Personal Narrative: Playing Football For Mcauley Catholic High School

In this documentary there was a mental skill that stood out the most, in particular, group dynamics/ cohesion. Throughout the team’s football season coach Courtney helps the boys feel closer with their fellow teammates, thus, resulting in each individual to look out for one another. With that said, in the movie the team worked together to achieve a common goal which was to win a playoff game while also working on individual interpersonal relationships with other teammates. With that in mind, different elements of task and social cohesion are emphasized in this documentary.

We lean on each other just as much as we strive individually. Together we are stronger and bring out the best in each other. We win together and lose together. We have girls that are our Moms, they keep us under control. Then we have the loud ones, they are the girls that talk when they should and even when they shouldn't. We have the quiet ones who keep to themselves and hardly engage with others. We have the academically talented and the students who can't hand in assignments on time. The one thing we all have in common is our drive and determination towards this team. The second we step over that white line all our lives change. We don't care about anything besides each other in that moment. All of our differences vanish and the one thing that brought us together in the first place takes over. We come

Perhaps if it were not for my sister, I would have not been at Clayton State University as a student or an athlete, or even yet a student of sociology. The student-athlete is by no means what I expected. I actually did not know what I was expecting until the first day of practice for cross country and I truly thought I was never going to be able to handle school and running at the same time. Everything my sister had done, always seemed like it came easy to her. If it were not for her guidance and support, I probably would not be where I am today. Paige always pushed me and made me become the person I could be in this world. In addition, this is the semester I never once thought I would get to because of the many doubts I had along the way

Involving a group will have a great impact on our lives. My involvement in college’s football team is an example. The purpose of our group is to prepare for the Med Cup and University Football Association games. Our most important value is to win as much as possible. Furthermore, there are several norms we all keep in mind. One is to play every game with all our hearts. That is, even when we are just playing a friendly game, we should pay our attention to the ball and play as well as we can. Another is to realize the spirit of teamwork. In other words, we must always trust our teammates at any time. By the way, when a new person joins the team, he or she needs to learn how to play correctly and spend much time practicing the

While proud of what I was able to do to give back my community, my only regret is that I was not able to assist in a couple of areas. The most regrettable instance of this is Franklin Township’s Varsity Football. While we did leave behind some important moral codes behind that has already begun to sow the seeds necessary for success, we could not bring back the winning culture Franklin Football had in the past. Looking ahead, I now know the tools necessary to being successful and will work to be a greater influence in order to aid towards that success. Additionally, I’d like to be a more vocal person. Waiting until the middle of Junior Year to take a leadership role was a poor choice, as that was not enough time to turn an entire program around.

Leadership, teamwork and sportsmanship are very important qualities for a sports team but can also be applied to the real world as well. Working as a team can help you accomplish many goals that you would think were not possible at first. In January of 2015, my teammates and I set up a can shake to raise money for our high school football team. Each of us stood outside to respectfully ask for donations in the cold weather. With those donations, we raised enough money to fund necessities for the program. The effort was worth it and my team ended up making the playoffs for the first time in a long time.

Team Culture • Identify players roles-be direct. Do your job. Accountability • Academic excellence • Team building activities-build authentic relationships • Skill development Skills not drills. Encourage but enforce • Study film Become a student of the game • Community service and leadership Empower voice.

These compounding factors only add to the additional building blocks of a successful team bonding, further research even shows that College athletics is an important social institution. Hodgson (2006, p. 2) defines institutions as “systems of established and prevalent social rules that structure social interactions.”5 Without the first stepping-stone being successful social interaction, there will be no such thing as team bonding. A prime example of a University setting its “stepping stones” correctly is Since its inception in the late nineteenth century, Southwestern State University has established six core values in an attempt to display such characteristics throughout all branches of the institution: Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Respect, and Selfless Service. As a university devoted to its stated core values, the established Southwestern State brand promise is unequivocal in its purpose: ‘‘to model our core values in all that we do’’ (Southwestern State University, 2011a). Which in fact places a responsibility upon a athlete who has to model and represent the University in a certain way as shown above. Furthermore, if an athlete does not withheld these stepping-stones, there actions are noticeable by first there coaches and teammates resulting in a negative social interaction. Which ultimately leads to a non-team bonding aspect due to one player, which ultimately may result in

“You win as a team and you lose as a team” (11 Things You Learn From Football To Make Life Better). This is an example of teamwork. The football team works together to win a game. “Selflessness, cooperation and teamwork are what most youth football coaches emphasize to bring their teams together, so they can function and play together efficiently and effectively as a group. ¨These lessons carry over into daily life at school, work or with friends” (Health Fitness Revolution).

Team comradery is important in every sport, especially football. The pre season is a great time to learn who the new freshman are and get some early team comradery. We work out all summer and really get to know each other. We work out with Marines and they teach us to work as a group and that really teaches us to rely and trust each other. Midnight practice is our first real practice and it is really cool because it brings the team together. Then we practice everyday and learn new plays and new formations.

I grew up in a family of six people was for brothers. Their names are Joe, Daniel, Patrick and me. Growing up we lived on the north side of Indianapolis near fishers area but I lived in Lawrence Township. My family is a sports family my dad play professional basketball in Europe. He attended school at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Growing up my Dad taught me how to play basketball but later on in life I chose to go on the path to play football. My dad was the head coach at Cathedral high school in Indianapolis. He was the only coach to win a state championship for basketball at my high school.

It was a dark and stormy night, the wind was howling thunder and lightning roared as if they were locked in a ferocious battle. I didn’t know why or how things happened the way they did but I was bound to prove my innocence. I didn’t know if I would ever get to hang out with my friends ever again. But before this story progresses you need to know how I got to where I am.

I was in Canada for a hockey tournament and it was the semi finals. I was going for a breakaway and then boom, there were two hits his sharp graphite stick piercing my pack and my fist curling into a ball and smacking against the ice. I needed one more goal to win this game and i was so close. I broke my wrist at that moment and I needed to play so I didn’t tell anyone about my wrist then. I pushed through the pain and persevered. The score was 3 - 3 and there were 5 minutes left. Jonathan and I were in the zone passing it back and forth in the zone trying to get a clean shot. Im at the top of the zone I skate in signaling at jonathan to do the move that we practiced, my hand pulsing with pain, I skate in on the goalie with jon close behind

It's always fun to do things I have done at other stages in my life and see different perspectives. I went to a high school football game. It's been years since I've done that. Took J, who I was excited to show how if he worked hard people could cheer for him. I'm just months shy of 30 and the coolest part of tonight for me was telling J to watch one the Tolton players check on and help up a player he tackled who was having trouble getting up from the opposing team. Sure talking to him about the running back chopping his feet or how the players don't sit when they aren't in, even on the sidelines, was good and important. But older me remembered that sportsmanship part, that lesson, more than anything else. Not sure, when I was in high school

I have learned many things throughout my high school career, and will take those experiences to help better my future. High school was a journey, and a rough one at that, thankfully I have had great mentors and role models placed in my life to help me through times of struggle. Those people I will never forget, as well as the lessons they have taught me.