Sports in High School

     

     This Year in high school i played 3 different sports; Soccer, Basketball, and Softball. The schedule was so hectic with all of the homework and the practice schedules. Everyday I had a 2 hour long soccer practice, plus homework. The three different sports is my way of counting down the school year. It seems to go by much faster for me because I know that once I hit softball season, the year is ALMOST over! Basketball is my favorite sport to play, not because I've been playing it the longest, but because the team is like a second family. it is like that in every sport I have played, but this is one of those teams that everyone depends on others for help and it was such a great experience. 

     Soccer was a new experience for me. I haven't played soccer since the 5th grande and it was kind of like I was a new player to the sport. I know most of the rules and regulations, however my coordination with my feet was a little rusty (if you now what I mean; yikes) So the first practice I was a little nervous to embarrass myself in front of the entire team, but they were the best group of people you could possibly have. They were so helpful and I'm definitely looking forward to next season and summer/pre-season practices. 

     Out of all these sports I have actually been playing Softball the longest. I started playing t-ball in kindergarten, and then little league in 2nd grade with the 4 grade. I have played all over the infield but my main positions are 1st, pitcher, and 3rd. I absolutely love the atmosphere that the game of softball brings to the lives of the players. 

                                                                                                                                                                   

I think that being in some type of sport helps bring a child's grades up because it forces them to listen to an adult with respect and they before they even know it they will be listening to the teacher and not just the coach. My parents put me in a 2nd sport that had a harder, more tougher coach that demanded respect when I was about 7 or 8 because my grades and attitude were not all that great. So I started to play basketball and that instantly changed my life around. I got good grades (not straight A's but they were pretty good) and I built a VERY strong social status for myself. 

That is another thing that sports can help with. They allow someone to become part of a family outside your real one. Sports help you to become someone that you never thought that you could be. It is filled with a million reasons to stay and continue with the sport and a million reason to love it. It challenges you mentally and physically throughout the years or however long you choose to lay it. 

                                                                                                                                                                   

Now granted I know that sports are not for every one, but there are other things that you can do to become part of another "family". You could also join theater (I am part of that too) or the math club, or chess club, or anything that suits your personality. Don't just be someone that is just there. Be known throughout your school. For me I wanted people to know who I was without me having to introduce myself to the entire student body. An I think that I have done a descent job by getting involved and BEING MYSELF. If you have not read my other posts about My High School Experience, than you probably don't know thins, but the basis of what I have written so far has centered itself around Being who you want to be and Being Yourself....

Becoming Myself....

     Alright, well, if you are are wondering by what I mean when I say 'Finding Myself' it is simply that. It took me FOREVER to find who I was throughout my elementary and middle school year because of the different people that I associated myself with. When I was younger I was always one of those people who took control of a situation and tried to form a way for everyone to be somewhat happy. Now as you may already know, that is not exactly possible, so when there was an issue between some people that I would consider to be my friends, they would come to me and ask for my help and/or opinion on "who was right" . This always bugged me when I was faced with these types of situations, so all I would do is listen to each side of the story, and then, I would give my opinion on what each person should do for the other. For example, if it was something like, "she didn't let me play in their group with her..." OR "I herd you say something about me so 'so and so' " ya-ta, ya-ta, ya-ta. So then I would tell each person to do something completely different. Like, go on the swings instead of playing with them, or just to simply leave each other alone for the day and come back tomorrow with different attitudes because it was starting to get on MY nerves.

   

     When you are little, building a relationship with other people is easy because you aren't worried about them telling a secret, or if you could potentially "like" them and your friendship strengthens. When you become older and head off to high school, those strong bonds that you have worked so hard to  build throughout your younger years, is what helps you to begin the building blocks for all of those new and AMAZING people that you have met or will meet in high school. 

Because Remember.....

It Takes YEARS to build a relationship worth keeping that has a tight bond of trust, BUT it only takes ONE SECOND to destroy everything....

Being able to be yourself around people and having a strong mind about who you are is essential to what happens to you in your life in the future years. 

Having a strong, close knit group of people has helped me to become who I am today because the have shown me different views of life and how to see things in a different perspective. This is what has somewhat made me who I am today. If you can find that group, or even that one person who can, not influence you to be someone, but help you to grow as a person than you can help yourself and everyone around you by just simply being YOU!!! 

SEE now do you get it??? if not than I'm sorry for wasting your time, but in order to become yourself you just have to be you!! All of your happiness comes back to you being yourself and not being afraid to do that. I know that it can be scary at first, and the people that you thought were your friends might not like the real you, that's when you have to be your strongest and just keep being who you are and eventually, a group of people will come along and LOVE the REAL YOU!!! all you have to do is be patient and let nature take its course (wow how cliché does that sound : / ) 

Now I know that i'm just a 15 (almost 16) year old myself, but that doesn't mean that I don't know what I'm talking about in this little clip of everyday advice..... Talk to you all soon!!!