Personal Narrative: My Volleyball Team At Island Coast High School

Middle school is a time when kids attempt to figure out how they fit in, and that is exactly what I was looking to do when I started playing volleyball. I was in seventh grade when I decided to try out, and it was only because my best friend was playing. Little did I know just how organized and complex the game was; I just assumed volleyball was a more intense version of “don’t let the balloon touch the ground.” I never thought that I would become so passionate about this sport that it would have an impact on my character.

Starting high school was nerve-wracking for me just like everyone else. I had made the Varsity competition cheerleading team as the first Freshman to do so. I was also one of the first three Freshman to audition and make it into the Wind Ensemble, the top band. Being a Virtual Performing Arts School, where arts are weighed as college courses, it was very competitive to get in. I was surrounded by upperclassmen on both ends of the spectrum and was determined to prove myself.

I had spent most of my childhood happy, without much pain or adversity; as a result, the moment I learned I did not make the Junior Varsity volleyball team my freshman year, I was especially devastated. When I showed up on our first day of tryouts I was excited. I looked forward to playing volleyball all summer with my friends. I worked hard, and I felt really confident at the end of the two weeks; certain that I had made the Junior Varsity team. The coaches took me to a secluded room and sat me down to explain which team I had made. I was almost already thanking them, not realizing that they were telling me, "We think that your skills at the moment would shine best on JV2; work on your technique and practice being a leader.”

I was born to run. I adore the feeling of aching legs, winded breath, and the absolute joy of knowing I have accomplished something so utterly momentous: winning a race. When I run, I feel strong and vivacious both on the inside and on the outside. Last year, I decided to join the high school cross-country team. I was extremely excited and could not wait for practice to begin, but I was also somewhat nervous. What if I was not talented enough? What if my skills were not competent enough? What if the coaches thought I was just… mediocre? I was so nervous, I began to doubt and feel dubious about my running potentiality.

Volleyball has been a large part of my life the past five years as I've played on Greenwood High School's Team. My transition from elementary school to middle involved joining the high school volleyball team, along with two other to-be seventh graders. These past few years have been marked with both struggle and triumph as we experienced three different coaches as the original coach stepped down. This left us with only 14 girls to play with one year, when an average volleyball team plays with 30 girls. We struggled as a team that year but we also came closer together through shared experience, which enabled us to work together even better as a team the year after under the tutelage of our third coach. My ninth grade year I participated very heavily on the team as I played both Freshman and

During my sophmore year of high school, I decided to join my schools drill team. During drill season my teamates and i would attend all football games that my high school football team played in. in order to get to these football, my team and i would ride on a school bus with fellow band members. THis very crowded bus got very noisy. During this bus ride i liked to use the time to mentally prepare for my performance. The noise from the crowded bus did not allow me to use the time to my advantage. i started to wonder how i could fix this problem. I started to observe the people on the bus. I noticed a lot of people hd headphones or earphones to block out the noise from the bus. I was very intrigued. I decided to bring my own headphones to the next football game to see if this could work. My earphone did not work like i wanted

All sports association 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 sat with my head sunken into my hands, my eyes were burning, and my head was spinning. I was sitting on the bench during the final minutes of what would be the last basketball game that I would ever play. I had played basketball for over fifteen years, and I had never imagined how I would feel once it was all over. My high school team had made it to the region semi-finals during my senior year, and we had to play Bearden. It turned out to be my last basketball game, because my team had lost. I never realized how much basketball had impacted my life until that game. I knew that basketball was important to me, but I never thought that it would lead me to where I am today, especially a single game.

Ever since i was little me and sisters played volleyball all year around. We started playing when we were 5 years old. If we had a volleyball we would play anywhere there was space. We played in my moms office, in the living room, and in the car. Playing alongside of my sister made us both realize this was the sport we were born to play. Everytime we traveled to see each other play we would always watch the other teams warm up we would see who had the hardest serve, the best passer, and if there were any lefties.

Have you ever been in a situation where you literally think time flies? I most definitely have! My cheer team and I made it to nationals which is located in South Carolina. My cheer team and I made it very far as far as competing. We got third in regionals, first at state, and at nationals we got zero deductions but didn’t place. It was one of the best feeling i've ever had! Winning felt like nothing could ever go wrong! My heart was beating so fast each time and I had tears in my eyes, knowing we made it so far together was heart warming.

Eleanor Roosevelt once said “You must do the thing you think you cannot do”, one thing that I ended up doing that I thought I could never do is make a travel volleyball team. On November 1, 2016 I tried out for one of the best travel volleyball teams in our area, I could hardly even dream that I would make this team. When I first got to the tryouts they split us into four groups because there were four stations that each person had to go to. I was lucky and got in a group with someone that went to my school. The first station that I went to was shuttle runs. At the beginning of that station one of the coaches (that could possibly be my coach) came and explained what shuttle runs were and how they would judge us based on our skills.

Since my first tennis lesson at eleven years old, I knew this was something I wanted to stick with. Playing on the high school tennis team was one of the best choices I made. As a freshman, being part of a team provided me with instant, life-long friends that helped me in countless ways. One of the most important

While learning and taking volleyball throughout this term I learned many different skills and concepts. Some of the skills I learned from this course were serving, forearm pass, setting, blocking, and spiking. Personally for me, I think the biggest skill I learned was setting. In taking this course, I think

Personal Narrative- Varsity Volleyball I first started playing volleyball at a very young age. I was in the seventh grade when my volleyball career started. My sister started playing in the seventh grade and I just wanted to follow her footsteps. My seventh grade year was ok because I had just started out and really didn’t know the game. There was A team and a B team, where A team was better than the B team. I tried my best to be on the A-team, but guess where I ended up, on the B team.

Playing on the varsity volleyball team is an adrenaline rush like no other. To be able to play the sport you love with teammates that are like family, in front of a crowd of actual family members is the ultimate feeling. Playing is even better when you, a small town nobody, beat a ranked team in the first set. We had just beaten Humboldt 25-17 and I was on top of the world. We were playing like our lives depended on it and I couldn’t be more proud of the girls.