay. Being born at exactly 4:03 a.m., with a staggering 23 inch body and weighing 10 lb 4oz the delivery was nothing less then painful.

To become an athletic trainer, one must complete courses such as Human Anatomy and Physiology as well as other courses that pertain to this major. These classes will help in learning how the body functions. I will also have to pass the Board of Certification exam and must be CAATE certified I could also volunteer at sporting events to get to know the environment around the players, coaches, and spectators from a non-athlete point of view. This could prove helpful because an athletic trainer will constantly be around sporting events and usually close to spectators, coaches, and players alike.

There are several reasons why I am athletic. The ways I am athletic and stay athletic is through training and playing football, basketball, and baseball. First off, I train to get into shape. I do push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, and many other exercises like that. Also, I practice all the different sports and do different workouts to get better. The first sport that comes around is football. I play quarterback and linebacker and have been very successful. The past two years the teams I have been on haven’t lost a game! Next, is basketball, and it is my favorite sport. I have played it for all my life and still play it today. I play point guard and I like to shoot. During my basketball years, I have made many buzzer-beaters and

I would like to improve my muscular endurance and muscular strength because I play softball and I believe it would help me become a better athlete. While completing RIGHT ANGLE PUSHUPS and the PACER during fitness testing, I found my muscles got very tired and weak. I think if I improved my MUSCULAR ENDURANCE and my MUSCULAR STRENGTH, I would do better next time during fitness testing than I did recently. Muscular endurance allows muscles to sustain repeated contractions for an extended period of time. In softball there are various movements that muscle endurance can contribute to. In softball you need to be able to throw repeatedly, as well as standing in a squatting, ready position. Your muscles will be in use for a certain amount of time,

The first sport I ever did was basketball. I started to play basketball when I about 6 or 7 and there would be one practice a week then a game right after that. It was the best thing ever. I played till I was in the fourth grade, then I had to stop playing.

One phrase to describe myself would be: an athletic musician. I am a sufficient cross country runner, wrestler, and MMA fighter in the evening, but during the day I am a musician. I am self-taught in 3 instruments, the violin, the trumpet, and the guitar. I have also been playing the trumpet for 5 years, the violin for 8, and the guitar for 1. I am apart of my high schools marching band, jazz band, and concert band. I play the trumpet in all three music groups. Music has always been a significant part of my life and I plan to keep it instilled for the rest of it. Since my school began providing iPads to faculty and students, I used an app in which I could compose my own music. Using this app further augmented my love and knowledge for music.

Ever since I was four I always wanted to be like the gymnast star, Shawn Johnson. My mom put me in gymnastics as soon as I was old enough. When I started my coaches realized I had a talent and started working with me on back handsprings. I worked my hardest, try after try to get it all practiced, but I couldn’t do it on my own. I was so disappointed in myself. I went home and practiced everyday with my mom until the next practice. She spotted me over and over until I got it by myself, except I didn’t get it, that day anyways.

A warm spring afternoon, a loud bell yells as it indicates for the athletic period to begin. “Where are you going?,” screamed priscilla, “it's almost time for practice!”. Isabella runs towards her car as she struggles to get through her keys. “I got new cleats from my dad and i need to break them in before next week's big game!”. There last district game was next week and this was a must win for them to go off to playoffs, and isabel's new cleats her dad had shipped to her was her dad's “good luck charm” for the upcoming game. Priscilla looked out towards isabella and yelled “ oh, okay i'll see you out on the fields then. I'm gonna go change.”. priscilla jogging back into the locker room to change, she notices a girl walking slowly with the

P.E. has been very diffrent for the past three weeks. Nylina and I (esme) work our butts off even though sometimes we were lazy. For the past week we been working on our triceps, bicep, pectorals, latissimus doirs, ect. The workouts were very intense. Specifically Tuesday! Every tuesday we did medicine balls & step ups with weights. Thoes killed us, but we did it. It was very hot in the loocker room too.

As I look back throught my years of an athlete, I have had a great opportunity to be part o awesome organizations under the directions amazing coaches. The first sport I played was t-ball. According to my parents, I was so excited about my first game, I sleep in my uniform so I would not be late to the game that was at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. It was a lot of fun, sometimes I would hit the ball and sometimes I would miss, it did not matter to me I was on the team. At the age o six I started playing basketball or Little Dribblers and continued on unitl I completed public school. I must say, I had a great jump shot and was also an aggressive man-to-man player. During those timed I learned a lot from my teammates, coaches, spectators and my family. My teammates gave me a place of being part of a group and having responsibilities o a teammate. The coaches taught me the fundamentals the sport and taught me perseverance; win or lose you must show good sportsmen ship. The spectators helped improve my concentration by teaching me the tune out the excess noise and pay close attention to the coach. Then I was my family; my supporter mentally, financially ad most importantly my personal chauffeur.