Personal Narrative: Track And Field Coach Jim Polite

Dedication is the one word that I can use to describe Jim Polite, my cross country and track and field coach my four years of high school. As I ran back to my car on Tuesday, while the rain was falling so hard that cars had to stop and pull-over to the side of the rode, I noticed one thing and that was that Polite was standing in the hard rain, still watching and making sure his athletes are performing well. This moment made me realizes that an interview was not going to satisfy what I needed to know about this man. So for the next few hours or so I stood by and observed what he was doing, saying, and how he was interacting with his athletes and coaches. Running was already something that was difficult for all the athletes, whether or not they were good or bad, and it wasn’t something that was easy to get into because it required a great amount of tolerance for pain. The best and most efficient way to make sure that people complete their work is to make sure that they actually do it, and that was what …show more content…
County Fair, but Polite was above all of that. He didn’t look for recognition for himself, rather he wanted to make sure that they athletes were always recognized because they were the ones that put in all the work, all he really did was pave the path for them and they had the opportunity to take that path. Polite is very unique from other coaches and people because he is a role model, someone that you would want to follow and shadow if you wanted to coach or teach. He had a different style than many of the other coaches and teachers and it brought him into the light. Understand people is one of the most powerful tools that a person can possess, it is something that Jim Polite was able to have, and allowed him to reach out to people that typically were hidden in the shadows of others or at a disadvantage, and was able to bring them out into the light of