Personal Narrative: My First Junior Varsity Football Team

It was the end of my sophomore soccer season on Junior Varsity. We didn't win a single game and got blown out by large margins game after game. It hurt me to leave the field on our last game with so little success in the entire season. I was deeply disappointed and wanted deep down to have more success . I knew next year was different I was going to pour my heart and soul and make the Varsity and move on from this year. Thats what I did the next summer I showed up and early to every day of workout. I trained and trained on and off the field because I knew that was the only way I was going to get the results I wanted. I knew that with every lap and every push up I was making myself and my team a little better a small bit at a time. At the end of the summer workouts ended and tryouts started. It …show more content…
I felt that all my hoped and dreams in this world had been crushed by one decision. Soon after the first Junior Varsity practice I was no longer upset but motivated. I thought how lucky I was to be given an opportunity to play a game at any level and that I have a chance to help redeem the team from last year. This year I changed my mindset from losing to be improving each day. I put so much time and effort into a sport that I love and was going to play with as much heart as possible. That season we ended up winning a few games and almost went on to a 50 percent winning average. During this whole ordeal I learned many valuable lessons one of the most important lessons I learned was integrity. I learned to never give up even when things don't go your way many times. It may not even go your way the first or second, but a great deal of times. What really matters is that you have to never give up and keep grinding until you finally break trough. In addition I learned to never take things for granted. That first victory I got Junior Year was one of the sweetest things I have ever tasted in my entire