A Positive Outlook on Sports
Sports have a big impact on our community. It gives our youth a positive activity to participate in, instead of hanging out with the wrong people and getting into trouble. I’m personally a fan of track and field, but my story of how I got into it is not a typical one.
When I was in high school I had an attendance issue. I felt like school wasn’t an important factor in my life, but I knew I had to graduate so I decided to join the track team. I joined the team not because I liked to run, but because I knew I had to attend practice everyday. I honestly didn’t even know that I could run. I didn’t know I had the endurance to do it until I got on the team. So I started going to practices, and at first I hated everything about track. The practices had my muscles hurting in places that I didn’t even know existed, but in the long run those long practices came in handy.
As I started to become accustomed to what we were doing, I began to learn the importance of teamwork and leadership. So track started to become what I loved to do instead of an excuse to come to school. I love running and I would still be running right know, but I suffered an injured during my senior year and that stopped me from doing what I loved.
I come to learn that I might not have graduated if it wasn’t for track. I encourage anyone who has passion and drive to join the sport that suits them best, because it can change you for the better. If you continue to do your sport all through high school they have excellent scholarship programs to get you into great colleges, so you can take your talents to the next level.
My advice to you is to do what makes you happy. In the long run, sports can better your life; take my advice I know from experience.
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