Topic > My Personal Basketball and Football Experiences

The feeling of my knee bone snapping during practice knowing the injury would cause me to miss a few games early in the season. My official visit to Wake Forest University and seeing a dead body in the healthcare building and also hearing the coaches tell me, "We're offering you a full athletic scholarship to attend Wake Forest." Finally, my last high school football game ended in a playoff loss to Lamar High. All of these memories affected me in the way that Coackley states: “to change or end sports participation.” Getting injured was a quick way to realize that anything can happen and how suffering from an injury could put an end to sports participation. Getting a scholarship immediately made me think about the influence and encouragement of my friends and coaches regarding participating in football. After my last game in high school made me realize that I can't play football forever and that it will end sooner or later