Personal Narrative-I Anticipate In Football

All my life I have been very athletic and sports and other physical activities have always come so easily to me. I was a track star in middle school. After going into high school I tried football because all my friends were going to join. So I tried out I made the team but I got a concussion before our first game and after returning from my concussion I would get another one the very next day. So I ended up quitting football and tried out for track. I loved it at first but I was taking medicine to help my acne and one of the side effects was joint pain I pushed through it until it became unbearable and I went to the doctors they got me off of it but the pain was still there. So I ended up leaving track and just being a normal student. Over …show more content…
Being on varsity is a whole different level I’ve learned so much more and have gotten considerably better at the game I love. The only problem is all the natural talent and ability to jump was lost the summer before I started to play for varsity. During off season we participate in a spring league in which we scrimmage other teams. During this scrimmage I was passed the ball and as I was dribbling towards the basket a player for the opposite team was trying to take a charge, by doing so his knee hit just above mine tearing my VMO. I couldn’t play basketball for the whole summer, well at least I wasn’t supposed to. I was in a full motion constricting brace so I worked on stationary shooting and other easy basketball moves. After a while I was given more freedom and I was able to work on dribbling just a little bit. The days went on and I was cleared for light jogging. So once that happened I was in the gym working on all the skills I had lost. Then finally I was able play again it felt so freeing to be out of that brace. After being so accustomed to having a great vertical after not being able to jump for such a long period of time it was