College Admissions Essay: My True Passion In Sports

Over the years I have gained a true passion for sports. It is something I do everyday. Without sports I am in a nonstop cycle of boredom. Now, I didn’t just magically pick up a baseball one day threw it around. I had to learn and practice consistently or I would not excel at any sport. To learn I needed a coach. This coach is someone very special to me, my dad. There is so much praise for how my dad has taught me all about sports. Ever since I was born, he wanted me to be an athlete. This is similar to Two Kinds where the mother wants her daughter to become a genius, but I prefer to play sports over the majority of activities in the world.

After one thrilling playoff baseball game with my dad was coaching the team I was on. My dad was so excited when we won the game in the tenth inning of a six inning game he started running towards the team. All of sudden he fell with no ability to stand up. He had to go to the hospital and it turned out …show more content…
Right when he started saying these they sounds very wise. It really just shocked me that he was extremely committed to the team. He didn’t have an important ligament in his body, but still went to coach the game. Unfortunately, we couldn’t pull out the win for my dad, but I can still recall most moments of the game because there was just that feeling in the air that the game was significant. My dad taught to be committed to your team, which is what another generation taught