. Next came baseball witch he was not sure if he wanted to play or not but he did. And it flew by and was ok. He was ready for his junior season and wanted to be all state and get a ring. The season went great well beside the state in the first game of the season Jared tore his Medial Collateral ligament (MCL). This put him out for four games this is the first I’m he has ever missed a game in his whole career. After the injury it was really hard for him but he got back and started to play again. He was not back to full strength until the 14th game of the year which was there Simi finalist game witch with a win they would make it to the state championship game. With a great game my Jared and him team they made it to the state championship game in St. Louis Missouri at the Edward Jones Dome. The game was a great time for him it was so much fun to get to play there and by the end of the game the Spoofhounds came up just short. They lost the game by three points. The was such a terrible feeling for the team. It might have been every player in the locker-room crying besides Jared he put those feelings into anger and was determinate to win state in wrestling. A couple weeks later Jared got more bad news he had broken bone in his wrist in the state championship game. He could either take some time off and get it healed or just wrestle with it and that’s what he did. He taped it so tight ever single practice and meet just so he could wrestle. He ended up not doing to bad and made it to state. His goals were set high again for another year and they were achieved he ended up getting seventh again. This time he decided not to play baseball and get his wrist healed and just lift and concentrate on football because he wanted to play college football. The off season worked and he came in ready to go win the championship it was his last chance. His team and him worked their butts off and got all the way back to the state game even though they were picked not to even make it to the play offs after losing 20 seniors from the year before. This time they knew they were going to get it done. They did they won the game 35 to 0. This was amazing this was such a great feat they had done. The town was so happy. Next the college team in the town won the national championship so everyone called Maryville Missouri title town USA. With the ring on this finger and his dream complete he was ready to go do the same thing in wrestling. Even though it ended the same way his freshman year did a rip off in the district match to knock him off from going to state. Jared a couple weeks earlier Jared had signed to play football for Missouri Southern State University in Joplin Missouri, so he was not to upset. Even though wrestling did not go the way he wanted the next goal was in motion and he was ready to start college and go win another championship.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
why kids should be active part two for week of the 26th
Sports teach children about teamwork and about how their actions affect other people. If they can’t learn to work together with teammates while playing a sport they enjoy, how will they be able to work with co-workers they may or may not like while performing a job they may or may not enjoy? This is an important lesson to learn. Encourage your child to be a team player and, as a sports parent, keep tabs on whether or not your words and actions promote this trait in your child.
The fifth reason is so they can Develop Time Management Skills. Adding extracurricular activities to your child’s schedule encourages development of and time management and prioritization skills. Teach your child that taking care of responsibilities, such as school work and cleaning up after themselves, comes first. This gives them their first taste of prioritization. Next, help your child formulate a plan which enables them to efficiently handle their responsibilities while still leaving time for sports practices and competitions.For example, show your child how working on homework instead of playing outside during their after-school program helps them finish their homework in time for practice each day. Then go ahead and make that part of your plan.
The sixth reason is so they can learn About Dealing with Adversity early on in life. Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone has problems. How well you handle these mistakes and problems directly affects happiness and quality of life. Many people “get in a slump” and can’t get out of it. Others continue making the same mistakes over and over again. In sports, we always try to minimize errors, but we’re human. Mistakes happen. Even professional athletes make bad choices and make bad plays, but it’s not the mistake that counts. What you do from that point forward carries much more significance. If your child learns how to deal with adversity, errors, and challenges in sports, chances are, they’ll be able to translate that skill to real life and effectively minimize mistakes and/or bad decisions as well as competently recover from setbacks.
The last reason why kids should play sports is to Have Fun! Positive experiences play an essential role in raising a happy, healthy human being. Sports provide numerous opportunities for positive experiences both for your child as an individual, and for your family as a whole. “Sports parents” are blessed with the chance to watch their child have fun while learning and developing as an athlete and as a human being.
In conclusion today you have learned about the seven reasons why your kid should play sports. I know I always had fun when I was a kid playing sports and I know when I have kids someday they will to. Nope I hope you can get your kids involved and they can have as much fun as I did.
why kids should be active part one
Mickey Mantle said this “A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide."
The days are changing. Maybe not as noticeable to us but for those who came before us. Kids these days just aren’t playing sports like they use to. They all just stay inside on the coach playing Xbox and eating. This is bad news. I was a three sport athlete since I was in 1st grade still I was a senior in high school. Now I just play football and I’m a health promotion major. It kills me to see kids being like this. I know some of my best memories from when I was a little kid were when I was playing sports. Like my first hr, my first pin or the first state title in 6th grade. Sports teach you so many things that life doesn’t teach you as fast. Today I’m going to tell you about the 7 reasons why kids should play sports.
The first reason is to encourage a Healthy Lifestyle. Exercise teaches your child the importance of fitness. This, along with proper nutrition, plays a vital role in maintaining health. Children need physical activity every day and participation in sports helps fill this need. With today’s wealth of video games daily physical activity is often times forgotten. Getting your child involved with sports helps them make exercise a part of their lifestyle and increases their chance of a being a healthier adult.
The second reason is that being an athlete and playing sports Promote Self Esteem. When a child realizes that they are getting better and better at their sport, they can’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment. Choosing a sport your child can grow and improve in gives your child an opportunity to build self-esteem. Together, with positive reinforcement from you their parent, they will gain confidence and have a more positive view of themselves.
The third reason is to teach them how to set Goals. I’m sure you’ll agree goal setting and success go hand in hand. Participation in sports gives your child a fun, practical way to learn about goal setting. They’ll see, experience, and learn about how goal setting works. If your child’s coach doesn’t cover goal setting, that’s okay! You as a parent can sit down with your child and set goals. By assisting your child in developing this skill, you give them a better chance at succeeding in life.
The fourth reason is they Learn and Experience Teamwork. How often have you read a help wanted ad where the employer wants a “team player” or a candidate that “works well with others”? I see it all the time. How much more valuable are you as an employee when you can put differences aside and get the job done?
Story of a champion part 3
The first year of High school was good for Jared in the class room he got all A’s and B’s. This was good with balancing school work and sports. Football didn’t quite go the way Jared wanted. The high school just got a new head football coach and at the begging of the summer Jared got some playing time as a started on both sides of the ball. This was impressive for a freshman. By the time school came around and the season started the head coach decided that Jared wasn’t ready for varsity football; even though he was bigger stronger and faster than the started. Also Jared’s defensive line coach and the defensive quardinator fought for him it didn’t work and he had to play with the freshman. With the great success Jared class has had in the past they thought they would have went unbeaten or close to it but it was the opposite. They went 3-3-1. This really made Jared mad and he was ready for wrestling to start. He was the starting HWT, and Jared may have been young but he didn’t wrestle like it: he was fearless, cunning, and driven. By the end of the season he had the most pins and quick pins on the team and was one match away from making it to state. In his last match at districts there was questionable call by a referee and it lost him the match. Even though he didn’t make it to state he was ok with it and he was ready to play baseball. Baseball season didn’t quite turn out the way he wanted it to. Instead of playing first and third base like he always had beside when he was young he was asked to be the catcher after the two starters had got suspended for alcohol and drugs. Even though he had not played it since he was young he did a great job but it just wasn’t as fun as it use to be. Now that it was over and it was time to start looking forward to football again. Jared was named the starter and was the only under class man on the defense. He took this role well and played well and earned Honorable mention all conference. For the team they were one game away from making it to the state play offs and they lost by seven to the eventual state champs. That was the only close game they had on their way to winning state. With that being over Jared remember the disappointment form last year’s district and was pumped for the season. Jared was one of the team leaders and had the best record on the team with the most pins to match. This year he made it to state and was excited to get a medal. He was picked to finish fifth. After it was all said and done Jared need up getting seventh after not wrestling as well as he thought he would.
Friday, September 16, 2011
The story of a champing part one and two.
Story of a Champion blog part one and two
On a cool October morning Jane and Jeff had their second child; a little baby boy. They decided to name the child Jared. They decided on Jared because they liked the name and also now everyone in the family had the initials JD. The whole family was so happy to have a second blessing in their lives.
Jane couldn’t believe it had been five years already. The time was upon them for little Jared to start school. The first few days went slow but he started to make new friends and have fun. Plus if he ever had any questions his brother Jim could answer them. Jim was two years older and had a lot of experience. Besides tee ball Jared had not started playing sports yet but he was ready. One of the older kids on the bus that Jared and Jim looked up to told them about the sport of wrestling. They were both excited and though it would be lots of fun. Wrestling was tuff for both of them at first but they caught on fast. They started going to meets where they finished third and fourth; therefore it wasn’t too bad for just starting out. As elementary school went bye they both became some of the best in their age and weight class. Also as elementary school moved on as the competition became harder so did the classes. Third grade was finally here for Jared and he was really excited for school but also he was now old enough to start football. As practices went on Jared realized how much fun it was and because he was a little big for his age so he had to play offensive and defensive line. Also as practices went along he became the kicker. As the season went along it went pretty good and it became Jared new favorite sport. Wrestling and baseball season went by really fast as he was so excited for the next football season to start. This year went even better for Jared; he was doing great in the class room and making more and more friends. In football, wrestling and baseball he started to become better and stronger. This was his last year in elementary school and now it was time for Middle School.
Jared was really excited but so nervous at the same time. School work became al to harder in middle school and he had to work harder and spend more time on it. This meant that it took more time away from his athletics. Fifth and sixth grade were great years for Jared in sports. In Fifth grade his team won the championship this was the first time in Hounds history. Wrestling season was just as successful for Jared. He ended up going to the Show Me State games in Columbia, Missouri. He made it all the way the finals but ended up losing and bringing home silver. Baseball Season flew bye and it was time for football again. This year the Hounds won the championship. This back to back championship was the first in Hound’s history. Then in wrestling Jared was at the Show Me Games again and in the finals. He was determined to win it this year. He ended up losing in a close match and bringing home silver again. With that second place finish it qualified him to go to nationals in St. Louis Missouri. Again even on this national stage he made it the finals match, but yet again he brought home the silver. Even though he didn’t win it still is a great accomplishment. Next for Jared was seventh and eighth grade, which with the more freedom of growing up came more responsibility. With the next grades came hard work and more homework. With this he had to develop even more time management skills so he could get all his work done and still have time for sports. Now sports were affiliated with the schools. Now Jared was a Spoofhound. Seventh grade went by with a blink of an eye. Now it was time for eight grades. Football season was here and the games seamed to last forever because he never got to come off the field. He played both offence and defense and also being the kicker and long snapper. The season went by really fast and the Spoofhounds won all five of their games which crowned them conference champs. Wrestling was a lot of the same story for Jared. Though the regular season Jared went 34 and 0, now he decided to wrestle at USA Wrestling were he would wrestling the best HWT in the state. Four matches later Jared was standing in the tunnel of Mizzou Arena waiting to run out for the interdictions of the finalist. This match would be for the state title and be wrestled in front of 4,000 people. He was feeling really confident going into the match because he had already beaten the state champ from last year. Again like every other finals match he had been in he came home with the silver.
The next challenge for Jared was not on the gridiron or on the mat it was High School. This was going to be a lot different for him. In middle school all his classes were in the same area. Now it high school he had to walk clear across the school for some of his classes, and he only had five minutes to do it. Besides sports going into his first year of high school something that took up a lot of Jared’s was riding and training horses. This was not only fun it was a great stress reliever, and also it was a something they could do as a family. Horse training was kind of like sports it gave him a lot of life lesions like passion, compassion, trust, and hard work. All of these attributes helped Jared not only in life but sports.
why the biggest loser isnt just for losers!!
The Biggest Loser, Not Just for Losers
The scale jumps around from number to number as the team and trainers wait in suspense. As the number jumps around the contestants thinks back to his workout that week; wondering if it was enough. Still the numbers jumping around as now he thinks back to his food choices for the week. As the number finally stops, the show breaks for commercial. Everyone should watch The Biggest Loser.
First, The Biggest Loser is life changing. When contestants come on The Biggest Loser campus most of them are significantly over weight. Being this much over weight causes many of them health issues. Some come in with diabetes, hypertension and some even sleep apnea. These diseases and issues are drastic and life changing. With The Biggest Loser it changes lives by helping the contestants change to lose the excess weight and decrease the extra life’s that the extra weight added.
Secondly, The Biggest Loser is life Style Changing. To change the contestant’s lives we first have to change their life style. They come in with no workout history and no portion control ability or even knowing what healthy food is. Every day on the ranch is life style changing for these people. When we take a four hundred pound man and take two hundred pound of him and teach him how to keep it off we are giving him years back of his life that he can spend with his children and grandchildren.
When we watch The Biggest Loser we see many different cultures; however, I’m not just talking about whites and blacks. I’m talking about the Tongans’, they are historically obese communities, but now The Biggest Loser is trying to change that. Over the past three seasons there have been six Tongans on the campus. All six are success stories and have stayed on the show for a long time. With these six being successful they are inspirational for a Tongan community as a whole.
Speaking of inspirational, this is what The Biggest Loser is all about. We get to see over the years hundreds of contestant’s losing hundreds of pound ever year and that doesn’t inspire the United States to stop being the most obese country in the world, because we know what it does. Now every week when I watch The Biggest Loser like everyone should we could see different new things to help us lose weight and live better lives. We would not have this inspiration without The Biggest Loser.
The commercials are over; the show finally comes back on. The numbers are bouncing around still, the camera turns to look at the contestant’s faces as in slowly turns back to the scale as the number finally sticks. We hear gasps from every one as we see their faces of disbelief. As the camera turns back around we see the number. The contestant lost twelve pounds this week which put him over one hundred pounds lost this season. As the TV watchers we see the contestants change their lives every weak and every year. We see their life styles change from poor to great. We see the rich cultures that change and they finally see its ok not to go up for seconds. Lastly we see the Inspiration ever week. We as Americans are the fattest in the world. We need to get off our butts and get to work on losing weight. The only time we can sit down is to watch The Biggest Loser. We need to learn from what they do, and we also need to get everyone’s friends up and move. We need to put the controller down and go play games for real not just on the Wii.
Why teens shouldnt drink
The national center on disease and substance abuse says that 80 percent of high school students have tried Alcohol. For some of you this may be a shocker. But on the other hand for me this is no surprise. Growing up in a small down were High School kids new college kids it was very easy for them to get alcohol and to have parties with it. It seemed like every weekend there was something going on where there was going to be alcohol involved. Many kids would give into the peer presser and go drink and have fun. That sounds all good but when you have immature teenagers with alcohol that doesn’t lead to good things. I remember in high school there must have been five driving while intoxicated (DWI), and also at least ten Miner in Possession (MIP). This may be also an alarming number but it was just the live style for me in High School I was around it all the time. But unlike most I didn’t give in to the peer pressure. It was not only good parenting but also I knew what alcohol does to the body. First off when you start drinking it can alter your mood, behavior or even your vision and hearing. Then once you start to drink more and more your brain starts you change and it become intoxicated. This isn’t good for a teen’s brain that is still developing. This was one of the reasons I didn’t drink when I was in high school. The next reason I didn’t drink and you shouldn’t either is if you’re an athlete and your trying to build muscle. The first reason why it affects your muscles is that alcohol in excess slows down your protein synthesis by twenty percent. The next reason is that alcohol increases your estrogen levels and decreases your testosterone levels. Which in lifting and gaining muscle is a bad thing because testosterone is one of the biggest parts including protein of how your muscles get bigger and stronger? Also alcohol causes dehydrations which are bad for any athlete because it could cause you to get craps or even pass out. The next reason is that it depletes your vitamin and mineral content in your body. These are very essential in building muscles so without them you’re not going to get great gains. The last reason is why alcohol is bad if you’re an athlete and trying to gain muscle is that it increases fat storage. This is where the joke of Beer belly comes from because when someone drinks a lot of beer the mid section gets bigger from the beer increasing their fat storage. Finally the last reason why I didn’t drink in High school and you shouldn’t either is because of all the money you spend on fines if you have to pay if you are hit with a DWI, DUI or even A MIP. The ticket can range from 200 dollars up to 3000 dollars and I just didn’t have that kind of cash lying around. These are some of the reasons why I dint drink in High school and other teens shouldn’t either.
Friday, September 2, 2011
2nd post
what i like to do when im home is ride my 3 horses. i always had fun growing up training and riding horses when i wasnt doing sports.
1st post
there is not a whole lot going on with me right now im just busy with mssu football. and working on getting better in that and working on gaining knowlage in my field
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