Persuasive Essay On College Sports

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“Stop wishing, start doing”. I attend University of Wisconsin Parkside as a student- athlete. I will be playing on the baseball team as a shortstop and a second baseman. There’s a problem.. I am a freshman and as one I know that we are usually not starters. Most guys would settle and just be happy to be on the team, but i’m not like most guys I wanna be on that field every game and have a positive impact on the team. So i’m going to make that problem be my pushing force to complete my goal of earning the spot. The reason I know this is a problem is being someones backup, that it is rare to be a starter, and mainly it will be a waste of a year's availability.

College athletes all know that this is not just a problem athletes have freshman year, but a problem they might have all four years. Some reasons or maybe why I won't start is that I might not be where coach wants me to be, the shortstop and second baseman in front of me are better, and maybe I just don't have enough experience. What I mean by I might not be where coach wants me to be is that he wants me to better faster or stronger. Or that my baseball IQ is not at that level with …show more content…

This solution as I said already would help me throw harder, hit father, and run faster. Which would be great, it won't be easy of course, nothing in life worth getting will be easy. To put this plan into action I will have to lots of training as in lifting and agility stuff. Lots of long toss and arm care to be able to toss that ball to first with ease and precision. Then a lot of quick/ powerful movements to be a better runner and will also help in hitting to get my hips stronger to drive that baseball. I will have to stretch often though because if I am doing all this lifting a power movements I will get real tight. Getting tight could be real problem and may lead to injuries so I need to make sure I stretch and maybe do