There is nothing I like to do more than play soccer. Unfortunately my soccer career has more often than not been filled with struggles. My struggles started in highschool when I failed to make the Junior Varsity team. This came as a surprise to me because just six months earlier I had been starting for my Middle School team. Unfortunately my confidence kept me from working out over the summer and it was my lack of fitness that got me cut. I remember coming home after I got cut and thought “don’t let this happen again”. My failure to make the team pushed me to train whenever I could. When many kids were playing videogames or staying inside I would be juggling, running, or working on my dribbling. When tryouts rolled around again I was ready. My hard work earned me a spot on JV.
My struggles continued into JV. Despite playing well I did not get a lot of playing time and had difficulty gaining the respect of my teammates who did not feel like they could count on me. Undaunted by these results I resolved to continue to work hard and push myself to new limits. Over the summer I spent my free time working on skills and my fitness. I ran suicides in 95 degree heat, did ladder drills, swam, did six-hundred sit ups every other day, and went on a mile run almost every day. …show more content…
After my great workouts over the summer I wasn’t just aiming to play on JV. I was striving to play on Varsity and so were my fellow Junior classmates. On the first day of tryouts my coach pulled together all of the Juniors and told us that many of us would not make Varsity and that if we did not want to play on JV that we should tell him now. I, unlike many other Juniors, told him that I would be willing to play JV. After several intense days of tryouts I was finally told what team I would play for. I had failed to make Varsity and would play another season on JV. The other Juniors who did not make Varsity declined the invitation to play
My struggles continued into JV. Despite playing well I did not get a lot of playing time and had difficulty gaining the respect of my teammates who did not feel like they could count on me. Undaunted by these results I resolved to continue to work hard and push myself to new limits. Over the summer I spent my free time working on skills and my fitness. I ran suicides in 95 degree heat, did ladder drills, swam, did six-hundred sit ups every other day, and went on a mile run almost every day. …show more content…
After my great workouts over the summer I wasn’t just aiming to play on JV. I was striving to play on Varsity and so were my fellow Junior classmates. On the first day of tryouts my coach pulled together all of the Juniors and told us that many of us would not make Varsity and that if we did not want to play on JV that we should tell him now. I, unlike many other Juniors, told him that I would be willing to play JV. After several intense days of tryouts I was finally told what team I would play for. I had failed to make Varsity and would play another season on JV. The other Juniors who did not make Varsity declined the invitation to play