Personal Narrative: My Physical Trainer

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My physical trainer once said, “The pain you go through now will turn into success in the future.” My entertaining trainer, Derek was an ally of mine. Having an ally is really important and great to have because it gives you someone to look up to, talk to, and learn from. Someone that is an ally is someone who is a good influence and helps you learn the right kinds of lessons. Derek, my trainer is my ally because I have learned from his teachings about work ethic and he has also helped me upgrade the health of my arm. Last year during baseball I almost tore my rotator cuff and my magnificent doctor had me visit him. I was very blessed to be able to work with Derek because he acquired my arm health back and even increased my arm velocity. I improved from 70 mph when I was 12 to 77 mph in one year, as of now I top out at 82mph. As I continued to go in the mornings to train he taught me life skills as well. Derek taught me about hard work, work ethic, and the importance of school. My amazing trainer Derek is my ally because he upgraded my arm health, velocity, and taught me life skills and lessons. A difficult situation to go through in my life was my rotator cuff injury. The summer of my 13u season I hurt my rotator cuff really bad, almost to the point where I could have torn it. I pitched in …show more content…
Derek helped and taught me how to take care of my arm and increase my velocity without getting hurt. My trainer fixed my arm angle and showed me how to use my lower half to take a away some of the pain from my arm. During this tough time he also talked to me about the metal side, he taught me many things about work ethic and how it can really help in the future. He said that if you are motivated and willing to do what it take you will do whatever you want in this world. Derek talking to me about these kinds of things made me feel very motivated and got me the feeling of just wanted to do great in anything that I

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