By Sharmila Mysore
Sports…So many sports….big sports, small sports, sports on land, sports in the water, sports with rackets, sports with balls…anyway there are so many sports. Let me set the setting for you with 5 of my favorite sports! Just think, the agility the stamina, the perseverance, the energy, and the crowd goes wild!
Basketball: The all-mighty b-boy sport, the hang out sport you would do at a friends house, one of the most simplest of sports, there’s a difference between playing around and playing the game! Sneakers to floor on your toes ready for the pass dribble down field fake-out here fake-out there 30 seconds left on the clock, you shoot! SCORE! the crowd goes wild! Yay! “What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.” -Unknown
Baseball: Red Sox! Red Sox! Red Sox! Boom Boom Clap! Boom Boom Clap! We will we will rock you! Lights are on field is still and heavy with pressure pitcher lifts up his foot, glove to nose, head cocked away from the batter, it all happens with one swift motion, hand flicks the ball 95 mph, the ball is spinning like crazy the fans are on there knees…and! HIT! The bat swings up and the ball goes flying like an eagle, the crowd is cheering…you just got a home run! “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby”
Swimming: The water sport…the one the only….swimming! You know that quote: “ We swim because we are to sexy for a sport that requires clothes. ~Author Unknown” its totally true! “STEP UP ONTO THE BLOCK!” arms are heavy, knees weak, feet are ready, tip – toe up onto the first step as fast racing thoughts go through your head. “SWIMMERS TAKE YOUR MARK!” You bend down, curl your toes over the edge of the block, bend backwards curve your fingertips next to your toes, lunging back like a cheetah ready to attack and…”GO!” Rush panics through you,now everything depends on you.
Football: Rough and tough, strong and brave, smart and quick, those are just few of many words to describe football. The boys and the girls unite for this one moment where it all depends on the team and there next move. This is it once you make a move its done its over there is no turning back. Snap back to reality, football in hand fingers gently gliding across the satin leather and the small bumps occurring. there is mud on every ones faces and clothes the field is recked, 2:00 minutes on the clock, its now or never, hands all sweaty knees scratched up “Blue 42!…HIKE!” the game has only just begun. “Football Is an honest game. It’s true to life . It’s a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.” – Unknown
Soccer: “Goalie ready?!” “Tweet!” “Pass! Pass!” You jerk your foot forward make contact with the ball and it goes, goes all the way home! Your on the tip of your toes now, shirt tucked in, hair tied back, swaying back and forth side to side waiting until the other player comes close enough for you to make your move. Bam! the player is running fast fast, one slightly bad touch and the ball is youre’s! Dribble back keeping the ball within 36 inches, feet sashaying the ball in sides of your feet. You take a quick look up! And! 5 out of breath people running as fast as they can ready to attack and steal that ball. But you?…..your ready! With one quick touch forward you sprint as fast as a cheetah, knees bent, heart pounding, sun blazing nothing else in the world matters now, you pull a move on one girl, race past the other, and you just keep going, and amazing feeling sweeps through you. Your ponytail flipping back and fourth….its all yours the wide open goal with one person who just didn’t stand a chance against you and the open field. Everyone is watching at this point, eyes wide open praying that you will make it. you finally make it there and now its just you and the goalie, you have about 5 seconds to think…too much time! with one swift motion you arch your foot and power with everything you got the ball flies in the air over the goalies head and falls into the net back. You did it! You SCORED! “It’s why we play the game. Anything is possible, anything can happen, and we proved that again tonight” – Unknown
Sports oh the wonders of the world, those are just five of many different settings and experiences to the beauty, the art, the works, of sports!