Personal Narrative Essay
Athletic
It was my first year of high school and I thought about playing sports but never told anyone. All my friends were already into sports and I didn’t even understand it. First, I thought I would be too shy to play anything, I don’t like a crowd of people. Then I thought my weight and height would be a big issue, I didn’t even think I could get pass try outs. Everywhere I would go I would always be the shortest person. Eventually my thoughts changed.
After being in school for about a month I decided to try out for the volleyball team. My friends would always pressure me to come try out because they were a part of the team but I was just too scared. When I went to try outs I had no idea to what was going on, I was just doing what everyone else was doing. While practicing I still didn’t know the rules of the game I just thought someday …show more content…
I knew I couldn’t play in front a crowd of people. I didn’t want to try out for the team because I was so shy. Everywhere I would go I would be the quietest person out the group. I never talked to anyone unless they would speak to me. Playing volleyball really took me out my comfort zone.
After getting used to playing volleyball everything just felt so easy. I thought being that I was short I was getting cut from the team but they were actually happy to keep me. My height always made me feel like I was too short for everything. I never seen a short girl play in a volleyball team but, there are actually short girls that do play volleyball. After learning the game, the coach moved me to varsity with the well experienced players.
More and more as I played the game I enjoyed playing. I fell in love with a sport I didn’t know anything about. The more I played the more I learned. Everything became so easy after that. After volleyball season was over I went and try out for the softball team. I didn’t know anything about softball but I knew it would be
It was my first year of high school and I thought about playing sports but never told anyone. All my friends were already into sports and I didn’t even understand it. First, I thought I would be too shy to play anything, I don’t like a crowd of people. Then I thought my weight and height would be a big issue, I didn’t even think I could get pass try outs. Everywhere I would go I would always be the shortest person. Eventually my thoughts changed.
After being in school for about a month I decided to try out for the volleyball team. My friends would always pressure me to come try out because they were a part of the team but I was just too scared. When I went to try outs I had no idea to what was going on, I was just doing what everyone else was doing. While practicing I still didn’t know the rules of the game I just thought someday …show more content…
I knew I couldn’t play in front a crowd of people. I didn’t want to try out for the team because I was so shy. Everywhere I would go I would be the quietest person out the group. I never talked to anyone unless they would speak to me. Playing volleyball really took me out my comfort zone.
After getting used to playing volleyball everything just felt so easy. I thought being that I was short I was getting cut from the team but they were actually happy to keep me. My height always made me feel like I was too short for everything. I never seen a short girl play in a volleyball team but, there are actually short girls that do play volleyball. After learning the game, the coach moved me to varsity with the well experienced players.
More and more as I played the game I enjoyed playing. I fell in love with a sport I didn’t know anything about. The more I played the more I learned. Everything became so easy after that. After volleyball season was over I went and try out for the softball team. I didn’t know anything about softball but I knew it would be