Grade 10 Athletics

Athletics Highlight #2

My second grade 10 choice highlight is when I managed the grade 10 basketball team. It was a good experience for me as it helped me improve my focus and organization as well as my basketball skills. It was a good year as we won our Cavs Classic.

Athletics Highlight

My grade 10 athletics highlight is making and being on the senior soccer team. I had to go through 2 tryouts to make the team and compete against other talented grade 10,11, AND 12’s. I worked hard though and my perseverance paid off as i ended up making the team and enjoyed a fun season.

Reflection

My grade 10 athletics reflection is on making the Senior soccer team. Being a part of the grade 10 soccer team helped me gain a lot of new skills that will benefit me in the future. It taught me key things like dedication, hard work, perseverance, commitment, and mental toughness. While I was on the grade 10 soccer team my best accomplishment was scoring a goal in the tournament in Victoria. Even though it was only one of the few goals I would score it was the FIRST goal anyone on the team had scored which made it pretty special. Being on the soccer team meant that I would be in a lot of group situations. After being in those group situations so often, it has improved my confidence in speaking in front of large audiences and in my confidence to speak out my opinion on the subject at hand. Hopefully the grade 10 soccer team will continue in my next and final 2 years at collingwood in grade 11 and 12. However after high school I will probably be dropping soccer competitively. I will still however play it as a recreational sport for the rest of my life. Being a part of the senior soccer team has allowed me to become more athletic and has improved my strength and conditioning. As I stated before it helps improve many things like dedication and mental toughness. You need very sound nutrition to be able to play on the soccer team as well as keep up with them physically. Nutrition can play a huge part in the matter of whether you make the team or not. You HAVE to have the energy to be able to run up and down the field constantly. I personally do not have any emotional or mental stress in my life but soccer would have definitely been a time to just be there and enjoy playing soccer while not having to think about any upcoming test or anything school related. If you did want to have a stress reliever, than soccer would be a good choice as it can focus your mind on something else and make your mind stronger to resisting stress. Overall, despite having a somewhat disappointing season not winning many games and personally not getting a whole lot of playing time I still had fun every time I went out to a game or a practice. I think that our team will continue to improve going into next year and hopefully we will go far in the playoffs as well. I learned a lot of valuable skills not only about soccer but also skills that can help me towards life. I can not wait to see what my future has in store for me.