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The document discusses how sports have been a major part of the author's life from a young age. The author played many sports but focused on soccer and hockey, participating in both at travel and school levels. For the author, being active in sports provides a release from other pressures and allows focus on athletic ability and time with friends who share the goal of winning. The author values the relationships built with teammates and coaches over many years of playing sports.

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Final Portfolio

The document discusses how sports have been a major part of the author's life from a young age. The author played many sports but focused on soccer and hockey, participating in both at travel and school levels. For the author, being active in sports provides a release from other pressures and allows focus on athletic ability and time with friends who share the goal of winning. The author values the relationships built with teammates and coaches over many years of playing sports.

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Colin Conneely

Mrs. Cramer

College Comp Pd.3

1 Oct. 2021

College Application Narrative

How could I describe myself without sports? I couldn’t. I’ve played just about everything

I could, and genuinely enjoyed sports throughout my childhood. I started by kicking around a

soccer ball at a young age, largely due to my parents being soccer players and loving the game.

Their love for soccer contributed to mine and helped me enjoy the sport. I branched out to others

along the way like baseball, basketball, and hockey. Soccer and hockey are the two that stuck

with me. I began playing hockey at seven years old, and have played ever since. Soccer began

earlier and has also stuck with me. I play travel and school soccer, and travel hockey. For me,

sports are a getaway from all outside distractions.

When I step on the field or the ice, I feel calm and focused on the game. I block out all

other problems or issues I could be having outside of these two sports. I can simply focus on my

athletic ability, and being with my friends who have a shared goal of winning. When I’m in a

game, it’s extraordinarily fun and honestly never gets old. I could play five games a day and

never get bored. I love the positions I play in for both sports. In soccer, I play center midfield

which allows me to get the best of both worlds, defending and offense. I like it this way because

it pushes me to work hard by running nonstop, and getting back on defense to help my

teammates out. For hockey, I get to move around positions often, which is awesome because I
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can be a part of different situations and accomplish a different task in each one. I play wing the

most which is offense. It is critical wingers get back to help on defense as well. Apart from wing,

I play center sometimes allowing me to take faceoffs and lead the attack.

The best part of sports is the interaction I get with my teammates and coaches. As you

can guess over all these years, I have developed some incredible friendships with my teammates.

Some of my teammates are my best friends in life. Some of these relationships have lasted years

since we first became teammates. I have been extremely fortunate to be coached by amazing

people who have a deep love for the game. For soccer, I have experienced several unique

coaches, at several age groups, learned different strategies, and coaching techniques from each

one. Having multiple coaches throughout the years, and multiple coaches on a team, has done

nothing but good for me. They share their knowledge with me, give me useful pointers, and give

advice for certain situations.

I honestly wouldn’t have wanted my childhood or my teen years so far to go any other

way than it has. I have had an awesome experience with sports, been given some incredible

advice, met some awesome people, and made lifelong bonds through sports. These reasons are

why I couldn’t describe myself without sports.

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