I talked to my parents and they gave me a big thumbs up. I signed up and started playing. When you start a new team, you usually start at the bottom. I was the Benchwarmer, but I worked hard every practice and every game. I want a show the coaches that I can actually…
I started playing baseball when I was 7 years old and at that time I was actually playing T-Ball. For awhile I played baseball for a place called Twin City. While I was at Twin City I had mostly played the second base position. Twin City was an alright organization because they didn't have players with the best attitudes. Those players with not so good attitudes affected our teams ability to win.…
Matt is a junior in the Engineering school at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and he recently made the decision to join the club baseball team. I received his consent for an interview and asked him questions that gave me more information about the decision and the problem that he wanted to solve. Matt’s problem derived from his change in the amount of pleasure he received from his usual routine. He mentioned, specifically, that he is currently in a RST class that influenced him to think about his happiness in terms of his leisure time and how what he does during that time is important for your overall well being.…
“His name is Mitchell, but we call him Mitch-Hell,” my mom joked. The kid mustered a laugh, but his face did not show the same impression. There were two big traditions for my family during the summer months. We would go on vacation together to a little beach town in Florida called Rosemary Beach. The second tradition was a game that we created ourselves.…
Just because I didn’t like the game, didn’t mean that I couldn’t play it. I played running back for the junior varsity team until I got the call to move up to the varsity team, but there was one…
Partway through my first Junior Varsity baseball practice, it was clear that I was the least qualified player on the team. Still learning the basics of baseball, I was pulled aside by the coaches and told that they were still uncertain of their decision and that they would be monitoring my progress to determine eligibility. As soon as I got home, I studied baseball through any video, started attending every practice offered, and constantly requested one-on-one coaching sessions. My coaches slowly took notice of my commitment and my rapidly developing skill set in baseball.…
when I was in sixth grade, I joined a tournament fast pitch team for the summer. I had played softball since i was four years old but this was my second year playing fast pitch. I had played in a recreational league the year before so I had a little bit of knowledge on how to play the game. The coach for the team I played for had very little experience as a coach, but had a lot of experience playing fast pitch so she knew lot about the game. She never let me play after I had went to very practice…
The summer going into my junior year, I tried out for the summer baseball team. However, although I had never anticipated there would be a problem with my talent levels, considering I had played freshman and sophomore year, I did not make the roster. I was devastated. In the eight years of my baseball career, this was by far the lowest of lows. When faced with adversity and defeat many people decide to give up and quit.…
My parents and I talked about my urge to play, when it hit us. Why don’t I just play for another team! My dad looked up all of them teams and contacted each…
THE GAME OF BASEBALL The game of baseball, at any level, can be a very competitive sport. Whether it is tee ball or the pro level, everyone has something to offer to that competitiveness. Each level of baseball teaches the player the fundamentals they will need to be successful at the next level in their career. Baseball also teaches players to be more social and to make new friends they would other wise never know.…
Throughout my childhood, the passion for sports has been on full display. Many of my friends and family often call me a sports fanatic, as usually almost every day, I watch the latest Sports Center or replays of classic sporting events. However, during this time, I have come to appreciate a sport a lot more than I used to, and that is softball. Often during the summer, I can be seen in Webster, NY, watching my sister play softball for The Webster Xtreme Softball Organization. She has become a great player and has been ranked the number one player in the organization for the past couple of years.…
Playing sports has always been a passion of mine. I played Pop Warner Football until I broke my foot in third grade. After my foot healed, I decided to play soccer because my my cousin played and I wanted to try it . Ever since I started playing soccer, I have always my hardest and strived to get better. All summer I worked with my friend Imanol practicing hard to make sure we made the team.…
What I was looking forward to doing my senior year, was leading my team as a senior to the best we could be. I was working harder than I ever had all winter long leading up to this. I had one goal that I did not see happen any of my four years there, which was getting to the state championship. There were a lot of things that had to go right for this to happen. The team had to be good, they had to work hard every day, they had to win districts, they had to win regional’s, and the most importantly the team had to get along great they have to be a family.…
One day, I just told my mother I wanted to play football and she got me signed up as soon as possible. I never changed my mind to ever stop playing since that day. The first team I played for was the St. Clair Shore Green Hornets Youth Football, where I started learning the game of football and valuable…
I never expected something bad to happen that day. It was my parents anniversary night, May 11th, 2017, and of course, I had a softball game. We knew that the opposing team was better than us, but we still played hard, until the accident, that is when everything fell apart. My parents anniversary night was on one of my last home games of the season, but not the teams. Our game was at the Hyatt Elementary softball/baseball fields.…