Personal Narrative: My Role As An Assistant Coach

I have had several positions that require responsibility in my life, but one that stands out was a recent experience. Two years ago I had the privilege of helping coach a team of high school boys as an assistant varsity basketball coach. This job permitted the opportunity to give back to others in showing how dependable, and reliable I could be as well as share skills to others in a sport dear to my heart.
In high school when I played basketball I used to always believe the coaches had an undemanding and enjoyable job, but what I soon learned was that coaching can be fun but has much responsibility attached to it. This job was going to assist me in being a responsible person. My most important tasks in this job were to arrive at practice on time, facilitate and maintain the practice time was on schedule, provide help to those who requested, and dress with a professional appearance for games. If any of these were missing, then I would be lacking in the duties of upholding my responsibility as an assistant coach. My time as an assistant coach taught …show more content…
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