Personal Narrative-Back To The Classroom

Ever since I was a little girl I’ve been in volleyball. I’ve meet and played with many other teammates. I’ve also learned from them, even when we we’re different we would put aside our differences and bring teamwork to the table. Number one rule in being different is to never give up on yourself or change. All my life I’ve learned to interact with teammates that are very different from me. They have different ways of seeing things, their attitudes, their teamwork, etc. Once I joined in middle school it was not as hard as it seemed. The girls I was put with seemed difficult to get along at first, once we spent most of our time together it all ended falling into place. I learned to never give up even when I would spend most of the time being on the bench, until we were winning that’s when I would play, but I didn’t mind it. I would always be there for them when they needed a hand. Motivation is what kept me going and what kept them going when I would cheer them up …show more content…
It made me wonder if I was good enough, if I ever was going to play. My freshmen year when I joined volleyball I struggled to get along with the girls, because they didn’t come from the same middle school as me, they were rivals in middle school, they were so used to winning and being on top. They would always play since they would never be on the bench like me, when all I would do is cheer up my teammates. As I improved and showed my Coach I can play, it was hard for me to adjust to the ways they played. All the practices we had made me into a better player. Sophomore year was the year I proved everyone who doubted me wrong. From not playing my freshmen year, I got moved to Varsity. No one thought I would ever make it that far. I wouldn’t play much but when I would play I had the chance to play more than some seniors in the team. Everyone ended up getting along with me and we ended up having a great team and very successful