One of the hardest someone can do in their entire life. You train
almost as hardest as the marines and always makes your body feel exhausted. Only during the games it can be extremely easy
compared to the hours of practice you have to do weekly. You practice for 10
hours a week for only two hours of glory which cannot be guaranteed. I guess
some people can just explain it as a love for the sport. This sport is known as
football. I am happy to say I have been playing football for ten years out of
the 18 years of my life.
Some days I never feel like practicing because, I know I am about to go
through hell. No matter rain, sun or heat wave we still have to practice with
all of our gear. The average weight of all the gear a football player wears is
about 7 pounds. Now imagine it is a heat wave and its about 90 degrees out. This
is what goes through my head right before practice and basically my whole day
as I think about practice. A football helmet can make it feel 10 degrees hotter
than it is without it on. So with my helmet on instead of it feeling like 90
degrees it feels like 100. Also we play on turf fields and the turf is black
which attracts heat. Not only that when you’re on the field you have to run everywhere
and some days we have to condition. Now a lot of people would not dare want to
work in these conditions to get banged up and yelled at all day. The only thing
is when you play you get such a rush.
When the ball is hiked it is as if all my pains and worries disappear. I
don’t worry about my h.w., my video games, t.v., girls, and not even my
sneakers. It is a place where I can forget about all of my life troubles and be
with my team. When you go to hell and back with your teammates it creates a
bond that is hard for you to break. Most people after a while wouldn’t even
consider these people as teammates… I am one of those people that consider them
my brothers. I know they guy to my left and right have my back and I know they
have mine. Also it is fun to play and do your best because, if you know you did
something big like a touchdown the feedback is incredible. The team and anyone
in the stands will explode with cheer and chants. It is just such a great
feeling that all of this happened because, of something I did.
Football is just one of those things you have to show passion in. Also
it doesn’t have to be just football you can work hard in. you can transfer the
energy to anything else as long as you put your mind to it. Football can teach
someone that the harder you work the better the outcome you see from your work.
If you work hard in the books and study you can get good grades. You can get
great feedback from this from teacher, friends and family. One way you can say
both things make you want to work hard is to think about the outcome from all
of your hard work. Stay positive and push through any hardships that may cross
your path. Also remember “tough times don’t last… tough people do.”
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