In addition, I have been able to adapt improved time management skills between school and my extracurricular activities such as Reach/SADD which is a volunteering group, club volleyball, cross country, and
“Unfortunately, Jack, there will not be many opportunities for you this year.” Seconds after being told I had made the varsity baseball team, I did not expect my coach to so bluntly tell me I would be spending more time watching the game than playing it. Our state ranked team had a pitching staff full of Division 1 commitments and future MLB draft picks, and I was being told I did not measure up. The bench became my best friend.
My semester here at USC has been a smooth transition however I have overcame challenges. Being an only child I 've become comfortable with doing things on my own and not being open to working with others. Not realizing this would hinder my way of learning I was not always one to study in groups but deciding to try it out this semester proved to produce tremendous outcomes! Through my first semester here at USC I found that I benefit more from studying in groups and that I retain the information a lot better than if I were to study alone. This semester, I 've also had to come to terms with the reality of the college work load.
All my life I had dreamed of following in my mother 's footsteps and becoming a UConn Huskie. I had watched every UConn sporting event with my parents for as long as I can remember. I 've acquired many autographs of players over the years and even obtained a basketball signed by Jim Calhoun. I remember the devastation I felt when I learned the major I was pursuing was not offered at UConn. I had graduated high school convinced I was going to be an accomplished architect.
The start of my freshman year was a thrilling experience for me. To start out my freshman year I made the schools Varsity soccer team, a huge accomplishment for me. However, I was naïve to the coming situation to myself. I was on the path to continuous harassment from teammates as I was surrounded by seniors. Many of the seniors had egos, full of themselves in every aspect possible.
Have you ever grown to dislike something that you once loved? And I don’t mean something you liked that one day you just got bored of. I mean you loved this it was you whole life, then over time you just built up a hatred for this once great thing. For me this would be football. I still love to watch and talk about football, but I could never play the sport again.
To generate as much momentum that I could into my basketball shot, I had to stretch out, and use all my body segments, time my body segments, sequence my body segments and use full range of motion. By stretching out my muscles before performing the free throw, my muscles were able to contract with optimal force and therefore assist to generating maximum force and momentum. Using all of my body segments meant that
Basketball was my life. In my first home game of my Sophomore year, on the Varsity team, I was voted the game MVP. But it was during the game, when I jumped up to catch a loose ball, and came down, that I landed wrong and fell on my knee. After the game, my mom drove me straight to the ER, and the doctor told me that my ACL was torn and my MCL was fractured. I went through a very painful surgery, and six months of physical therapy.
College is a crucial time of development in a person's life. Growth can come easily when momentum and success drive you forward, but what about when you're faced with failure and hardships? Beginning college as an athlete was a challenge, however, after dislocating my hip I learned that now everyday life was a struggle. I could have easily allowed this obstacle to end my growth and college career, especially the two surgeries that followed my initial reconstruction, but I realized my circumstance would not define me but drive me. The will to grow and learn when in the face of a challenge can be daunting, but the success is even more rewarding when you continue to push forward and work hard.
Being an only child it has been my parents' goal to help me become a "well-rounded" individual. To accomplish this, they enrolled me in pre-school, plays, soccer, gymnastics, swimming, and piano. In Junior High I played on the volleyball team at school and on a club team. Being a team sport, it has taught me numerous life skills, from learning how to cope with difficult people, to being disciplined and following the rules. Now, I play on the varsity softball team and have been playing this particular sport since seventh grade.
Four summers ago, my father bought me a freestanding basketball hoop. The pole was black and the backboard was plexiglass blue and white. After a few hours it was fully built and ready to be played on. So I went into the garage and grabbed a basketball, the basketball was red and had stripes of blue going through it. The first shot to ever be taken on the court was a Bankshot mid-range.
High School has been really rough for me at times. Being a student athlete is tiring and often I feel as if I can not balance both my athletics and my education. Having eight hours of school followed by three hours of softball practice really wears me out and in order to cope with my schedule, I would either compromise my softball performance or my school performance. I do not mean to sacrifice one for the other, but it is almost impossible for me to be my absolute best with both softball and school. Due to this, many people think I am dumb or that I am lazy.
As a little boy I had big dreams of playing football. When I was walking in the halls of the intermediate and middle school and saw the high school football players with their jerseys on, they were like super stars. I looked up to them because I wanted to be like them. The high school football players were popular, they were happy, and they were important to the school. Going to the football games on Friday nights was the highlight of my week.
I am Bwalya Gabriel Maele, Africa was where I was born then moved to America resulting in being here for over ten years now. I am aspiring to have an Associate of Science degree to shape or change my life. I definitely believe that the key that I discovered to success in college and in life is showing up on time and ready to work. I also feel that with seeking feedback from others when I am unsure about class work will empower me to learn what is working and what need to be changed so that I can stay on course. Nevertheless, My most difficult transition that I’ve had in the pasted semester has been having been handling my time management through adjusting to classroom expectations, family/friends making a schedule for when I hang out
One night me and my friend went out to play basketball. As we were playing the worker told us we had 20 minutes left. My friend went to the restroom, so I went to go get some water as I was walking I heard a diffident sound which wasn't usual. I heard some one bouncing a basketball I walked out quickly and I saw a shot go in the hoop but no one was out there. I went to the bathroom and just waited for my friend.
