Does Emmaus Lacrosse Mean to Me? For me, Emmaus Lacrosse wasn't something I had always pictured being a part of my life. I didn't grow up playing, watching all the girls' high school games, or going to camps run by the players, but instead I was a cheerleader. So to really understand what Emmaus Lacrosse means to me, we have to start from the beginning. As a young child I wanted nothing to do with contact sports, which my parents found out very quickly during my first ever soccer game. I found myself…
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to watch you play over the summer and think you would be a terrific addition to the Berry Lacrosse program. I recently accepted the position here at Berry College in Rome, GA and could not be happier. I have spent my last 6 years as a Head Coach in New England and besides the weather being much more pleasant in the South, so is the atmosphere here at Berry. This place is absolutely amazing, and I would love to get you on campus and show you around. Here are a couple of quick highlights about…
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addicted to nicotine because you are replacing the need with a healthy activity. Natural highs can be as simple as reading a book, hanging out with friends, or playing your favorite sport or game. Some natural highs that I do rather than tobacco or nicotine are Running, Lacrosse, and Basketball. These are my natural highs because I know they will always be there. I will always be able to go outside and shoot around or go for a run around the block. These activities help me to distract…
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every society because some help the economy thrive and grow while other countries have sports to help grow and develop the younger kids. But when you look at the big picture sports are in everyone’s day-to-day lives whether that being a game you want to watch or a game you didn’t want to watch that was on TV. For example when you are driving down the highway and you see a billboard with a Rays sign up or a Rowdies sign up there but when you or me hear “sports” the first thing that comes to mind is football…
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Lacrosse Seems to Never Leave Me When I think back on the journey that was English 1101, I remember how it felt to run down a lacrosse field. I was a goalie; my home was in my crease on the defensive side of the field. While in my goal, my defenders were always by my side. It was my safe place, but sometimes I would be forced to advance the ball past midfield after I made a save. It was a contest that was won by either the defense advancing the ball in 12 seconds past midfield or the attack stopping…
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My Freshman year of high school, I took a big risk joining the lacrosse team. I was very nervous because I had never picked up a lacrosse stick until the first practice. However, I made a goal to start on the JV team by the end of the season. Shortly after I had committed to be on the team, I was diagnosed with a knee disease called patellar tracking syndrome. This made it difficult for me to practice my hardest because I was in a lot of pain. I debated if I should keep playing, but I decided to…
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Throughout my life, I have participated in practically every sport you could think of. From tennis to softball, to swimming and to ice hockey, I have done it all. Although some of these sports I did for a prolonged period of time, especially ice hockey, which I only stopped playing last year, there has been a common trend between them all: I quit every last one. Even if I once loved the sport, I begin to become bored with the repetition of each sport, and none kept my interest. That is, until I started…
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“He’s alright, my dad.” This line, from one of my favorite picture books as a child, is probably what Brad Manning, the author of “Arm Wrestling with My Father,” believes about his dad. Manning clearly show in his essay, using a motif, an anecdote, and a non-visual imagery, that fathers don’t have to be emotional and weepy to display love and affection. The use of physicality as a motif is very poignant in this regard- most clearly exemplified through the arm wrestling, but in other places as…
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to football to lacrosse to wrestling, I have never enjoyed going to the practices and games. My dad played sports as a kid and he was very serious about sports and going to all the practices and games. He always tells me to this day, “A commitment is a commitment.” I would argue with him for hours about this. He finally said one day that he has given up on me and will not argue with me anymore. One day I realized that I actually loved sports and I loved the practices and the games and playing that…
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There comes a moment in every athletes career where the clock strikes 0:00 for the final time and in that moment part of you is changed forever. For most of us sports are so much more than a game, they are our lifestyle, they are who we are, they are our identity. For college athletes sports aren’t just a silly game you play to pass the time – they are the core of us, they are what make us who we are. Most of us have played sports since we were kids, we’ve spent years of our lives training, competing…
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