“Way to go McKenzie!” she replied. Making the OPD (Olympic Development Program) track team means I’m one step closer to reaching my dream. At our first practice, I was told that managers from the Olympics will be watching our track meets and that they will only pick one boy and one girl for each race. I was also told that I would be running against one of the nation’s best runners. When I met my component, Hailey McIntosh, she told me that she has won every race she’s ever been in and that she would most likely get the
During these practices, I would often hear senior, Sammie Bane, say, “Oh my gosh, why are we still doing these same drills over and over again?” In response to that, Coach Rieckers would reply, “Do you want to go to state and earn respect from the community?” Growing up in a small town, everyone knew everything about each other. This was also the same concept when it came to sports at BCHS. Brownstown was always known for great volleyball, football, and boys’ basketball teams. These teams always went far into the tournament every year in strive to win a state championship title. The same was not known for the girls’ basketball team to achieve.
htngvn Per.4 tfgjnm j September 07 2011 gfhn My Victorious Scar. When I was a freshman, I decided that my sport would be running. I wanted to do running because my brother ran varsity and I as well wanted to be varsity. He once told me that I couldn’t beat his time that he got for track or cross-country. What he had said got me kind of furious and sad.
After trailing the entire game, the ball was finally in their court, but with minimal time on the clock. On the very next play it was as if god had given the running back for Tecumseh a set of wings. He flew down the sidelines deep into Cougar territory. The stage was now set. With five ticks on the clock remaining, the once hopeless Arrows lined up for the game winning thirty three yard field goal.
The Game I remember this game like it was yesterday. I was in eighth grade, playing our last game of the regular season. Dutchtown Middle School was playing Henry County Middle. This was a very important game of our season. We were the underdogs in this game.
I looked at the other team, they looked so good, but I knew we had the chance to beat them. I had never seen so many multi-cultured kids on a football team before, I was shocked but excited! They started the game with a toss off that we won, and we got the punt return. I was confused because the referee was yelling at me asking for a football. I was looking around for the footballs; he got impatient and started the game with T.C.
Brandi Ellis The Long Green Mile Movie Review The Long Green Line The movie The Long Green Line is such an inspirational movie. The movie is about a high school cross country team attempting to win another state championship under the leadership of Coach Joe Newton. The movie shows not only how important a team’s motivation and goals are, but also how important individual’s goals and abilities are to the team. The movie shows many examples of the organizational behavior concepts we have discussed in class such as motivation and how it can affect a team, goal setting, and personality of the teammates. Coach Newton is a master motivator, and is often called upon by Fortune 500 corporations to motivate leaders in business with
I don't see how the soccer team does this everyday. Everyone knows soccer is a running sport, but I don't think everyone knows how much RUNNING is actually involved in the sport. So I could understand better, I spent a period running with the JV team and then a period practicing with Varsity. It was exciting, embarrassing, and eye opening to how much the team must go through to prepare for a game. I haven't been able to run for a
“Michael Johnson of USA takes the gold for the 400m!” Coach said “It is time for the medal ceremony. Go up there and get your gold” I began to see a few tears in his eyes, but I did not say anything about it because I knew why he was crying. I just said. “Alright coach.” While walking up to stage to get my gold medals, I hear the crowd chanting “golden boy.” I always hear that ever since I started to run with my golden running shoes Nike made for me. Now that I am up here waiting to get my gold medals and hearing the crowd chant, my emotions become overwhelming.
Would you Stop? Would you stop to help somebody during a race if it meant giving up a state championship? In A State Champion Versus Runner’s Conscience a kid does exactly that. If I were in his shoes I wouldn’t have hesitated to just run right by him. If you read the story then you would understand that stopping wouldn’t make any sense.