Ever since being introduced into the sport of soccer, I have been changed by the learning experiences that I have endured through my endless determination to become a varsity soccer player. Junior year was in the midst and so were tryouts for soccer, during the winter season. So, I tried out and was selected into junior varsity. My season was very fine as I was a starter for either center back or striker. In the end of the season, during the banquet, the Varsity coach pulled me over to talk to me about next year, how he wanted me on the team, but I had to put in the effort. Therefore, I started preparing for the new season as I began to play in a recreational league during March and April to keep my soccer touch intact. I tried out for the Challenge soccer club after
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Now, although I made the team, playing time during our games was the next step to overcome, a step that became the biggest obstacle during the entire season since I was not a starter. I would try and do my best at practice, and not miss a single day of practice, or a single game. But after a while I thought that I wasn’t getting the playing time I deserved, so I decided to confront the coach and ask him what I could do to get more playing time. He told me that I should work on my touches. Thereafter I began to work hard to perfect my touch, but I continued to have minimal playing time. I could not bear the fact that I was not playing much even after all my dedication so, this time, my dad and I confronted the coach and found out there is competition and room for improvement. Ok, I do everything needed to show that I should get some more playing time. As we get closer to the play-offs, I see that I might not even play a single game during the course of those days after the games before playoffs. I confront him once more, and the end result was different as I did it alone. It was out of my comfort zone, especially since the coach was an intimidating person, but it was worth
Now, although I made the team, playing time during our games was the next step to overcome, a step that became the biggest obstacle during the entire season since I was not a starter. I would try and do my best at practice, and not miss a single day of practice, or a single game. But after a while I thought that I wasn’t getting the playing time I deserved, so I decided to confront the coach and ask him what I could do to get more playing time. He told me that I should work on my touches. Thereafter I began to work hard to perfect my touch, but I continued to have minimal playing time. I could not bear the fact that I was not playing much even after all my dedication so, this time, my dad and I confronted the coach and found out there is competition and room for improvement. Ok, I do everything needed to show that I should get some more playing time. As we get closer to the play-offs, I see that I might not even play a single game during the course of those days after the games before playoffs. I confront him once more, and the end result was different as I did it alone. It was out of my comfort zone, especially since the coach was an intimidating person, but it was worth