Small and Speedy Finds Way To Success

By: Broderick Snoddy

Once there was a little boy name Broderick who

wanted to play football. So one day he and his

mother were sitting down at the dinner table.

Broderick said to his mother, “I want to play

football.”

Broderick was small compared to the other kids.

Because of his small size he had to play a year of

flag football before playing tackle football.

When he got home from practice he said, “Mom,

why can’t I play tackle with the big boys?”

She said, “One day, son. Just stay focused because

you can do anything you put your mind too.” As

Broderick was listening to his mother he imagined

himself playing tackle football. He knew at that

moment to be successful, he would need to be

focused and work hard.

Broderick was working on his skills to play tackle

football he was introduced to another sport that he

thought he would be better at. That sport was running

track.

When Broderick was running track he started

winning first place medals. By winning first place

medals Broderick started to feel good about

himself, like he could do anything, just like his

mother told him.

Even though Broderick was really good at running

track, he wouldn't let anything stop him from his

goal of playing tackle football. Finally he reached

eight years old and he could play tackle football.

In his first year of playing tackle football he did

well running the football. When Broderick got

older he started to understand the game more.

At the age of ten his running skills were so good

that he was invited to play in an all star football

game at the Georgia Dome.

During the game at the Georgia Dome some-

thing spoke to him and said, “You can actually

be a great football player if you stay focused

and stick to it.”

From that day forward Broderick kept playing

football and got better each day.

Broderick stayed strong and kept reaching for his

goal to be a great football athlete. He knew if he

was a great football athlete he would receive a

football scholarship to attend college.

Broderick was small and speedy and listened to

his mother, which helped him reach success.

Credit

Thanks to these people:

Mother– Lynn Snoddy.

Atlanta Falcon youth department- Walter Dunson.

Unknown photographers for pictures of me used in this book.