I was sitting on my computer the day after soccer tryouts, as a junior, waiting to find out if I made Junior Varsity or Varsity. I was texting my friend, who was a junior and had tried out for the team too. We were both saying we knew we were going to be put on junior varsity again. Although we felt that way, I knew that we deserved to be on varsity.
Finally, the email came in and I didn’t see either of our names on the varsity roster. Our names were on the junior varsity roster. I was devastated and upset. I thought to myself, This sucks. Who wants to make junior varsity as a junior? Everyone knows that it’s normally freshman and sophomores on junior varsity and juniors and seniors on varsity. I felt embarrassed that I made junior varsity as a junior, but I didn’t quit. I thought about quitting but I stayed, because I love soccer and I really liked the junior varsity coach. A couple days into the practices my friend still wasn’t happy. I could tell that she didn’t want to be there. She eventually quit and told the coaches her heart wasn’t in soccer anymore. I was upset, because she was my closest friend on the …show more content…
I felt good about how I was doing. My fitness was up and my soccer skills were great too. As tryouts got closer I became even more worried about not making varsity. Everyone told me I would make it, but I still was unsure. When tryouts came along I knew I had to impress the coach. I put so much pressure on myself that during the first session my touches on the ball were subpar. The varsity coach even told me that I needed to relax and not be nervous. After hearing his comments I said to myself, You are good enough. Don’t be nervous and just play your game. By the end of the tryout, I had done really well. I got a lot of assists and a couple of goals during our scrimmages. Even though I felt good about how I played I still felt that I would be
Finally, the email came in and I didn’t see either of our names on the varsity roster. Our names were on the junior varsity roster. I was devastated and upset. I thought to myself, This sucks. Who wants to make junior varsity as a junior? Everyone knows that it’s normally freshman and sophomores on junior varsity and juniors and seniors on varsity. I felt embarrassed that I made junior varsity as a junior, but I didn’t quit. I thought about quitting but I stayed, because I love soccer and I really liked the junior varsity coach. A couple days into the practices my friend still wasn’t happy. I could tell that she didn’t want to be there. She eventually quit and told the coaches her heart wasn’t in soccer anymore. I was upset, because she was my closest friend on the …show more content…
I felt good about how I was doing. My fitness was up and my soccer skills were great too. As tryouts got closer I became even more worried about not making varsity. Everyone told me I would make it, but I still was unsure. When tryouts came along I knew I had to impress the coach. I put so much pressure on myself that during the first session my touches on the ball were subpar. The varsity coach even told me that I needed to relax and not be nervous. After hearing his comments I said to myself, You are good enough. Don’t be nervous and just play your game. By the end of the tryout, I had done really well. I got a lot of assists and a couple of goals during our scrimmages. Even though I felt good about how I played I still felt that I would be