Personal Narrative: My Sport

Trinity High School, my current high school, offered me the opportunity to practice with them. Halfway through the season, the coach suggested I speak with the admissions department because he believed that I was a good fit with both the team and the school. I changed schools this year in tenth grade and couldn’t be happier with the switch. Lacrosse has introduced me to some of the most influential role models and mentors in my life. My first coach, James Gabal taught me about hard work, dedication, teamwork, and

I love making a shot and hearing my supportive coaches cheer me on, remind me of details to remember, and teach me ways to improve. I am grateful for the entire sport of lacrosse and hope to continue playing, if not as goalie, as a field player. To sum up, lacrosse is a sport that has become a major part of my daily life.

My head coach on my travel team told me he has only seen 2 player with major potential in his coaching career and that I was on of them. This taught me that I should keep playing lacrosse because I love playing it and with the potential my coach says I have I should keep playing. If i play lacrosse throughout high school,

You recently asked to be allowed to play lacrosse. I have reached a decision on your request, and I would like you to understand the reasons for this decision. I have decided that this sport will be a positive experience, having positive long-term effects on your growth, development, and education. I believe you will be very pleased with my decision, but it’s very important for you understand why I’m letting you play lacrosse.

It all started at the beginning of tryouts. The week of excitement and nervousness. Everyone was already making guesses on who was gonna be on the team. Then so it started, the first day was pretty easy and so was the next. The third was conditioning day, which was the worst. Then the last two days were fairly easy too. But those days were the most nerve racking. Those were the days when the cuts were made.

Because of swimming, I was able to slowly adapt to my new environment called high school. When swim season ended, almost every girl transitioned over to girls’ lacrosse, including myself. I didn’t know how to play lacrosse, but I was so afraid of being alone that I had no other choice but to follow my peers over to the sport. Every single day, I knew I would come home in pain because I never played the sport or even ran a day in my life. It took all season long in order to get in shape like everyone else because I weighed so much. With the support of my teammates and my coaches, I was able to push myself past my breaking point. I felt the pain in my legs and the lack of breath in my lungs but I still ran until I physically couldn’t move any more. My coach called me “All Heart,” and I never wanted anything but for her to be proud of me. Because of lacrosse, I became a strong leader which helped shape my personality. Lacrosse has also changed the way I managed my stress because after a long day of school, I looked forward to running and getting all of my frustration out. In the article, “Lacrosse Health Benefits,” by Tanya Brown, it says that lacrosse “promotes stress

For a majority of people in the world, if they were to wake up with 350 million dollars, and would be able to be fully retired by 38 years old, then they would be very content and happy with their lives. Being able to wake up every day in a big mansion, lying with your family by the poolside, not worrying about financial issues for yourself or loved ones, and lastly having the great opportunity for you and your whole family, to not work a day the rest of your lives. It is an ideal situation that approximately 99.99% of people would want. But, an outlier, challenges those astonishing odds, by using their influence and popularity, to help out and make a difference. Not

The reason why I started playing lacrosse was because of my sister, Hope and my mom. My sister played and my mom coached her. Hope is now playing for the Trojans at the University of Southern California. I hope that in the future I will end up playing for a D1 school just like my sister. I first started playing lacrosse in second grade. I started with one of my closest friends at the time, doing 5 Star clinics. During that time I made so many memories, like rolling down the big hill before practice and going to the Princeton Fountain after the last practice and swimming in it with my friend. From then, I went on to playing for a rec program in Montgomery. I learned so many skills that help me to this day. Also, some of my closest friends to this day, I had gotten closer with because of lacrosse. Every year we go to the Mens and Womens Final Four lacrosse games. My love of lacrosse has developed into many traditions for my family and me.

It was cloudy in the late morning, which meant even the weather didn’t look promising, Even more optimistically looking it seemed like the clouds were about to rupture into trillions of droplets each one a part of me about to shatter from humiliation. And obviously rain and humidity were the best conditions for field hockey. The building looked more downcast than I’d ever seen it, and when my dad parked the car it became more evident that this was not going to go as faultlessly as I hoped it would.

What was the best feeling you felt? Mine? I made a game-winning shot at basketball game. Why did you ask? Perhaps, because there can only be a handful of situations chance to be able to make one. While my emotions fluctuated at the beginning, during and at the end of the game, the game-winning shot gave me one of the best feelings I felt as an athlete.

What is the only thing harder than disciplining a dozen ten year olds? Disciplining them on ice! All throughout my life I’ve played sports, and no matter what sport it was, there was always one person who seemed to have it out for me…the referee. The referee is one of the most hated people in the world of sports, but is also one of the most crucial. I grew up with the mindset that the referee was the enemy. Whenever they made a call against me or my team, they were always wrong, no matter how obvious the penalty was. But one day, my whole perspective on referees changed---the day I became a referee.

I believe in sports. I believe that it is capable of changing the world. Sports are a part of our culture that all started with the ancient Greeks. I think sports is a way to unite people as it has throughout the years. Sports can bring people all across the country together. It brings countries together to compete in games and events instead of fighting each other. Sports can not only bring strangers together, but also bring family together. For example, a son can bond with his father through sports. When you play a sport and you lose, your true character shows. Some people are sore losers and jerks after they lose. Then there are some people that congratulate the other team, even though they are upset. I however am a little bit of both. When I play sports, most of the time I show sportsmanship and

“When I go outside to practice lacrosse, I listen to music. It is so boring outside. I'm staring at a brick wall the entire time,” I argued.

I will never forget the day that I abandoned my trophies. They formerly stood, luminous yet dust covered on the highest shelf in my room, tall and proud, unlike my contempt. Gilded basketballs no longer rounded, resembled deflated balloons. As I ripped them off their ledge, lint covered my hands, reminding me of wiping my shoes off every chance I could on the court. But, that life was long gone, and it didn’t have the power to affect my future anymore.

Pass. Set. Spike. Serve. Dig. I have heard these words surround me since I was young. Sports have played an important part of my life since I was young taking a parent-and-me swim classes at the local YMCA. I was that kid who played almost every sport out there, from karate to soccer to basketball. Even after all that, it still took me still took me years to find my true passion as far as sports go.