Narrative Essay On Rugby

Coming into Syracuse University, I had never played, been to, or even watched a rugby match. When I left Syracuse, I was a captain and formal vice president of the Syracuse University Hammerheads. Almost every day of undergrad life involved daily work dedicated to keeping the club moving in the right direction. We had weekly team and officer meetings, daily practices, and what felt like an endless stream of paper work. All the work paid off to see how far our team came in just a few years with us improving our record each year and eventually winning the New York State Rugby Conference my senior year. It wasn’t only what rugby did for me on the field, but what it did off the field as well. Almost every lifelong friend I met was through the
Defensive structure fit this description perfectly when I was first learning rugby. I was always use to the football strategy for my whole life but rugby was a different game which required a new frame of mind. I asked my coaches and read about like would do for any problem I ever faced with a sport. This time, it didn’t come so simple and I kept getting it wrong. Frustrated I knew I had to find a different way to learn it which involved practicing it with teammates before and after practice. Soon the defensive structure was an automatic reaction, knowing how and when to go forward made me an asset to the team and more importantly, a better learner. Learning new things can require a different way of thinking. Approaching problems from different angles helped me become a solid rugby player and it will help me become a great nurse. Every day in class and on the job will be filled with endless information to take in. While difficult, rugby taught me that it is possible and requires a different perspective or medium to learn things. New knowledge leads to a better understanding and in nursing, that can be the difference between life and