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Personal Narrative: Moving Away From A Club Soccer Team

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There will come a point in everyone’s life when they realize they are simply not good enough at a certain task. It is this negative energy that can fuel some and ruin others. When I was in 8th grade I simply was not good enough to make a club soccer team, but that heartbreak did not dissolve my desire to play, and eventually taught me lessons I will take to my grave. Getting cut from a team hurts, but as devastating as it is it does not have to define a person. In elementary school I was better than most at nearly any sport we would play in P.E., especially Soccer. It was in Middle School when things changed. Now most kids that played were playing competitively, including myself, but most of these others were taller, faster and stronger than I was. What I have noticed in my time around the game, American youth Soccer has a lot more to do with physical attributes rather than technical ones. I was, and still am, short and scrawny for my age which did not bode well for me despite my knowledge for the game. I managed to cope with this for two years, but then when eighth grade …show more content…

Taken the easy way out per se. I decided that would not be me though. Whether it was working out more often, or going for runs when I was unable to due to a broken wrist, I knew that only the joy of making a different team could replace the sadness of not making the original one. As a Freshman in highschool the thought of being on the Varsity team hardly ever crossed my mind. Varsity is the pinnacle of high school sports, and is generally only made of Juniors and Seniors. Though Juniors and Seniors are the usual make up of the team anyone that puts in hard work has a shot. I took that shot, and sure enough I made the team. Being one of only two Freshman to play Varsity Soccer had, in my eyes, all to do with the way I took failure on. This lesson is one that makes me appreciate what getting cut actually did for

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