Practice Makes Perfect

I've been doing great this year for football, so far. We wrapped up the regular season with a big win against Ottawa, but we still have playoffs starting this Saturday. We play Chicago Julian; they are a public league school so most of their wins are against other public league schools. Big deal. Their linemen are all just fat boys; most of them are above six feet tall and more than 270 pounds. I have been watching a lot of film on them and it looks like they have plenty of athletic players, but they do not function together as a team. Their quarter back is an outstanding player; he has multiple division I colleges scouting him. Our game plan is to shut him down. They kind of remind me of our team at the beginning of the season. Luckily we worked out all of the flaws on our team, and now we work perfectly together. We also have more than one key player: two all conference running backs, three all conference linemen, an all conference tight end, three all conference linebackers, and two all conference defensive backs. We also have Alejandro as the conference's offensive most valuable player. I think they are going to have a hard time stopping all of us. As long as we set our goals high and do our best we should win. One of my goals is to just demolish the quarterback. I can't do that in practice though so when ever I have a chance I am just going to try to take his head off. The thing that makes me the most nervous is messing up. This could be the last game I ever play. As long as we play like we practice we should be fine.

Successd

It's my senior year and everything is going flawlessly; I don't want football to end. I was really nervous during the summer about football, since I barely played a down last year. However, I have really stepped up my game this year. I now have a starting position at linebacker on defense, and all of the special teams. I thought at the beginning of the year that I would play more offense, but I still rotate with Chris Fritsch. My biggest concern is my defensive position; Coach V told me that if i kept up my great performances I could be an all confrence linebacker. When he told me this I first thought "Oh great like thats not any pressure at all." Now that I think about it this is a great accomplishment for me; I came from not playing the previous year to being a potential all confrence player. I believe that alot of that credit goes to my older brother Joe. Last year was his last year ever being able to play football and it ended with a tradgic loss in the playoffs. After that game he said through tears, "Bud, I love you so much and I want you to do great next year. You never know when your last game could be, so don't waste your time."
I could tell how bad he felt, and I knew that I may not feel it now, but when I'm done it's gonna suck. He then said the most motivating words ever spoken to me. "I'm living through you now."
 Now, half a year later, whenever I feel like letting up in practice I see him and I think, "Awh crap I can't let him down." Thats how I get my drive, those few five words. Thats what motivates me to get that all confrence title.