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Personal Narrative: My First Play Football

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Since they were only going to be involved with the first play of the preseason, they didn’t need much instruction. Rosanna went over the basics of the game, the role the quarterback plays and what the tight end was responsible for. One thing I can say about Rosanna, she is bold. Once she was sure they understood the basics of the game and their roles, she started with the language. Even I didn’t know there was a special language they spoke in football. The fun started when she called on some of her cousins who played football in high school and college started working them extremely hard at the beginning of the summer before their real training was to begin. When school started, both Chris and Forest wore baggy clothes and it made the two of them look as if they had put on weight in the wrong way. Soon everyone was laughing at the two of them and how they were going to get crushed on the first play during the homecoming game. At every opportunity, students and a few overly zealous teachers made some unflattering comments to the both of them directly or slyly when many couldn’t hear their cruel remarks. The football coach did all he could to make that happen. They sat in the back …show more content…

The game would start promptly at seven and for the first time in our school history there was going to be a packed house. Alumni returned home for the big event and people took the day off from work to through tailgating parties and had most of the school busses canceled. There was little need with parents already at the school and dinner would be a group activity. I wasn’t left out of the festivities and had helped Mrs. McGuire prepared enough food that had me drooling and losing my appetite at the same time. I had hoped my parents would show up, but I knew that was impossible. There was one thing above all that gave me the biggest hint how wonderful that Friday was going to

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