Personal Narrative: Why I Am Done On A Team

From their friendships came trust. They became open to the constructive criticism of each other. “As they began to see traces of tension and nervousness in one another, they began instinctively to draw closer together. They took to huddling on the float before and after workouts, talking about what, precisely, they could do to make each other row better than the one before, looking one another in the eye, speaking earnestly” (Brown 326) As a team, they came to an understanding that their strength as a group was their endurance. Each teammate never gave up because he did not want to let his teammates down. Working together in class and in sports at Belmont Hill builds friendship and trust. From my first day in school, I was welcomed by my classmates and I felt like I became part of something. I expect that eventually I will develop friendships and bonds of trust with my classmates. My classmates represent a diverse collection of talents and abilities. I feel that I can learn something from each one of them, and hopefully they can learn something from

When a team establishes trust and friendships, they can truly work together as a whole. Often times the teams I was a part of lacked in this area of bonding. Some of the girls on my soccer team would bicker behind others back and would also try to compete for

My team is my family. My coaches are like my parents and my teammates like my sisters. We've grown up together, seen each other through the good and the bad, gone through all the blood sweat and tears, and been there when needing a cry or a laugh. No matter what kind of a day I am having, I go to practice and they just make everything better. My coaches are always there to give me advice and be a second parent towards me. We are like a small community who in our heads just assume we're somehow related and God just forgot to make it official.

From day one on the Tonawanda Titans I have felt the true meaning of team. Having joined freshman year, the transition was made easy thanks to this family unit that supports each other every stroke of the way. As a result of this great environment I thrived on going to practice to better myself, which ultimately enabled myself to share my passion for this sport with my fellow teammates both young and old.

Your team is your family and they aren’t just family for the season, or all four years of high school or all four years of college they are family for life. The memories that you make on that field last a life time. Whether it is beating your rival team, losing a conference game, or bus rides jamming out on the way to and from

At Hargrave, however, I never felt any real team spirit I found tightly knit team bonds. Teams are seen as brothers and the chemistry between one another is impossible to achieve at any other school. We acknowledge the hardships we struggle against day after day and it strengthens our bond and chemistry as a team. When faced against even more advanced teams, because of our tightly knit bond, we can beat highly skilled opponents. This chemistry and bond between one another truly improved my athletic ability and my capability as an

We lean on each other just as much as we strive individually. Together we are stronger and bring out the best in each other. We win together and lose together. We have girls that are our Moms, they keep us under control. Then we have the loud ones, they are the girls that talk when they should and even when they shouldn't. We have the quiet ones who keep to themselves and hardly engage with others. We have the academically talented and the students who can't hand in assignments on time. The one thing we all have in common is our drive and determination towards this team. The second we step over that white line all our lives change. We don't care about anything besides each other in that moment. All of our differences vanish and the one thing that brought us together in the first place takes over. We come

The game felt like a million hours left in the last quarter of the game for b-team. We waited on the sidelines for b-team’s game to explode as, we watched. The a-team started to drink water and stretch a little for the game.

It all started in 7th grade, our football team was at the time undefeated and we were in our second to last game. We were up by quite a bit and our team was feeling sanguine, our coach didn’t put too much thought into it, and called a run up the middle with our star running back Michael Lundy. He Got the ball and ran for Three short yards then suddenly tripped over a pile of angry, impassioned, irritable teenage boys. Michael had landed wrong and you could see by his expressions he was hurt, his dad came on the field and helped carry him off. We were forced to continue the game without Michael, which wasn’t all that bad because there were only three minutes left in the game. We the Philomath 7th grade braves had won our second to last game

Kids in sports build very strong and long lasting relationships with their teammates and coaches. Those friendships according to Harle are “friendships that last a lifetime” (Harle). Friendships like these are a good thing because it helps the kids to become close to one another, and playing on different teams every year means they will be meeting a lot of kids that will become lifelong friends. Getting to know your teammates very well is good because you know you can count on them in a tough game or during practice. (Dreisbach) Counting on a teammate is good for your team building skills because it helps kids to work together better.

When kids work together to achieve a goal, it helps them feel like they are a part of something. In an article from The Wall Street Journal called, Why I Don’t Want My Kids to Play Team Sports By Jeff Pearlmen, a writer and man who has caused much controversy about competitive sports. He said, “It was what I loved most about sports—the unity and togetherness” ( Pearlmen, 2013.) This means that even if you have played the worst game in your life, your team will always be there to support you, and make you better. Belonging is a very important feeling because it helps kids be themselves and have a higher self esteem. The sense of belonging is great, but it is important to know what you belong to, not just the team, but how you have helped achieve. Get Off that Couch and Play! claims, “Many children who compete on sports teams also experience a heightened sense of belonging to something larger,” (Chalkins, 2014.) From this you can tell that kids who play competitive sports have more of a feeling of belonging. That “something larger” is not just your team, but knowing that you have helped achieve something, and that you are important. The last piece of evidence that shows that kids really should play competitive sports is how working together is a fundamental part of a sports experience. The article The Benefits of Competitive Athletic Sports Participation in Today's Sports Climate from chicagonow, states, “Working toward a common goal is an integral part of the sports experience for athletes” ( Sports:The Benefits, 2016.) The whole experience from sports is major, but the most important part is working together. We do team building activities in school, but nothing can compare to working as a true team, especially one that you have grown up, and stuck with all your life. Belonging can impact someone so much, so it is vital that kids get that from

It was through my team’s failure to prepare that led to one of the most difficult days in my army career. A day that proved to push me to breaking point and a day where it would be the first and last time I ever quit. However, throughout the course of the day and night and as the events continued to unfold, I found perseverance, determination, and moreover, the desire not to be ‘the one’ who let the team down was what drove me on. It was a day that taught me a valuable lesson that has stayed with me throughout my army career. Colin Powell once stated, “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” I would have to agree!

Before the run, we walked. We gathered in our teams, lined up in neat columns on the one hundred meter start, and stared down the distance between ourselves and the starting line. Every runner was shaking out his limbs, getting the blood flowing, the already tense muscles ready to explode at the crack of the starting gun or the passing of the baton. The sun’s cruel glare beat down on my team’s black jerseys; the sweat-wicking material wasn’t helping much today. Everyone tried to amplify that nervous energy that runs through every bulging artery, every electrified synapse, and transform it into unbridled power. The intensity in the air was palpable. This was the four by eight hundred meter relay: in teams of four, we would run two lightning

Joining my High School dance team was one of the best decisions I ever made, until my junior year. The year started out great, we had a very talented team of 24 dancers and three amazing coaches. Our three routines showed everyone's strengths and were choreographed to perfection. However, as the season went on my team and I struggled to connect with one another. We got along but we saw each other as singular people not as one team. Our coaches also had many disagreements. It was always two against one with every decision that had to be made, and it really affected the team. We had our fair share of team talks to try and resolve our issues, but new issues just kept showing up. Towards the end of the season some people no longer enjoyed being on the team. The talk of practice soon

Whenever the end of sophomore year came around, we both became more boy crazy. I met a boy named Blake who I have now been with for three years, and she started hanging around a boy named Colton who she still visits in college. Although we both adore and love these boys, we have had many ups and downs with them. She has always been "Someone I can call up late at night and talk about boys and drama." Whenever I was a senior in high school, I decided to break up with my boyfriend of three years and go act wild again with people I thought were still my friends. While Maddy was out acting wild and crazy with Colton. Anytime either one of them would do something wrong, we would text or call each other within seconds, go get ice cream and drive