Terrah Moshier
Presswood
Hour 1
10, October, 2017
The Journey Working hard and putting in the effort actually gets you somewhere. I learned that throughout the past years playing volleyball. I looked back on the years that I played high school volleyball and I can see a huge difference in the way I play now.
It all started when I was in eighth grade. I was at high school tryouts as a middle schooler and I was so nervous that my body was shaking from my head to my toes. Once I started competing, my jitters died down. I participated in a lot of drills at first and then we all played a couple games at the end. Tryouts lasted three days. When tryouts were over, I went home and my shirt was not even drenched in sweat. I felt like I did not give …show more content…
I was the starting Libero initially for the JV team until the unimaginable happened. I broke my finger and was not able to play for a month. Obviously, I lost my spot as the starting Libero due to this injury. Even though I could not fully play, I would still persuade the coaches to let me play a little bit in practice. After my injury healed, I was cleared to play again without restrictions. I would do repetitions and I would work really hard in practice. I improved my status by earning a position in the games because I put in the effort and worked extra …show more content…
The tryouts lasted three days again. This time it was in an extremely hot and humid gymnasium. It was so hot and humid that when I dove for a ball, I stuck to the floor like a housefly sticks to flypaper. Normally, I slide across the gym floor like a hockey puck slides across the ice. I put in a hundred percent effort at tryouts and when we were done, my shirt was soaked in sweat. It was so wet that it was like I could wring out a whole lake with my drenched shirt. I challenged myself to work even harder and do better than last year and I improved my status again. I made the Varsity team as a freshmen. Although I was not a starter, I did get a few opportunities to play in the games which was a big accomplishment to me. During the season one of the starters got hurt, so I was a starter for like three games. I proved myself on the court that I was a competitor and deserved to be a starter.
This year, I wanted to be a starter and not just sit on the cold, depressing, dark bench. I worked extra hard by going to camps and doing drills. In the drills I had to run down balls and it felt as if I were running forever. My hard work and enthusiasm earned a position on the Varsity team again. Now, I earned the starting Libero position as a sophomore, even beating out a senior for this
Presswood
Hour 1
10, October, 2017
The Journey Working hard and putting in the effort actually gets you somewhere. I learned that throughout the past years playing volleyball. I looked back on the years that I played high school volleyball and I can see a huge difference in the way I play now.
It all started when I was in eighth grade. I was at high school tryouts as a middle schooler and I was so nervous that my body was shaking from my head to my toes. Once I started competing, my jitters died down. I participated in a lot of drills at first and then we all played a couple games at the end. Tryouts lasted three days. When tryouts were over, I went home and my shirt was not even drenched in sweat. I felt like I did not give …show more content…
I was the starting Libero initially for the JV team until the unimaginable happened. I broke my finger and was not able to play for a month. Obviously, I lost my spot as the starting Libero due to this injury. Even though I could not fully play, I would still persuade the coaches to let me play a little bit in practice. After my injury healed, I was cleared to play again without restrictions. I would do repetitions and I would work really hard in practice. I improved my status by earning a position in the games because I put in the effort and worked extra …show more content…
The tryouts lasted three days again. This time it was in an extremely hot and humid gymnasium. It was so hot and humid that when I dove for a ball, I stuck to the floor like a housefly sticks to flypaper. Normally, I slide across the gym floor like a hockey puck slides across the ice. I put in a hundred percent effort at tryouts and when we were done, my shirt was soaked in sweat. It was so wet that it was like I could wring out a whole lake with my drenched shirt. I challenged myself to work even harder and do better than last year and I improved my status again. I made the Varsity team as a freshmen. Although I was not a starter, I did get a few opportunities to play in the games which was a big accomplishment to me. During the season one of the starters got hurt, so I was a starter for like three games. I proved myself on the court that I was a competitor and deserved to be a starter.
This year, I wanted to be a starter and not just sit on the cold, depressing, dark bench. I worked extra hard by going to camps and doing drills. In the drills I had to run down balls and it felt as if I were running forever. My hard work and enthusiasm earned a position on the Varsity team again. Now, I earned the starting Libero position as a sophomore, even beating out a senior for this