How Football Changed My Life

36 millions kids from age 5 – 18 are involved with organized sports. When I was about 4years old, I was one of those kids as well. Sports are a big part of my life and they always have been. My father and I have always connected through sports and they still do. Football is probably one of the most impactful sports in my life. Football and I weren’t always the closest of friends though. We went through our up’s and down’s throughout life, but in the end I always came back to it. I remember the first team I was ever a part of. A basketball team. I was around 4 years old and I was playing for the Douglasville Recreational Team and I… hated it. I remember being in the middle of practice sitting on the floor or even in the middle of a game running around in circles looking at the ceiling. Although I played basketball all the way up until 8th grade, I always knew that I really never liked it (I was never really good at it either). My
Everyone would always tell me that I should play, but they were not going to change my mind. Throughout the years, more and more of my friends became interested in football and I was completely disconnected from it. Slowly, very slowly, I started to make my way back to football. I began to watch games with my dad. I ran around at school throwing the ball around and playing two hand touch. I began to realize I actually kind of liked football and I was willing to give it another shot. The summer going into 4th grade, I made a decision that I was going to try football again. At this time, I had no idea about the sport. I knew the general things about football, but not really what it took to be good. I went out not knowing anybody or anything. I was so nervous when I stepped on to the field at the Campbell high school. I remember walking down to the field and seeing a huge group of kids there. I had no idea what to expect, but when I got out there I fell in love with