Passion

My passion is lacrosse; every second of it feels like the first time I stepped foot on the floor. My heart gets beating, my adrenaline shoots through the roof and I love every moment of it.  Lacrosse isn’t just a sport played by a bunch of guys either, that’s the best part of it all, through out the season you become more than just a team, you become a family, and there is nothing better than playing your favorite sport with a bunch of brothers.

People often think lacrosse is a sport for goons, and that guys only play it to fight and hit people. It's a lot more than that; hitting and fighting are certainly a part of the game, you hit to get the ball and you fight to stand up for teammates. However, lacrosse isn’t about violence, it's about sacrificing your body for a teammate or blocking a shot to prevent the other team from scoring. These things aren’t easy to do either, it takes a lot of courage to block a shot or stand up for a team mate, but it also takes courage to catch the ball and run it up the floor. It doesn’t matter if you hold the ball for 2 seconds or 30 seconds, it doesn’t take long for a guy bigger than you to run in and cream you into the boards.

Now, the absolute best part of lacrosse is the feeling when you take a shot and you score, all of the excitement and joy rushes through your body, All of your teammates are screaming with happiness and fans are jumping out of their seats. All of the courage it took to get that ball and take a chance for a shot, and as soon as that ball leaves your stick all you can do it hope you hit the net, and hope that the ball sneaks past the goalie and smashes into the net. Once you hear cheering you know you did good, not only for yourself, but you did good for your family, and its something you get to be proud of for the rest of your life.

 

Lacrosse isn’t just a sport for me.  It isn't just about all of the running until you puke, the constant yelling from the coach, or the purple bruises all over your body. We don’t do it because we want to be cool or because someone said we should play, we play lacrosse for ourselves and we love every single second of it, and this is why I'm so passionate about lacrosse.

-Nick Herasemluk