ipl-logo

Big Sun Scholarship: How Soccer Changed My Life

597 Words3 Pages

Big Sun Scholarship Playing soccer throughout high school,made my life a roller coaster without soccer i wouldn’t have the stabilization i have today. Participated in soccer had a huge impacted on my family and myself , it created a lot of happy, joyful memories, but also created a lot of conflict and struggle between us. With everything we been through my family and myself are beyond sure everything we been through is going to be worth it at the end of the journey. At the age of 10 years old I started playing soccer. Since then I have not stopped. I am so glad i did not stop, because if I have stopped i would not of experience the journey i got to experience, nor would I be the person I am today. Playing soccer changed the way how viewed school, treated my parents, and my attitude. Soccer made me realize how important school was. It made me want to do be an Honor Roll student in school so i can play in the next level. It help me with school it also helped me value my parents a lot more and respect them a lot more so they could take me to practice and games. It also helped me with my attitude towards how I treat everyone and look at life. My …show more content…

It impacted my parents life as well. All the struggle we went through so i could play soccer, my parents are happy i stuck with it up till now, and hopefully next year as well. For me to compete at the highest level took a lot from my parents from my dad having to work extra hours so he could afford to let me play and to be able to go to my out of state away games. To my mom having to drive me without a license, she was forced to lose her fear to drive and get her driver's license so she could take me to practice. Back to both parents worrying, stressing, having to stay up every night so they could watch me came back home safe and sound. Soccer impacted my parents life in a lot a lot of ways they gave up a lot for me to play and it also helped my mom get her

Show More
Related
740 Words | 3 Pages

When I first thought about how soccer impacted my life, nothing really came to mind. I was that kid who mostly looked forward to the end of the game snacks and bringing around the goal jar. But when I actually began thinking about more about playing soccer I realized that soccer was the first place where I was fully submerged into something completely new. I learned how to make friends, how be a leader, and how to have good sportsmanship. These are all things that have made me into the person I am today and it all began on the soccer field.

Read More
542 Words | 3 Pages

Sports have allowed myself to develop such strong relationships with my family. Not only that but it has taught me to always pursue my goals no matter the obstacles in my way, this is something I will take on with me to college, my career, and just to continue to do so throughout my life.     Growing close to my family has been one of the biggest most beneficial factors of playing sports. For example my family is the reason that I have gotten where I am today with sports, they’re the ones driving me to and from practices.

Read More
294 Words | 2 Pages

Without soccer I would not have as much joy,fun, or depth in life. To me, Soccer is fun because it's a quick thinking game. The quickness of thinking depends on the level of speed and play such as junior varsity and varsity. At the junior varsity level, the speed is a bit faster than the middle school level but not nearly as fast as the varsity level. Another reason I like soccer is because of how challenging it is for me.

Read More
799 Words | 4 Pages

My favorite thing to do with my family is to play soccer, but watching it is even better than playing. Soccer had made a difference in my life because when I was a little girl I hated playing sports. I thought it was so boring having to get sweaty, stinky, and just playing in the hot sun. my thing was that I hated to be outside at first.

Read More
509 Words | 3 Pages

Soccer had become my go to when I wasn’t feeling good. That’s when my passion for soccer had gotten way stronger. It was all I wanted to do, all I wanted to watch, all I thought about. School had gotten easier, as well as my social life. I found my best friends due to soccer.

Read More
450 Words | 2 Pages

What I Learned From Soccer Soccer has taught me so much over the years. I started playing when I was very young, and continued through middle school. While I no longer play the sport, I still find myself reaping the rewards for my time spent on the field. Many life lessons were learned, but three really stand out to me. They are still major keys in my life today and contribute to who I am as a person.

Read More
1148 Words | 5 Pages

I told her that I dreaded another season of stress that soccer brings when I go on those fields, and while I appreciated all her support, I was burnt out from playing for eight consecutive years. Once I was done my shoulders became lighter and a wave of relief passed over me. I could breathe again. There was no time to celebrate just yet because our battle was not yet over. My mother, in turn, responded with a lecture for the ages about how I was ruining my life.

Read More
644 Words | 3 Pages

I wish I could include a picture of me playing soccer with this essay because that was all I did from age five to fifteen. Soccer was life for ten years so most people are surprised to hear that the fall of my senior year in high school I will Captain of my high school Cross Country team. How I became Captain of a running sport is an accomplishment I never saw coming. If you had asked me in elementary school, middle school, or even my first two years of high school if I would do anything but play soccer I would have said never. I am the youngest of three boys.

Read More
506 Words | 3 Pages

My determination to get better and overcome my obstacles paid off my senior year when I awarded second-team

Read More
552 Words | 3 Pages

Soccer brought me out my kind of addiction to video games which were my life during my childhood. Soccer got me outside and around people more to socialize. It was not easy for me at first to just go and join the soccer team after not playing any sport since I was around seven years old. I worked hard for about a year before I joined the high school team. I spent many hours outside for many days to get into shape and fit enough to play for long periods of time.

Read More
1570 Words | 7 Pages

Football is an accomplishment/event that changed my life and helped me go from childhood into adulthood throughout my middle school and high school career. It did this by teaching respect not just towards others, but to me, my family and my community it also taught me life lessons that I will use for the rest of my life. In middle school, I was a very disrespectful kid who did whatever I wanted to then I joined football and it helped me change my attitude. Then in high school, I started to mature and become more of a leader and role model for other players and people around me.

Read More
779 Words | 4 Pages

Soccer is an international sport that is for many centuries and decades. It helps to release the stress from the job, homework and college. Also, preserve the children from negative influences such as drugs, tobacco, and alcohol. The children will grow with a healthy lifestyle. Soccer is a sport that includes eleven members in the team and soccer rules are the same in each country likewise it is played outside in the yard or the club.

Read More
298 Words | 2 Pages

Going to the soccer academy was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It took my soccer to a new level. Working there made me want to get better as I was improving. Moving through the wet grass, taking small touches on the slick ball. I enjoyed every aspect of it.

Read More
1027 Words | 5 Pages

As a result, she encouraged me to pick up a sport she felt was “safer”, football. As time passed, I was very clear about one thing - there was a passion and love for football within me. I remember dad telling me how my brothers and I would beg him to allow us to play football during our free time. My brother, Sean, and I both showed talent in football. However, due to financial constraints, only one of us could be sent to England to pursue our football dream.

Read More
143 Words | 1 Pages

Because of my decision to quit and try to get a basketball scholarship, I had to take out student loans to pay for my college. If I would have chosen to stick with soccer I would most likely be playing in a college league somewhere with my school already paid for. The only reason I did not stick with it; however, is because the passion for soccer was not like it was for basketball.

Read More

More about Big Sun Scholarship: How Soccer Changed My Life

Related Topics

Open Document