Sports In My Life

           Courts, fields, and pools: those places seem to be like second homes to me. Sports are such a huge part of my life and have been for ten or eleven years.

            I play soccer, flag football, basketball; I dance and I swim. As one may guess, some days, it feels as if I am running from one sporting event to another. I don’t normally have much of a break, and even though I’m used to moving around all the time, I still find myself super sore sometimes. But being busy and sore is not important when I am able to do so much of what I love.

            When I first started playing on sports teams, it was simple, no complications. Once I became a freshman in high school, one aspect became a little bit aggravating. Being homeschooled, I couldn’t play on any high school teams. Instead, I had to play through the county. Not to imply that playing through the county isn’t good enough, but not being able to do something made me want to do it more.

            One great thing about playing through the county for soccer and basketball is that I have been able to play with the same team, teammates, and coaches since I started. They are a really great, talented group of girls and I have become considerably close to them in the past eight years.

            I only started playing flag football last year, even though I have been playing football with my neighbor for most of my life. Unfortunately, I started as an eighth grader. Because you can only play until freshman year, I could only play for one more year. I do wish that I had found out about playing flag football earlier, so I could have played longer.

            Dancing has been a part of my life since the beginning. Originally, I wanted to start taking dance classes because of my cousin. She wasn’t able to dance for a long time afterwards. During that time, I was even more encouraged to dance. Even though she couldn’t dance herself, she always seemed to enjoy watching me dance and knowing that I cherished dance, just like her. I loved dance so much, and started to become really great at it. Excited, I continued.

            Similar to dance, I have always been in love with swimming. I have two older sisters who have always swum. Wanting to be like them, I became a swimmer as well. Because we also have a pool in our basement, not being able to swim wasn’t really an option. We are members at a pool in the summer that’s a few blocks away from our house. We have been going there since my oldest sister, Cassie, was a cute, little baby. We joined the swim team there, and have been swimming with them since then. Even though I love swimming, my team has made me love it even more.

            I do plan on continuing to play sports, because having been engaged in sports for such a long time, I, honestly, could not imagine my life without them.