Over the summer I was training hard and had lessons with my goalie coach whenever I could. I was feeling prepared for the next season. On my second season of Peewee I opened up a bit more. Our team wasn’t a travel team, so we got to play around Durham and Raleigh more. The show-offs that used to be on our team left and everyone was getting along just fine. I finally felt like I was fitting in more. In that season I was opening up a lot more and was starting to be more like myself. Our team was dominating the league and for the first few games of the season I didn’t let any goals in the net. We were a team, acting like a team and working as a team. I remember the semi-final championship game the best. We didn’t think it was possible to make the championship game. The team we were playing was like our rivals. It was tied 2-2 at the end of the third period. We were going into a shootout. I let one of the three shots in and our team scored two of the three shots. If I stopped this shot our team would win the game. Sweat dripped down my face, the skater came in and stick handled once, twice, took a shot, and missed the net. The team jumped out of the bench and crowded around me, I finally felt like I fit in. We ended up making it to the championship game and winning the whole tournament. It was such an …show more content…
The two families that were supposed to accompany her didn’t show up. She was all alone, and the crew members even told her to get off the ship, but she didn’t listen. Charlotte was stuck on a ship with all men and she was the only passenger. She had to face some tough challenges on sea with the other crew members and the captain, and she had to work hard to get her respect on the ship. This connects to me because I was the only girl on my team, and I had to overcome challenges with the boys. I also had to gain respect on my team by working as hard as I could to improve my
As we were heading for the goal on another break away, the opposing team kicked it out of bounds by the goal. My sister Bailey, who is also on the team, set the ball up for a corner kick. Her kick was a beautiful, high, hard drive to the front of the box. I remember thinking of my trainer’s words, “Anything is possible”. I jumped up at the right moment.
The clock ticked down fast up on the jumbotron as the pace of the game gets faster and quicker. Both teams screaming, shouting, cheering, and encouraging at each other, eager to advance to the next round. The game gets more physical, and players are banging the other team’s players to the boards. Coaches are yelling to give us more confidence. This is the first round of the Quebec Peewee Hockey Tournament.
At the beginning of the book Charlotte likes the captain because they are of the same social class but as the novel progresses, Captain Jaggery's true colors start to show. Charlotte soon comes to discover her true self from many different events she experiences with the crew and the captain. When the cook, Zachariah, approaches Charlotte to tell her that Captain Jaggery is actually a very cruel person and is responsible for the amputation of Cranick’s arm, Charlotte is in complete dis belief but still feels inside that Zachariah isn't lying. When the captain wants Charlotte to read bible passages to the crew Charlotte still
I will never forget what it was like in the locker room before our biggest games. We would get dressed in the locker room while listening to our pregame playlist, then our coach would come in and give his pregame speech, we would then do our unique “Oh Mama” pregame chant, finally to run onto the ice in a rink packed of dedicated fans anticipating the experience of the Hartland Hockey culture. As special as the pregames were, the postgames were even more special. In my two years on the team, we never lost a game at home, hence a lot of celebrating. After a big win, there was always a distinct electric feeling as we came back in the locker room that I’ve never felt elsewhere.
As an outsider, Charlotte is in a unique position to challenge Captain Jaggery and his tyrannical order. Charlotte 's gender bending helps the rest of the crew on the boat see that they, too, can question their positions – as well as their leader 's. As you read the book, you should ask yourself “Who are the people in your life who challenge the status quo?” Do you know someone that cuts against the grain? Maybe it 's your single mom who works three jobs, maybe it 's your kooky high school art teacher, or maybe it 's the girl who sits next to you in history class who 's always reading Howard Zinn.
Although our record did not improve much, the overall attitude and skill of the team began to rise. We began to play for each other, instead of just playing for ourselves. This change was astronomical for the overall well being of the team.
This season was full of miracles. We were the only team in the history of the NHL to go down in each series 3-0 and come back and win it. Same happened in the Stanley Cup Final. We went down 3-0 against a powerhouse Chicago team looking for a three-peat. We came back to tie the series 3-3 with a couple of clutch goals by me and the Staal brothers.
The season started and I felt caged as I watched my teammates take the field through a chain link fence. Our first game came and went, but I never left the dugout; then
That’s why it was hard at first is because I was used to the way my old teachers taught things and everything was so different for me. When I was little I didn’t realize how hard it was going to be. At first I wondered why I even tried out for the team because I had to be at the school for practice at six in the morning, Monday through Saturday. But I kept telling myself that change is good and that things might be hard but things will always work itself out no matter how hard it is. So to this day I’m so glad that I kept telling myself that
With being at that academy and around that competitive nature I learnt perseverance, sportsmanship, as well as how to stay humble. Samuel Johnson once said “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance”. With being the youngest on the team, I was passed over multiple times for ice time, sitting out of important games due to the fact that I was the youngest and the newest member to the team. When you get constantly looked over time after time, it takes a toll on
Cruising right through preseason, I was now leading the workouts, not struggling to keep up. Kids came up to me for help, instead of me asking for the help. I had already felt as if I was leading this team and It was all feeling so secured. Day by day, I felt more and more like the captain of the
I was set on helping my teammates realize that I could be a valuable asset to this team. As the season progressed, my teammates started trusting my decisions on the court and were confident I would try my best to make the right play. I earned their respect as a teammate and made some great news
I kept going for the guy next to me performing to the best to his ability. Success was the result of all the hard relentless work done throughout June into August. I acknowledged that my team had a good group of seniors who were high character student-athletes I spent most of childhood with. Ultimately finishing with a record of 3 wins and 7 loses taught me many lessons on becoming a better person and
We came out and were another 12 and was setting 1st, but there were still the top two teams to go. As I sat there and watch I was so nervous. The second top team went and they missed, that took some encumbrance off my shoulders for a
This game taught me that i can 't reflect on the unchangeable and move to the future. Reflection can be an awful thing moving on making your mind just feel clean and into a new state where you can make your dreams a vision. Basking in the glory days can 't be the only thing you can do for you lose or broken memory. Moving from there was the best thing that could have done for my career in baseball and after I moved on we won our next tournament and I forgot it all.