Personal Narrative: My Experience At Tamiami Pool

When I was a a freshman at a public school in Miami, my parents wanted me to play a sport. They 'd been pressuring me the whole summer to play a sport, until I finally gave in and reluctantly decided to pick up swimming since I hate the feeling of sweat. At my school they did 't have a swimming team so I joined a local club swim team. Five days a week the team and I practiced at Tamiami Pool (public olympic size pool) coached by a college student named Murphy. The coach was a skinny, tall, and tan skinned young man with a short haircut. He was a relaxed man which really surprised me because i expected a tough and demanding coach. The first time I got in the pool I was embarrassed at how slow i was going, seeing as kids younger than me swam faster with just their legs. As months passed by i started progressing until i was able to practice with a tougher and faster group. This group that I practiced with was with the same coach, but much more a demanding practice. They made me run two to three miles everyday and …show more content…
There I met many friends who I got along with throughout the rest of my years there. Although after the season ended, I was introduced to the sport of water polo which I found much more fun than just swimming so i started doing that as well. Being a student at Columbus I noticed many things. First, the students and overall ambiance of the school was friendly and inviting. Unlike at Belen where students had cliques and were exclusive. Also the students at Columbus weren 't pretentious. Second, the school was much more academically rigorous than my previous school. I had to work harder than ever before. Third, I took advantage of the religious side of the school and got confirmed through the Catholic Church via Columbus. Religion also became one of my best and favorites subjects in school since it was a mandatory class that I had to take every