Scholastic Scrimmage Report

I started out as a student-athlete in which I depicted great leadership skills and positive role model qualities such as diligence, enthusiasm, and passion for the sport. Hence, after my first year of college, I was named the team captain. I worked closely with the coaches, helped to resolve team conflicts, established the tone for practice, and modeled responsibility, decision-making, and a strong work ethic. I also promoted a positive attitude and team interactions, and encouraged and supported all of my teammates. Throughout my experience as team captain, I showed mental toughness by remaining confident and focus, and respond to individual and team mistakes in an appropriate manner.

South Carolina football was founded in 1892. They have had many good seasons and some bad seasons. For example, they have won their division which is the SEC once. Their all-time record against Clemson is 8-12. Clemson is their rival and so is Georgia. They call the game between South Carolina and Clemson the battle of the Palmetto state. The rivalry started when both teams were established and they realized they had to play each other for the title of the state. They have also won the SEC title one time and have won the national title zero times.

I first became involved with the sport when I was 9-years-old and will probably continue with the sport until I graduate. Being a part of this team has shaped me into the person I am today. I have become a role model for my younger teammates. I am someone who can motivate them to work their hardest and help them achieve their goals by guiding them. I have spent many hours, whether it be during practice or after, coaching these younger teammates, or girls trying out for my team, in order to help out my coaches and show these girls that if they ever need any help I will always be available. This has taught me to step up and be a leader, which is something 9-year-old me would have never

When I was a child, I believed that my most important goal for my young life was to one day become a varsity cheerleader for my local high school. Nine years later, the day I became a varsity cheerleader, I made a promise to myself that I would never do anything to jeopardize my personal image or the image of my team because I knew that young cheerleaders were always looking to be just like the varsity cheerleaders, and also like myself. This aspiration of mine encouraged my volunteer involvement with the the local recreation department in my county that coordinates youth cheerleaders during each fall football season.

In third grade I began my first official Sheridan sports team. I was now officially making my way to becoming a general; before that I didn’t have any idea of what being a “general” meant. At the time I was attending Thornville elementary and the majority of my friends at my school were just as pumped as I, for our first practice on the field beside the infamous Sheridan Middle school. The first few weeks of practice taught me nothing I wanted was going to be easily attainable, these coaches expected more out of me than I had ever been accustomed to. The bar they set for us each day pushed us to new heights we had only dreamed of.

Throughout the season we had some big defeats from the tougher schools, however I was able to maintain our team’s morale throughout our wins and losses. And Fundraising. Oh boy those were tough. This year was very different from the previous with the new restrictions. However this brought out our teams creativity. These new obstacles brought pushed our team to think out of the box and work together in effort to raise money for the team.

Ottawa-Glandorf athletics taught me more than I ever thought I would have learned. Being apart of Titan sports comes with a stigma: a stigma to be great, to work hard, and to carry good sportsmanship. I participated in Ottawa-Glandorf sports so I could be apart of a team, enhance leadership skills, and build relationships with peers. My freshman year I decided to join the girls soccer team. I was a little hesitant as I was the only Glandorf girl on the team, but after the first week of practice, I met some of my best friends I have today. Although I didn’t get much playing time, I always tried my hardest, gave it my all, and was a leader on and off the field.

I am in Scholastic Scrimmage, which has been one of the most rewarding clubs I have been a part of and I have been captain of Varsity Scholastic Scrimmage during 11th and 12th grades. This year (12th grade) is the first year the team is going to EPC playoffs in over four years.

For every high school kid out there or college player, there is greatness in being the kind of teammate who truly wants to be part of a team. Everyone wants to be the reason they winning or losing. Every single one of us wants to be that person. But there are special moments that come from a shared commitment to play a role, while doing it together. That's what you will remember. Not your stats or your prestige, but the relationships and the achievement that you created through a group. It's hard to do, but there's great joy in

From their friendships came trust. They became open to the constructive criticism of each other. “As they began to see traces of tension and nervousness in one another, they began instinctively to draw closer together. They took to huddling on the float before and after workouts, talking about what, precisely, they could do to make each other row better than the one before, looking one another in the eye, speaking earnestly” (Brown 326) As a team, they came to an understanding that their strength as a group was their endurance. Each teammate never gave up because he did not want to let his teammates down. Working together in class and in sports at Belmont Hill builds friendship and trust. From my first day in school, I was welcomed by my classmates and I felt like I became part of something. I expect that eventually I will develop friendships and bonds of trust with my classmates. My classmates represent a diverse collection of talents and abilities. I feel that I can learn something from each one of them, and hopefully they can learn something from

This trait paid off the most, my junior year at Seton Academy. Since Seton was closing, I had to find a new school and a different summer league team. I was very close to my team and reluctant to play with any other, but I didn’t have a choice. My coach from Seton referred me to a team called Chicago Lady Monarchs. The first practice wasn’t as bad as I thought, because I knew 2 of the players. It made it easier to adapt and

Team sports forces each individual to put aside differences and compromise to be able to have a successful team, and these skills that were taught unbenounced to me proved invaluable in my life. In addition to making lasting friendships, soccer has allowed me to have experience in leading a group. I have always been the captain on the various teams I have played on, but the one

I pride myself on my commitment to being thorough, sticking with the mission beginning to end, all while carrying a sense of loyalty to comrades and the team as a whole. Law schools competitiveness appeals to my most primal instincts, yet the sense of unity and culture also resonates and traces back to my sporting roots. I am forever left with the dedication and desire to continually push myself not allowing stagnancy to take hold. Each second in each day is an opportunity that should be used not squandered. I have learned to internalize advice from colleagues and use criticism from coaches as beneficial fuel to get better.

Imagine the pride I felt when Coach Kligman pulled me aside and told me I was to be named Captain. It was one of the biggest honors my fifteen year old self could ever hope to have received as it meant that the team members looked up to me and that coach had faith in my leadership skills. Throughout the season I enjoyed my role by leading by example, demonstrating a positive attitude, motivating the squad and carrying the team members along in our endeavors.The experience has been rewarding, but it also has had its fair share of challenges. The biggest leadership challenge was to keep the team motivated;especially when mistakes were made and during stressful times. I did this by not only walking into every game and each practice excited and ready to go, but being the first to encourage and last to be discouraged.The personal growth I experienced from these challenges was that I learnt to keep things in perspective and to only worry about things that were in my control,such as attitude,effort and preparation. I also grasped how to look at mistakes as learning tools and how to not let the spirit be broken no matter how tough the situation seemed at the

In theory I believed that it would be more fun than work; Making up routines and cheers with friends, having uniforms and finally being a part of a sport activity. However, being co-captains was very difficult because we seemed to