Why I love sports.
Have you ever been to a game where you are watching your favorite team and they are just getting CRUSHED or a game where you are the ones CRUSHING…
The reason I love sports is because I love running, being competitive, being athletic….
Some of the memories i have about sports…
I’m 5 years old…my sports-loving uncle asked me who will win Packers or Chicago Bears and well where are they playing he answered Lambo field then I say….well than the Packers for sure…
My select baseball team…we were losing 2-1 there were 2 outs. I was up to bat. First pitch I swang as fast as I could, hoping my arms would n’t fall off….I hit the ball to center field …i am hoping the ball sails over the fence….and……it drops…
It drops just short….i forget to keep running … I am rounding 2nd…i eye the coach seeing him waving his arms screaming like a man at wu ]….SCORE, SCORE, SCORE.
I say to myself no way no way……just keep running…my teammates screaming at me faster faster i say I am going to score…i slide home… my team crowds the field…joy springing through the air!
Let me bring you on the field of my championship game…football… third-grade year…We are losing 45-51…the coach tells us they are giving the ball to me…. and I say, “no give it to Alex because he is by far the fastest on the team” Alex gets the “ball sprinting up the field, he is jolting, bolting down the sideline…
The crowd is going wild 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 touchdown…the crowd is jumping up and down like Pop Rocks in your mouth.
The next play…coach comes over and asks us, ”do you want to go for the win or the tie?” We all scream win the ref comes over crying….saying miracles can happen…2 points to win, my legs shaking…nerves shooting thru my body as fast as bullets….
The play starts, I go out for the pass, the quarterback eyes me and mouths to me catch it he throws the ball to me …
I jump up for the ball, hoping I catch it … I reach out and grasp the ball, make sure to put my feet back in bounds… manage to do it…touchdown. A ton of sweaty players crowd around me saying…you did it…some of the other players are crying…I am so happy that we actually won!
I love sports because I am on a team, with friends, sharing something I love….Sports are fun, exciting…challenging….full of giving and getting respect….I am an athlete, I am a baseball player, I am a football player…this is what makes me ME.
Austin Jewish Academy
5