Personal Narrative: A Career In High School Football

Being five foot eight inches tall isn’t a bad thing, unless you’re trying to play 8A high school football. Playing football at such a high level and at my size is extremely challenging. It took me some convincing at the lunch table, and after the first couple spring workouts I realized how much effort I would have to put in to make it. Through hard work and effort along with a lot of food and protein I made it on the junior varsity team. I played well in JV, so my junior year I was moved up to varsity which is a completely different league of its own. Immediately the workouts became more intense and the physical demands skyrocketed. My whole mind set shifted 3 games into the season, that’s when I chose to switch positions to maximize my chances for play time. This decision made all the difference and paid off big, through my struggle I grew and became stronger then eventually prevailed. …show more content…
A lot of my friends chose to join “Blue Crew”, this is the schools famous fan section known for being excessively rowdy. I was more interested in playing on the field and not watching from stands. This is when my interest in playing high school was sparked, a couple of my friends who I ate lunch with were also thinking of trying out. My best friend Mikey who had been playing football for years began convincing me saying things like “Come on you’ll be fine.”, “It’s not that hard.” and last but not least “Dude, Girls.”. That was all it took, next thing I know I’m on the field stretching out with the best crop of players to come out of my school in years. I quickly realized it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park like my friend had