Personal Narrative: Are You The Griswold High School Coach

Tonight was a game that determined the outcome of the season. Tonight they had to win. Tonight was the night where they had to improve their record. York High is a tough team full of many talented athletes, but lacking the knowledge of the game. Or so we thought. Walking into the locker room, you could feel the intensity of the guys. They knew that their season depended on tonight. It was their last night as freshman football players, it was their last night to make a name for themselves. They tried to play it off as if they weren't nervous, but I could tell otherwise. Dani, the injured guys, and myself had the water filled and ready to be loaded onto the bus in no time. Now it was just a matter of getting all the guys onto the bus. At 3:30 the bus arrived, and that meant game time would soon be approaching.

With a score of 44 to 37, the Varsity Football Team won against the Midway Panthers last Friday night at Waco.

As a freshman walk-on to the Football team, I had no idea what an impact it would have on my future. The skills I learned through football at NAU, such as perseverance, teamwork, the pursuit of excellence and the wisdom to overcome both physical and mental challenges, led me to find what I’m passionate about. Football at the college level is somewhat robotic, everyone hits the same, breaks the same, and even runs the same. There is zero personality in it. What I found through NAU though, is that I’m not identified as just an athlete.

It was a brisk fall evening, and my seventh grade youth football team and I had traveled to Aberdeen to play the undefeated Chiefs. We had worked harder and longer than we ever had that week to show that we were a threat in the league and ascend from our third place ranking. We knew it was not going to be easy; the Chiefs’ team had the fastest running back in our division, and they had scored more total points per game than any other team in the Southeast Idaho Youth Football League. The field was neater and greener than we had expected in this town. It was a great day for football, and I was with all of my best friends. I knew going in that it was going to be a learning experience whether we won or lost that night because the Chiefs were

A person that I could not stand, was my high school coach Ms. Burns, she had an awful personality, was unfair, and condescending. One reason why she had an awful personality was because she was arrogant and stuck up. When I would raise my hand in class or call out her name she would ignore me and act like I wasn’t there. Every time I would smile at her, she would look at me with a mean face instead, and if she did respond back to me she would talk to me in a rude way. Another reason why she was unbearable, is because she was unfair and careless, In class she would have everyone do pushups and planks, those were exercises I could not do because of an accident I had which broke my back and my elbow, every time I’d do the exercises my elbow would

I chose this particular activity because over the past two weeks, one of our assistant coaches has been really trying to work with us and engaging us in thinking about our teammates as a whole, rather than just ourselves. Each day, she has given us a couple quotes, and talked about leadership. She asked a rhetorical question saying, “Are you willing to go the extra mile for not only your teammates, but yourself. This to me in making me think about not only the big things that are going to happen on the court, but it’s the small things that are going to make it matter why I am performing the information she told me.

Arriving at the game, I could smell the sweet cut grass as the breeze carried it by. The sky was a light blue, almost faded and filled with puffy grey clouds. I walked onto the track seeing football players warm up and fans start to settle in the stands. It was going to be a good game.

My 6th grade team has been extremely helpful with students who have behavior issues and with discipline. We would have a meeting each six weeks (I feel the meetings should happen more often) to discuss students who were doing often and need recognition and the students who were struggling with their behavior. If any of us had any strategies on how to help the student(s) we would share with each other. Through out the six weeks if one of us felt we needed to have a parent teacher conference, we would check with everyone else to see what time everyone was available and would set it up as long as it worked for the parent(s). If someone felt that a student needed to be referred for a Care team meeting, they would get everyone’s input and then proceed.

High school athletics can form a bond that nothing else can. Throughout my high school career I have been blessed with the opportunity to participate in multiple sports such as cross country, basketball, and track. These sports have shaped my character in a way that nothing else has. It has taught me to stay loyal to those who push me to be better, it has taught me to encourage others when they think they can go no farther as well as the other way around, and it has taught me that the people you play with in high school will have an effect on your life forever. They turned me into a person that is willing to go the extra mile for someone, and they have turned me into a person that will not give up in the sight of

I am currently a student attending Grandville High School and am looking for my first job. Although I do not have actual work experience, I work well with people of all ages and have experience with organization and time management, skills I have learned from my 5 years of volunteering at the local library, helping with events such as carnivals, registering people for the summer reading program, and also promoting the library and its programs. This past school year, I have taken 3 honors classes, 1 A.P. class, 1 foreign language class, and participated in the school symphony orchestra. I worked hard to learn my material to keep up with the fast pace of my classes and finished the year with all A's. Outside of class, I play the piano and was

It all started when i was in fourth grade. It all changed what inspired me came by whole big dream that i wanted to be successful at. I was at school just a normal day, and it was times to go to PE, and my coach got out a circular ball that i had never seen in my life. It was kinda colorful, it had some weird word written on it, but i couldn't see from where i was standing. My coach handed us each one of these balls, and coach called them volleyballs. My coach told us what to do and what not to do, so i was at this net, and just gave the ball a high five because that's what he said to do. Coach came over to me, and kinda directed me through and told me it was called a serve. That day i went home thinking about it, and i decided i want to do

My coach once told me “take a challenge, take a risk because in order to improve you’ve gotta mess up in the process”. He told me to be able to be confident and that I can and will succeed. This gave me the boost of self confidence I needed on and off the court.

Used to the rude and impatient crowd in Chicago, my family and I anticipated to be at the airport for at least an hour, examining luggage after luggage until ours were found. It took us 15 minutes at most. Our next mission was to find a rental car agency. A few passengers from the flight realized we were a bit confused and that it was our first time in Arizona; one guided us over to a shuttle that would take us to an agency. After what felt like 5 minutes, the Jeep Wrangler rolled up, with my dad in the driver’s seat and a smirk on his face.

Almost two years ago, while everyone else was fixated on school, I could not believe what I was in the midst of. My soccer team was venturing to state for the first time in school history, boys or girls! Nothing will ever compare to that exhilarating moment. This experience showed me that hard work does pay off, and the friends that I made will last a lifetime. Having the opportunity to stand on the biggest stage in high school soccer was incomprehensibly elating. I will never forget the gripping time I persevered to the state championship.

I never thought I would have felt so much regret over a high school football game. This game, which happened to be my last high school game, has given me an entire new perspective on the game itself. This one particular football game got in my head emotionally and mentally and it definitely impacted me physically. Knowing that I got hurt and that we lost the game still haunts me to this day. Just thinking about how if I didn’t get hurt we could have won the game just makes me wish none of that would have happened.