Life Lessons

I believe Sports Instills Life Lessons

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I have been playing sports all of my life. From when I was very little playing little league baseball to where I am now, a collegiate athlete playing Division I lacrosse I have learned many things. I have learned how to play the sport, condition myself, and better myself as an athlete through playing and practicing my sports. More importantly what I have learned through sports is how to handle myself in the real world. I have learned that sports have taught many life lessons.

When I was in high school my basketball coach talked to the team about what we can learn about playing the game of basketball and how it applies to life. He explained that many of our life lessons come from the game experiences, the preparation for the games, and the time that we spend together as a team. When he first explained this to the team, I felt that there was no way life and sports are remotely close to being the same as each other. But as I listened to his explanations and his reasoning behind each life lesson I began to understand how similar life was to sports.

Every great motivating coach that I have had, have stressed several terms to the team about how to be successful. I believe that each successful trait can translate into our every day daily lives. As I sat hear thinking of all the beliefs that my coaches have preached to me over the years of playing sports I realized that there are ten important things that are stressed almost daily.

A good work ethic, communication, teamwork, patience, discipline, how to handle adversity, time management, leadership, how to handle yourself within the public eye, and how to work with people who have different views are all stressed daily within the sports and real world. Through all of these terms I believe that if you apply it to your job or what ever you do later in life you will be more successful. Through sports you learn about each term and how to adjust and manage them. Sports allow the trial and error method for you to learn from your mistakes and to know what works best.

So as a kid I never thought that by saying man ball would really help with my communication skills later in life. Nor did I know that by our coach running us and making us lift was instilling a better work ethic upon us. But as I grew up and matured as a person I realized that it was the little things in which sports would implant stronger meanings of life lessons.

Ideal Job

My ideal job that I dream and imagine myself doing is being a coach of a top tier lacrosse team. For the past two years I have helped out with coaching my club team back home. Though it is just a summer thing I want the opportunity to advance that and coach a college team that is successful. It would be my ideal job because I love lacrosse and I feel that in your ideal job you should do something in which you enjoy and love doing. I would love a top tier team because success at the highest level would be the greatest achievement. I live for the competition, commradority, challenges, and the highs and lows which come with playing the sport of lacrosse. Since my collegiate career is halfway done I do not know what I am going to do without playing lacrosse. Coaching would be the best resolution to maintain being part of a team and to stay within the sport.


I feel that being a coach is part of my American dream because it is something that I have longed to do and worked hard to understand the game of lacrosse. It also is more than just teaching about lacrosse. The lessons that have been instilled in me through lacrosse will also stay with me. My coaches have always taught me a lot about life and I hope to do the same if I am able to coach. The lessons that have been instilled in me through lacrosse will also stay with me.

Educational Experiences

There have been several distinct moments within my educational career that I consider to be the best educational experiences. One of the most memorable experiences that I remember from elementary through high school was eating lunch. I looked forward to eating lunch everyday. I loved to spend the time talking and hanging out with my friends. It was also a time to get away from the school and the focus that I had to use being cooped up in class all morning. Lunch time enabled me and my friends to catch up on all the recent news and what ever was going on at the time. The laughs and enjoyment will also be remembered. Along with those laughs came knowledge of much more things that could not be taught in the classroom as well.
When I was in the sixth grade we were preparing to go on a field trip to I-max. I was so excited because all of my friends were going were in my group and I had not been to the I-max before. That morning I woke to see I was running late. Since my mom works within the school district she contacted my teacher who said if I hurried over to the bus they would wait for me. I got ready and left as quickly as I could without a lunch because I was so upset that I was late. When I got to school, the bus had left already and I did not get to go on the school trip. I remember the hurt and the sadness that I felt because I could not go and spend times with my friends and get to experience the I-max. I also felt regret for not being better prepared. That was the worst educational experience of my life.