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Personal Essay: The Prized Possession In Football

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The whistle screeches and everyone is off; trying to gain the prized possession: the football. It 's a battle of skill, tricks, teamwork and daring. It’s only five minutes in and the other team has the ball. The other team are passing it around us, weaving in and out, heading right for our goal preparing to strike. We only have a matter of seconds to regroup before we are down 0-1. It’s a goal. Sadly for us, we lost that battle. With our heads down, we get ready for the next one to come.

Weekend football matches are taken as seriously as if they are professional football. On the field are 11 mighty players, empowering each other to continue to play the sport they love. The team is joined together by their supporters, mainly family and friends, …show more content…

I sprint after her having to use the extra boost of energy I 'd been saving to even my chances of catching up with them. Encouraging and cheering me on are my supporters, giving me the boost I need. Increasing my speed I start to gain on them pushing myself to my limit. Soon we are touching shoulders, pushing for dominance over the ball. Then everything slows. I get one foot ahead. Using my chance I smash the ball well clear of the goal. Screaming and cheering wildly are my teams supporters at the brilliance of my play. Finally safe from the attackers, I slow down huffing and puffing trying to catch my breath, while I smile knowing this slight victory was mine.

Participating in sport as a woman got me thinking about how sport for women has evolved tremendously. We weren’t even allowed to participate, spectate as women where the housekeepers but now we are able to compete as the best all over the world in any and every sport possible. If we look back to when women first were able to play a sport we are able to see the beauty in social evolution as this step takes us one step closer to equality for

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