Personal Narrative: A Life Changing Experience As A Soccer Player

I can remember when I was fourteen years old playing in the Florida Soccer League becoming a very prominent player in the state. I was growing so much as player while making my coaches and family proud. I always was seen as a special player to all my coaches in Florida, but that would change in the eyes of other soccer coaches when I moved Georgia. This was a life changing experience for me because of the adjustments I had to make to my playing style. I never had to face so much adversity in the sport of soccer until I moved to Georgia.
It was January of 2016 when I arrived to the high school practice fields to tryout for the varsity soccer team. I had already been cut the year before so I was even more determination to make the team this year. Also, I performed well in preseason training so I was hoping for a better outcome. I had two days to try and prove myself to coach and accomplish a goal that I had failed to achieve to the year before. During the whole tryout I was so focused on proving myself to everyone that I deserved to be on the team rather than focusing on playing to the best of my ability. Tryouts had ended and again I made the junior varsity team and failed to accomplish the goal of playing in my high school’s stadium as a varsity player.
After a couple months the high school season was …show more content…
It was my chance to play at the highest level in the country. During the tryouts, my skills were sharp, all my passes were connecting and I was dribbling by players effortlessly. I could tell my skills had improved because I was performing at a high level against some of the state's best. After 2 days I made the team and that's when I knew all my hard work paid off. I finally had the same amount of confidence that I used to have back in Florida. After all those months of agony I learned that focusing on my goals rather than other distractions brought out my true