Personal Narrative: Joining The Volleyball Team

When I entered high school, I was highly motivated to join the volleyball club called Air Attack. I was not accepted the first time. Despite my frustration, I strived to hone my skills in hopes of making it into the team the following year. Shortly before the second tryout, I sustained a knee injury. However, my doctor said it was not serious so I was undeterred from trying out again. During the second try out, I noticed that the coaches paid the most attention to those who were on the team before. Although I thought this was unfair, I still tried my best because I knew that I would be left with regrets if I gave up due to my perception. There will be times in life where biases are present and we, as the minority group, will have difficulty with equality, but that does not mean that we should give up on the things we are passionate about. We have to keep pushing forward.

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As the team captain of my school’s volleyball team, I believed that I had a high chance of joining. However, I was injured in September 2014. Believing my doctor when he said that it was just a bruise, I continued to play volleyball. It did not get better so I eventually received an MRI in August 2015 and learned that my ACL was torn. It was demoralizing to be told that I could no longer do anything exercise-related until my surgery. My operation was delayed until February 2016. After my surgery, I was bombarded with midterms and since all I could do was sit in bed and study, I was increasingly stressed and constantly felt like a burden. When I was finally allowed to take off my cast, I immediately underwent physiotherapy treatment. Although I am still in the process of healing, I am slowly building myself back for sports. As I think about my experiences, I realized that even though everything seems to be going downhill, and it feels like I have hit rock bottom, the only place I can go is