Personal Narrative: My First Soccer Coach

Soccer is a huge part of my life, and a big part of a soccer team is the coach. The coach must make an impact on their players in order to make the players better. The best coaches will stay with you forever even if they are not your coach anymore. When I was younger and throughout middle school I only had one soccer coach my entire life. The coach I had for my entire life was my father, so getting a brand new coach during my first year of high school was quite scary. I had always been extremely close to my coach, obviously because he was my father, and getting another one that I may not be close to made me nervous. My father knew how I played better that anyone, and he also knew my strengths and weaknesses. Dad had a straightforward view of
He was a jokester who loved picking on people. He used to say to CJ, an older boy soccer player, “I guess your poofy hair helps with headers.” It was quite hilarious to listen to him pick on the older soccer players. He made everyone laugh which always lightened a serious mood. He was also quite sarcastic at times, so you had to learn when he was and when he wasn’t. Coach Yeargan also had his serious moments when it was time to get down to business, and it seemed like time stopped to pay attention to him. He demanded everyone to pay attention to him when the time came, but if you didn’t you paid the consequences by running rebel runs. He may seem hard on the outside, but once you get to know Coach Yeargan he seems like a giant teddy
My sophomore and junior year of high school my father, Coach Shaw, became my coach again. To my surprise Coach Shaw kept me where Coach Yeargan had put me. My dad is really happy I played that one year with Coach Yeargan because of how much I grew. I love having my father as my coach, because he is my all-time favorite coach, but I sometimes miss having Coach Yeargan as my coach. My senior year of soccer is about to begin, and I am quite sure I will keep my same position. Coach Yeargan isn’t completely out of my life, because I still use all of his tips and tricks he shared with me. The mentality he gave me is the same one I still have. Every single game Coach Yeargan still critiques me and tells me ways to fix my game. He cheers me on when I make a goal, and sometimes picks on me by saying it was luck, which it usually is. His favorite thing to say is, “Oh another lucky goal. All you do is kick the ball and hope it goes in.” I am thankful not only to have Coach Shaw helping me, but I also have Coach Yeargan with me. Not many players have two coaches, so I am