Personal Narrative: The New Volleyball Team

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The term passionate refers to any powerful or compelling feeling as to love or hate. Many Americans become passionate with one another, food, and also hobbies. I for one became passionate with volleyball. In fact, it is one of the top dangerous sports. I managed to make it through numerous of years with a few sprained and jammed fingers which were surprising. I became passionate when I was recognized by a high school coach at something I thought I was doing inadequately at. Meanwhile, over the time I have developed and was awarded the MVP award. In 2009 at West Middle School, I was in the eighth grade and heard that the school was having tryouts for the new volleyball team. Although I didn’t care too much about it, but my cousin Shantel and …show more content…
I would switch from defense to attacker during the game. I also stepped down from being a setter because it was stressful for me. It was like a chicken running around with your head chopped off. The overall senior year was the best year of all time. It was a long journey, but having the same teammate’s made it much easier because there was already a connection among us. We helped each other progress as the years moved on. At the end of the season, it was a bittersweet moment because everyone was going to different colleges to play volley. Once the season was over we had a ceremony to celebrate our accomplishments. I received the M.V.P. award because of my hard work and dedication I made towards myself and others. All I could say in my speech was “the sprained fingers were well worth it”. Through my years of volleyball, I’ve learned that everything you manage to do always starts with a trial and error. My error was going through a sport not knowing how to comprehend the concept of the game. As we all know that once you keep going through that trial it will no longer be an error it will become a progression. If you follow the basic steps and techniques you will enhance and continue to develop and become better in a matter of

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