How Volleyball Changed My Life

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When I was in 7th grade I started playing volleyball. It was the first day of tryouts at my school; I had never played volleyball. I was so nervous that I could not stop shaking. I hoped that I could make it through this week of tryouts. At the end of the week, the results were posted, and I found out that I did not make the team. It broke my heart and I cried for hours after hours. Thinking that I going to stay home and be a couch potato for the rest of my life. Not making the team made me feel like such a failure and discouraged me from attempting new activities. It took a while before I decided that I had to take charge of my life and that with hard work I could achieve anything. Failing did not stop me from playing volleyball. I trained every day for at least two hours; even signing up for agility classes in Gainesville. That same year I tried out for club volleyball at made the team; this gave me the encouragement I needed to continue trying things I had not tried before. Playing volleyball for four years has taken hours out of my life that I cannot get back, but I have enjoyed every single second that I was on the court. Volleyball is more than a sport to me it is the joy in my life. My teammates are like …show more content…

Not making the team that one year made me realize that I always have to work hard and that I never know everything. Although not all the girls on the team are people I would normally want to work with, the desire to win a game or a tournament drive us to work together and try and keep our differences off the court. The games or practices were we are all working together and having fun at the same time are what make this sport an activity that I cannot imagine not participating in. Volleyball has led me to tournaments in cities I had not visited and fun in hotels with my

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