Doing anything you truly love can end up becoming your passion. But whatever you want to do, you have to love it with all your heart. In that case, a sport can be one of your passions, like soccer. Soccer is my passion. I’m not only here to talk about my passion. I want to help everyone find a sports passion, and think about why you would love it. You could have a lot of relationships or feelings for a sport. Trust me, I know. The relationship could be mixed with all types of emotions, good or bad. You could be mad at a sport for underperforming, making you upset about the way you played a game. Though you can be upset, there are, of course, happy times like when you score a last minute goal. Playing a sport can benefit you. The benefit is achieving goals, and making them into reality.
I’m really passionate about my sport because I’ve played soccer my entire life. I play it for my mom and I try to take every opportunity I have to make her proud. Soccer has made a huge impact in my life, especially since I’m getting older. Soccer has had a huge impact on my health due to the fact I’m active everyday. Soccer benefits you in more ways than just health, like creating new virtues for yourself such as discipline, teamwork, and leadership. These virtues have helped me grow, not only as a player but as a person as well. If I didn’t have these virtues in general, life would be harder because you need discipline for education. I play soccer so I can make it professional not to just quit at some point because I had a bad day. Soccer is a sport where you can take it anywhere, you can go as far as going to middle school, high school, or college. Some people just play for fun like if a sport were to be a hobby, sports could be fun like a hobby, but for some people it’s more than that. Soccer can help build connections by teamwork throughout a career, the virtue from teamwork can last a lifelong time, and if you can easily build off by teamwork you have a better chance of making it. The benefit from soccer can last you a long way, it could be hard or easy, it matters if you want the sport you love to make it a part of your life.
Playing a sport can build growth and show how well you can play as a team, and the sport you choose is most likely a team based game. When you play a team based game that means YOU HAVE TO PLAY AS A TEAM, playing as a team is really important if you want a team to play great, and that means they have to play like one. Playing as a team means to be communicative and encouraging. When a team isn’t doing their best there has to be someone stepping as a leader or captain. The captain doesn’t need to be the only leader, but also his entire team can become one. The team can help out one another to make sure everyone is at least 100% ready to play with all they have.
A sport doesn’t always have to be treated as a sport, but can also be like a best friend that’s always there. Sports can make you feel better and build confidence over time. You’ll be able to tell if a sport will be your passion once you feel a strong connection between the two of you. That’s why when you choose a sport as a passion, you choose the one that feels like you, and love it like you would die for the sport.
Erick Gutierrez – St. Rita of Cascia High School – DMSF Class of 2030
Photo Credit: Lia Gutierrez