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used to play a lot of sports video games such as Madden and 2K, I always envisioned myself
being one of the players in the game, so I made plenty of Myplayer accounts. Just being around
sport activities makes me feel good about myself. Playing with other teammates made the sport
more exciting. Throughout all the sports I played football was the best sport of them all. The
pregame chants always boosted the teams adrenaline, the colorful smoke you run through that
fogged up the field in bright colors, and the big air tents you run out of are moments in football
organized team until sixth grade. I played youth football for the Panthers. When I first started
playing on the team I would have to wake up on Saturday mornings for summer workouts. I was
never a morning person, so waking up in the morning wasn't too easy but I didn't like to be late
so I rushed myself a lot. When I got to the field’s parking lot it was a sign up sheet my parents
had to sign before I can go on the field. After they were done, I walked on the field that smelled
like fresh cut grass and was half way wet. The coach was in the middle of the field and we made
a circle around him, ready to stretch. After we got finished stretching we did sprints and agility
workouts with cones. We progressively added more workouts every week, we started doing 6
inches, bear crawls, planks, up downs, and sit ups. The day we got pads I was slightly nervous
because I have seen some videos of players getting hit very hard. We were doing hitting drills
and everyone that was going before didn't get hurt, so that made me more confident about going.
When it was my turn, I was the one on the tackling side, when coach blew the whistle I aimed for
his hips and dragged him down. From then on, I never felt nervous about tackling. When it was
time for the games I always played running back and linebacker. The first game of the season I
score but I did have four sacks and we won. Our team played so good in Charlotte, we went to
Florida for a national tournament. We finished in third place but the team was still proud that we
I learned that you'll never get to where you want to go in life if you don't practice your
craft. The work you put in is the product you get. So cheating yourself wouldn't get you
anywhere but the same place you started from. From playing the sport of football I learned if
everyone plays their role, you'll be more successful because football is a team sport. My coach
always told us, “There is no I in team”. Football changed my way of thinking by everyone has a