High School Volleyball Research Paper
A time I experienced failure was during last year’s school volleyball season, when I was a junior. I had worked hard throughout the season and towards the end of the season it all went downhill. It started with my coach talking to me about swinging down to JV, this had happened a little over half way through the season. He said it was a good opportunity to play more, I saw it more as an insult since I had been full on varsity up until then. I had worked my butt off to earn my spot and in my heart I felt like I deserved to be only varsity. He respected my decision not to swing, but soon after that he started to play me less and less in games. Eventually he stopped playing me in general; this happened for the last four games of my junior season.
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After the second game I asked him why I wasn’t playing, his response was that my skill level had dropped from earlier in the season. He told me that I had hit a peak in the middle of the season and now I wasn’t playing good anymore. My natural response to it was to practice harder and that’s what I did for the rest of the season, I even got recognized for it by my coach one time. It still wasn’t enough though. I still didn’t play for the rest of the season.
Once the season was over and talk of club was present, my coach asked me what my plan for club was. I told him I was planning on trying out for the 18s team for Rimrock VBC. What he responded with shocked me; he asked me when my birthday was and told me I could possibly play for the 16s team. He was implying that I wouldn’t make the 18s team and that got under my skin. By the time of club tryouts, I was so bummed out from how my coach had treated me during school ball that I seriously considered never playing again. He had made me feel like I wasn’t a good enough player and was unworthy of playing on a higher team. Luckily a friend had convinced me to go to club tryouts and I ended up making that 18s team that my coach didn’t think I would make. It gave me such a boost to know that I proved him wrong. That thought of proving him wrong motivated me to push myself to get better throughout that club season. It ended up working and I became a way better player than I had ever been. That season had helped me improve my skills and even boost my confidence way up, partly because I had worked so hard but also because my club coach believed in me and pushed me to better myself instead of giving up on
me. So what I learned from that experience of failure was that I should never give up no matter how much I get put down. I learned that with the right attitude and support, I could reach my full potential. I also learned that I am worthy of accomplishing whatever I set my mind to and that nobody can tell me otherwise.
After the second game I asked him why I wasn’t playing, his response was that my skill level had dropped from earlier in the season. He told me that I had hit a peak in the middle of the season and now I wasn’t playing good anymore. My natural response to it was to practice harder and that’s what I did for the rest of the season, I even got recognized for it by my coach one time. It still wasn’t enough though. I still didn’t play for the rest of the season.
Once the season was over and talk of club was present, my coach asked me what my plan for club was. I told him I was planning on trying out for the 18s team for Rimrock VBC. What he responded with shocked me; he asked me when my birthday was and told me I could possibly play for the 16s team. He was implying that I wouldn’t make the 18s team and that got under my skin. By the time of club tryouts, I was so bummed out from how my coach had treated me during school ball that I seriously considered never playing again. He had made me feel like I wasn’t a good enough player and was unworthy of playing on a higher team. Luckily a friend had convinced me to go to club tryouts and I ended up making that 18s team that my coach didn’t think I would make. It gave me such a boost to know that I proved him wrong. That thought of proving him wrong motivated me to push myself to get better throughout that club season. It ended up working and I became a way better player than I had ever been. That season had helped me improve my skills and even boost my confidence way up, partly because I had worked so hard but also because my club coach believed in me and pushed me to better myself instead of giving up on
me. So what I learned from that experience of failure was that I should never give up no matter how much I get put down. I learned that with the right attitude and support, I could reach my full potential. I also learned that I am worthy of accomplishing whatever I set my mind to and that nobody can tell me otherwise.