Experiencing Failure In College

Experiencing Failure Participation in sports has always been a part of my life. The first time I experienced playing a sport, I was five years old. Although my father was the coach for my team, after I had played for a few years, I decided that I did not like soccer anymore. At that time, I began playing football; I loved everything about that sport. After three years, I realized that I could not continue to play because I was not as big as the rest of the players. I felt like a failure. The next sport I attempted was swimming. Although I was a successful swimmer and actually made my high school swim team, I lost interest in the sport during my sophomore year. It was about that time when my passion for basketball began. I can remember the first time I ever stepped on the basketball court; that was the moment when I found my love for the game. I was in middle school and was playing on my church league’s Impact Basketball. Although I was only in the sixth grade at the time, I was playing on my brother’s team. All of the players were four years older than I and were freshmen in high school. That experience was influential
It was a valuable learning experience to play with people I had never met, to acquire skills of the game from college coaches and to play on a higher level. It was an exciting week because the team on which I played won the championship. We were the best team at camp and our names were added to the list of The Best Samford Basketball Camp players. All of these basketball accomplishments eventually led to the day I decided that I wanted to play basketball for my high school team. I knew going into the tryouts that making the team was not going to be easy. I was confident that I had put many hours of practice time and effort into training for this very day, and I was prepared to give it my