Football - The game that changed my life, the motivation for what i am today. Its my constant source of inspiration everyday. I dare not , to think what my life would turn out to be if i had not chose to step onto the football field on my first day in college. In school i was always ridiculed for being fat and slow which turned me into a nerd (not that i regret or anything but i hoped to be athletic too ) and made me play occasionally . In fact i had a bigger problem within me which was killing me slowly- I had asthma. No matter what medication i tried it just got severe and more problematic and being fat didn't help either. So getting onto the football field was on the first day was a huge step in my life towards a better health, a better character and a good happy term in college .
It was my first day in college and after the boring intros and meeting new people i decided i have to be on the Football team . So i went to the institute and was looking around for the football field and then i heard some rabble near the rear side of the institute. I asked a person about what all that commotion is all about and then he replied they were playing Football on that side of the grounds. Then i quickly went there to take a look and as soon as i reached the near the goalpost something just zoomed past my ears and i was stunned for a minute. Some guy called Carlos (the guy looked like hulk ! ) had kicked the ball and if it had hit my face at that mind blowing speed it would have broken my nose and i certainly would be knocked unconscious. The teams were already selected and they were playing 11 on 11 . I thought since it was an IIT and all i would have easy time getting into the team and man i was wrong.
I waited for my turn and hoped somebody would sub me in for their place, but every time somebody came out, immediately they picked another guy who was slimmer and hoped he would play well. It was like i was invisible to the captain's eyes. Finally my turn came, a senior came out because he got a phone call ( phew! ). The captain saw me and immediately made me play as the center back - Stopper . My heart beat was raising , i could feel it thumping in my chest , i was determined to show them i could play well. After some 5 minutes on the field finally i got a chance to kick the ball, the striker from the opposite team was dribbling the ball towards me and since i was the last man all my teammates were hoping on me to stop the ball , and i did it! . I just put my leg towards the ball and he tripped and the ball was up for clearance. Now the on thing i am good at is i got power, infact at that time i had more power in my legs than most guys in the college team. So i gave it a go and gathered all my power and kicked the ball as hard as i can and BOOM!! The ball went about 60 meters and everyone was stunned and then i was happy with myself. I knew then it will be one hell of a ride form then on.
~Football~My soul~ A blog by Aswin Reva .
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