Baseball has and always will be a part of my life. Just like other activities, some seasons have been spectacular and others have been just average. But I have always had this certain drive in me to go through struggles and eventually come out on top among other competitors.
Sophomore year was supposed to be my year, my year to be the starting catcher on the varsity baseball team at Mary Persons High School. The baseball coach even said that in his own words. In the tryout, I did not perform as well as I knew I could have. That was due to the lack of effort that I had in the off-season, because I just thought that position was mine for the taking.
When the coach talked to the players individually about our roles on the team, …show more content…
I knew that I was better than what the coach thought of me, so that embarrassment changed into something new. It turned into motivation. Every night after practice I would hit extra in the batting cage and even in the morning before school. The drive that I had to succeed was incredible, and I never settled for anything less than what I knew I could do.
Sadly, as the season went on, I never got the starting spot I was hoping to get. But I had my junior year coming up, and I was not going to fall into the same trap that I did my sophomore season. The valuable lesson that I learned sophomore year is that practicing in the off-season is the most important part of baseball. I couldn't let the skills that I had fine-tuned, disappear over the period of not playing baseball. So every day in the off-season I did something involved with getting better at baseball whether it was running, throwing, or hitting in the batting cages.
By doing this I finally conquered the amazing feat that I faced. When the coach talked to us individually the next season he said that I got the spot as starting varsity catcher. It is safe to say that I didn't disappoint him, because I lead the team in RBI's and was a very important part of getting the team to the playoffs for the first year since
Sophomore year was supposed to be my year, my year to be the starting catcher on the varsity baseball team at Mary Persons High School. The baseball coach even said that in his own words. In the tryout, I did not perform as well as I knew I could have. That was due to the lack of effort that I had in the off-season, because I just thought that position was mine for the taking.
When the coach talked to the players individually about our roles on the team, …show more content…
I knew that I was better than what the coach thought of me, so that embarrassment changed into something new. It turned into motivation. Every night after practice I would hit extra in the batting cage and even in the morning before school. The drive that I had to succeed was incredible, and I never settled for anything less than what I knew I could do.
Sadly, as the season went on, I never got the starting spot I was hoping to get. But I had my junior year coming up, and I was not going to fall into the same trap that I did my sophomore season. The valuable lesson that I learned sophomore year is that practicing in the off-season is the most important part of baseball. I couldn't let the skills that I had fine-tuned, disappear over the period of not playing baseball. So every day in the off-season I did something involved with getting better at baseball whether it was running, throwing, or hitting in the batting cages.
By doing this I finally conquered the amazing feat that I faced. When the coach talked to us individually the next season he said that I got the spot as starting varsity catcher. It is safe to say that I didn't disappoint him, because I lead the team in RBI's and was a very important part of getting the team to the playoffs for the first year since