Hannah Shinder Week 8- My life after not playing soccer anymore

    This year, I have made a hard decision to end my travel soccer experience. Every single second I was always playing soccer. My friends would text me if we could hang out and my answer was always: I can’t, I have soccer. While this was always very frustrating that I couldn’t experience a true weekend teen experience, I enjoyed traveling and doing something I loved. As I got older and soccer became more competitive, I felt that I was missing out on things I couldn’t experience if I continued to play competitive soccer. 


    Even though I ended a different lifestyle, it has opened my life to new opportunities. I now have the time to try new things. I never have to set my alarm for 6 am workouts on weekends. Now on every Saturday, I coach and teach 2 to 5-year-olds how to play soccer. Not only do I teach them how to kick a ball, but I am also teaching them life and leadership skills even at this young age. Every Saturday morning as I walk onto the field ready to coach, I look back and remember myself in my pink cleats walking up to the field and afraid to put my foot over the line. As I see these 2-year-olds so excited to kick a soccer ball and scream “Coach Hannah!”, I remind myself of the positives in not playing travel soccer anymore and instead, teaching kids from a young age life-long values. 


Discussion Question: Is there anything that you have done in life so far that has opened new paths for you as an individual?


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  1. Atara BerkowerNov 9, 2021, 10:22:00 PM

    It is amazing that you take your soccer skills to encourage and influence toddlers. As interesting as it sounds, math has opened a pathway in life for me. Since I am in AP calculus, I get asked by kids in my community to tutor them. I am given the chance to help them succeed in their math class which is something I enjoy, while getting paid for it.

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