Playing Sports At Age Four

My life was suddenly changing right before one of the biggest changes: high school. I had more things to worry about than other high schoolers. I had to figure out how I was going to get home, how I was going to get the house clean before my mom got home, how I was going to get dinner started, all on top of getting my homework done. Due to this, I wasn’t as serious with my grades. I let them fall even though I knew I could do better. I was just way too busy to focus on school when there were more important things to focus on- my family. I slowly found out how to balance everything to get my grades up. I had to learn how to balance my life to make myself happy while keeping up my

Everything starts as a young kid that's when you make friends and most of the time those friends are the ones you experience and try new things with in my case that thing was soccer. I grew up with a lot of my older family members playing soccer i would go to my uncles and older cousin soccer games and in my head i would think to myself i want to be as good as them and maybe even one day have a chance to play with them. When i started elementary school that's when it all started for me i made friends with kids that had the same interest as me and that was soccer it would be all i would talk and think about everyday during recess me and my group of friends would rush out to the field to play some soccer and show off our skills.

At the age of ten I was the most energetic, go-lucky, confident girl. I excelled at my beloved sport, soccer. I had been playing since I was just a mere five years old, far longer than the other girls. Playing so long had helped me be at a higher level of skill than most of the other players on my team.

Being a busy person, I had to learn how to balance everything. When I got into junior high my parents always encouraged me to be involved in school activities because they thought it would keep me out of trouble, so I joined cross-country, band, and football. It was hard to keep up with everything at times, and my school work

When I start getting into soccer it was when my niece tried out and made the Mt. Bridges Delko team. She loves the game and it is very anticipating watching her play. Each year she got better faster and stronger.

I have been playing since I was about 3 or 4 and I have loved to play it my whole life. On a soccer team, you need to learn to respect your coach and obey his orders when they tell you to go into a position and you should never be disrespectful to them. You should never back talk them or just be blatantly rude because that is not why you came to practice, you came to learn and how to get better at soccer. On the team, you meet a lot of new people that you grow to like and ultimately become friends with them. You also learn how to play soccer and sportsmanship because those two things are very important in the game of soccer because if you don’t know how to play then you may be pointless and you need to be nice and sportsmanlike in a competitive game like soccer.

Within this Sport and Fitness Internship, it was my agreement to coach a minimum of 40 hours at Darrough Chapel Park through a partnership with the Kokomo YMCA’s Soccer Program. This permitted me the chance to put all my knowledge and skills to the test, whether it was being recalled from my soccer experience growing up or getting the first hand feel of how to apply what I have learned from my courses at IU Kokomo University in the past semesters. Regardless of which method gave me better insight on coaching, this internship has become a stepping stone in showcasing my efforts don’t go unnoticed and that I am going to do great things

I used to believe that soccer was, well, just soccer. I'd play for my rec team, in which would consist of one practice and one game a week. Nothing special, and not too stressful. After I got tired of rec soccer, I joined a travel team. To be specific it was the Mahwah Raiders. It was a step up from rec, I now had two practices and one game a week. This wasn't too crazy for me- I was fine with the timing and schedule of everything.

Starting high school was a challenge. There are new surroundings and new people to please and impress. Classes were difficult, not because the work was hard but because there was nothing that was the same. New school, new teachers, and new faces to try to please were to much to handle when everything was falling apart at home As time went on, the smile face mask I had to wear everyday got thicker and thicker and it was getting more difficult to put on every morning. The only thing I would do when I got home was do my homework, read a book, maybe watch a little TV, nibble on dinner then go to bed. That was my life and that was my routine for 2 years. When I did go out with friends I would be home way to early and nothing really happened to make

My first experience with soccer came when I was 10 years old, accompanied by my mom. My heart beating so hard, excited to finally play for a soccer team. Kids all around me all in love with the game, with grass so green and freshly cut, looking too perfect to be real. With a brand new soccer ball, two goals set up on each side, who couldn't resist playing all day. I was speechless. Recalling holding hands with my mom, as we walked towards the field, a memory I would never forget. Throughout the game my mom would cheer me on, she was my biggest supporter.

I am taking on several different service projects, but the one I will discuss in the reflection is being a ref for the Gloucester City Youth Soccer League. Back in sophomore year at one soccer practice, Mike Dougherty, Mrs. Doc’s son, came to talk to both Varsity and JV about being volunteer referees for the League. I decided to volunteer because my sister was still playing for GCYSL and I had played soccer for them since I was five up until I was too old (13 years old). Never before did I ref, so obviously I was slightly nervous on how well I would do, but all those worries were quickly gone once I realized it was adorable watching the seven to nine year olds play their little hearts out.

As I reached high school my life started turning towards becoming an adult. School was your work. After school was sports, then you went home for dinner and finally went up to your room to do

I still vividly remember the late nights of my sophomore and junior years. A typical day would start with going through all my classes at school, followed by either football practice or lifting weights. Then finally getting home at around six to seven and starting a long night of homework. The days were long and stressful during this time. It was definitely a challenging part of my life having to balance all of my obligations during the school year. Another part of being a teenager that can be difficult is change. There are many childhood friends that I still have a great relationship with, but there are also some who I have not talked to in years. Not only did my relationships with others change, but my outlook on the world and society changed as well. I began to start to see the problems that we have as a human race. It was a hard pill to swallow realizing that the world is not how I thought it was when I was younger.

It all started in Kindergarten,it had just been recess and some guys asked me if I wanted to play soccer,and I told them I don’t know how to play.They had told me that all I had to do was kick the ball in the other team's goal.It sounded simple when your told to only kick the ball into the opponent's goal.So I played my first ever soccer game and I scored a goal.And right after I scored, a player from the other team got mad and started throwing punches at me,so I grabbed his arms and pushed him to the ground and started throwing punches myself.A random teacher came and broke up the fight. I was the only one who got blamed because I had him on the ground.So my first soccer experience didn't go as well. In the 4th grade,I had gotten used to playing soccer.I knew more rules and knew that I had to play defense.So 4th grade I would say is the first time I took soccer serious. I had a lot of help from my friend Abdullah who was actually on a team out of school. Abdullah really helped me out. He had always told me to step towards the defender so I wouldn’t give him space to skill around me and to never kick the ball with my toe.In 5th grade my school had a tournament and I had joined the tournament with Abdullah and our other friends. We had to make sure which person would play which position.So instead of playing up top,I had played left back since I did love to defend a little bit more than attack the goalie. So the tournament was lasted about a month and we had only lost one

The way that I’ve learned about soccer is that I self taught myself, I would do my own tactics, watch videos on YouTube, create my own skill moves and try them out when I get to the field. I would also learn from my mistakes and re-do the mistake I made so that wouldn’t make them again and even do better at that certain thing.