Stanley Travis Podcast- Short Intro to my Experiences in Football

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This is a short podcast of my football experiences growing up.

Motivation

This video is moving to me. Don't mind him yeling after all football is a contact sport that helps us athletes release some anger from time to time.

Slideshow

This is a little slideshow I put together showing that football helps develop traits that some people use in life.

Being Generous

Here's a video of Montana State football players helping the Sunshine Camp by volunteering to help them with construction and rebuilding of the camp.  The camp itself runs off of donations and gifts so the Montana State football players are doing most if not all of the labor for free.  This is another example of teamwork and generosity that football displays.

Life Lessons

http://youthservicesslc.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/football-and-life-lessons/

Here's a link to website that explains how coaches use football to teach life lessons to youths.
Enjoy.

The Right Path

For some people including myself, football was a way out or in other words a way to get away from certain things.  Whether it be family problems, the neighborhood you live in, or the school you go to football is a way for you to release some stress and just let everything go.  Here's a video where an ex-con is trying to keep youths off the street and help keep them on the right path.

Helping Hand

Here's an example of teamwork.  The University of Arizona football players are working together to accomplish the goals on the Leadership Reaction Course at Fort Huachuca.  Teamwork on the field travels off the field because the football team is like a family and teamwork is something that family does.  Stick together and get things accomplished as a team.

Teamwork

Yo know many people may say that football doesn't teach kids anything other than to hit anybody with a football.  But they are wrong, one valuable lesson I learned was the value of teamwork.  See I was a hard headed kid, I didn't like to work with other kids because I liked to everything on my own.  Football is a team sport so working alone isn't such a good idea.

Not being interactive and working alone put me in a place I never wanted to be... THE BENCH!  I didn't know any of the plays and since I worked solo I never asked for help and continued o mess up.  I was one of the best athletes on the team, but I couldn't play without knowing the plays.  I quickly changed my act and once I did hat things quickly turned around.  I started asking for help, started going over plays, and actually started to become a team player.

So in the end I learned that working with others isn't that bad and there may be times where I can't do everything by myself so help is a good thing.

Hazelwood Central High School

Hello everybody, this is where my football career started.  From my freshman year in high school till now I've been a dedicated football player.   Hazelwood Central is one of the main reason's I am the man and football player I am today.
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Welcome to my blog

Hello, my name is Stanley Travis.  I am a current student-athlete at Washburn University.  I have been playing football for about seven years and I've loved every minute.
The purpose of my blog is to share my football experiences and explain how I used my football experiences in real life.