First Practice At first glance Gary Gildner's pome "First Practice" seems very short, simple, and straight to the point. With the pome's boot camp like feel, it leads you to believe it is all about preparing fearless young men for war. There are certain points in the pome where the author uses militaristic traits and wording which again leads you to believe the pome in some way must be related to the military. Although the …showed first 75 words of 728 total…

…showed last 75 words of 728 total…relate to a first football practice it seems more like the first day at boot camp. Competitive youth sports and the military are very comparable and this is the message the author is trying to convey, foot ball and any other youth competitive sport is like the military to kids. You have to do what the coach tells you and If not you end up loosing the war. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** First Practice. By Gary Gildner