Personal Narrative: Varsity Soccer Team

Failure is all around us, for most of us it is a daily occurrence even with little things like failing a quiz or missing a shot in your game. I used to let my failures define me and who I have been especially when I failed to make the Varsity soccer team my junior year. I believed I worked hard and I should have been able to accomplish this goal of mine. I worked hard throughout the summer and tried my hardest to keep up with the other girls so I would make Varsity. I believe I overcame this failure by continuing to play on the JV soccer team my Junior year and working as hard as I could to become a better player. With playing JV I became a leader on and off the field which I would not have got the opportunity to do if I had made Varsity because I would have been sitting on the bench more than I would have actually been playing soccer, not …show more content…
Talking with these girls on and off the field helped me learn the individual skills, they all had to use on the field to help achieve the team goal of winning. After the season, I realized that it was a better decision for me to play on the JV team because I got a chance to play harder, to play more and to improve myself. Also I got the chance to increase my skills to meet my goal to make Varsity my senior year. Failing now makes me want to work that much harder to meet my goal as a senior and not just give up or call a quits. I believe that my failure was small in comparison to others failures, but yet again I was only a junior in high school. My failure helped me have a different experience than I would have if I had been on Varsity. The JV team was undefeated that season and I was a big part of that being a returning player and helping the younger girls get used to high school soccer and work as a team to accomplish the goal of being the best we could