The mindset that society thrusts upon most high school athletes can take away from academics and other opportunities they may have for their future. For many high school football athletes, they are primarily focused on one thing throughout their high school years: sports. Evidence 1: In towns such as Odessa in Friday Night Lights, players are swallowed up by the glamour of football and neglect most things not related to football, rather than balance sports with academics. “It was a phenomenon that
An accomplishment I am proud of relates to my first year in high school football. The school I went to I started off not knowing nobody besides a few people. My first day of practice I was not this big guy or had this football player image that everyone imagined, so everyone looked over me as just another bench player. Walking into our first meeting I saw a guy standing there and he looked like a senior with arms as big as thors. The first thought that came to my mind was looks like im not starting
As I throw my old worn out football that my mom gave me when I was little against the sad grey color that was my wall I wonder what it would be like to feel the pressure of the game clock ticking and the offense driving. What it would feel like to be in a locker room getting a pep talk with the coach before a game. What it would be like to have all the pressure on you to execute the play. I wonder what it would be like to play football. Laying on my newly washed green sheets bored having done every
I never thought I would have felt so much regret over a high school football game. This game, which happened to be my last high school game, has given me an entire new perspective on the game itself. This one particular football game got in my head emotionally and mentally and it definitely impacted me physically. Knowing that I got hurt and that we lost the game still haunts me to this day. Just thinking about how if I didn’t get hurt we could have won the game just makes me wish none of that would
Strategies for Preventing High School Football Injuries I started my love of sports when I was very young. At three years old, I played flag football for a local youth league. I was not shy and withdrawn like the other kids. I was outgoing and energetic. I don’t know if the other kids were embarrassed to play or they just didn’t understand the game, but the ball always came to me. I loved the attention from stealing a flag and scoring a touchdown. After flag football, I played every sport in every
Football Game I stood in front of the crowd of Newton High football fans with my arm raised saluting the waving American flag. The beginning of a sunset behind the flag only made the band’s ceremonious playing seem slightly more personal in attendants hearts. As they charged through the last notes, the hip to hip crowd went crazy. This marked the official beginning of my last football season. There were a few things that ran through my mind while I repeated the team’s fight song to the tune of
Football in PE should not be band and here is why. One reason is because football in physical education programs help increase physical health and teamwork. Although football can cause injury another reason why it should not be banned is because you can’t stop someone from getting hurt in any other activity. The last reason why football should not be banned is because football in PE can give kids practice and encourage them to try hard in school. First and foremost, physical education programs
day become a high school football coach in northeast Iowa, but I will have to take certain steps and achieve some things before I will reach my goal. The first step will be finishing off my college career as a successful quarterback for the Upper Iowa football team. This will give me the credibility I need for different high schools to look at me to as a potential coach. I will also need to graduate from college with good grades to show my future employers I’m not just a football player, but also
everyone can relate to each other somewhere in the journey of life. A few of the small things that have affected my life in a big way are high school football, instagram, and sports injuries. High school football, probably the biggest impact on my life, has taught me morals, lessons, and discipline that I feel I will carry and use throughout my life. Football is so much more that just a game. It offers a sense of different type of knowledge one can use. Another big impact that has thrown me for
Is Football a Dangerous Sport for High School Students In the three sources we’ve read about whether football is too dangerous for high school students to play in high school, I disagree with its being too dangerous. If playing football is too dangerous in high school, then it should be dangerous for the N.F.L players to play too. They are more aggressive and train harder than the high school players. It can cause lots of concussion. Or even worse injuries than concussions. Additionally, the