I was set on helping my teammates realize that I could be a valuable asset to this team. As the season progressed, my teammates started trusting my decisions on the court and were confident I would try my best to make the right play. I earned their respect as a teammate and made some great news
For example, as a former gymnast, cheerleading was a sport that I had been passionate about for many years, but never put much thought into joining a cheerleading team, because I used to be a shy and introverted person and I was having a hard time to speak and present myself confidently in front of others. However, one of my best friends mentioned tryouts to me during my high school freshman year. Excited by the opportunity, I decided to go to the tryout. After a year on the team, I could not only confidently cheer in front of huge crowds, but was also able to interact with others without any self doubt.
I did not let the fact that I’d never played basketball to stop me from joining the team. Back then our coach would always tell us to work hard and do our very best. Now that I am a 8th grader and a starter on the varsity basketball team, I have especially applied this. I have also encouraged my teammates to work hard at everything they do, to do their very best, and to never back down even when we are not doing well. When my fellow
Fortunately, I have seen a lot of success with two school state championships and competing at the nation’s highest level for the club. But this year, having graduated the majority of our school team, we began the season without much collective experience or talent. As the team captain and only returning starter, I knew that leading the team would be a challenge. Previously, I only had to do my job, but now, my maximum effort and personal commitment to perfection were necessary for our team’s success. My integrity on the court in practice and games had to grow this season, and I am incredibly grateful for this team that is so different from others on which I have played.
I kept going for the guy next to me performing to the best to his ability. Success was the result of all the hard relentless work done throughout June into August. I acknowledged that my team had a good group of seniors who were high character student-athletes I spent most of childhood with. Ultimately finishing with a record of 3 wins and 7 loses taught me many lessons on becoming a better person and
I have participated in volleyball, basketball, track, and cheerleading. These activities have taught me teamwork, which will play an important role in the real world.
Beginning the season without much success, I knew that I had to make a change. I realized that my maximum effort and personal commitment to perfection were necessary for our team’s success. Also, my integrity on the court in practice and games had to grow this season: I had to be the example for my teammates. I learned to lead by example and words, regardless of how I felt or the scoreboard. Most importantly, along with striving to be my best, I worked to help others become better players and leaders.
I would never change how I was raised and how my parents always had sports in the life I live. It taught me how to be a great leader, teammate, and how to set goals, and work hard for them. Which I believe to be key aspects in becoming successful, and especially in the Business
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.
I took my passion for the game and really honed in on my skills. I continued to bust my butt in practice, trying to make my teammates and myself better. Before I know it, the first game passes and I break the school record for most rebounds in a single game with seventeen. Even though I could not accomplish anything without my team, it felt amazing to excel in a sport that I love.
Playing baseball is something that would show up on a college application but its importance in my life can’t be overstated. Baseball has taught me many life lessons as well as opened doors that wouldn’t exist without it. The people that I have met, the coaches who have taught me the game, have all had a profound impact on the player and the person that I am today. Baseball has changed my life completely. It has created a strong work ethic because if you aren’t concerned with getting better then someone will pass you by.
I told my dad that we needed to practice everyday I am at his house. My dad helped me get better at playing basketball, so by the next practice I would be better at blocking and making free throws. All the help from my dad helped our team win the first game.
Everyone was so much better than me, and I felt incapable of catching up. It was a challenge to come every week and practice hard when I felt I was below average. But practice was what I needed. My coach was there with me every step of the way, encouraging me, pushing me, and answering my questions.
I have learned a great many things from participating in High school Basketball. It has changed my entire outlook on and attitude toward life. In the eighth grade, I was shy, had low self-esteem and turned away from seemingly impossible challenges. Playing Basketball altered all of these qualities.
The two poems are written in different ways, however. They oppose each other and show that the problematic is different. Mrs. Faust is written in the first person («I» line 2) and the speaker is clearly Mrs. FAUST («I married Faust» line 2, and she is talking about Mr. FAUST, so she is necessairly the Mrs. FAUST that the title talks about). The way the poem is written by her is such that the reader feels like this is a list, since the sentences used by the speaker are very short and direct. Also, the poem is not written like a literary work but rather in the same way Mrs. FAUST speaks («Oh, well» line 1 of stanza 14; «it hurt like hell» line 3 of stanza 15): she uses colloquial language.
