Importance Of Becoming A Varsity Player

In high school being on a varsity sports team is viewed as very admirable and impressive. Since my freshman year of high school, I have been on the lady Viking junior varsity soccer team. The junior varsity team is very talented and has many great qualities, however, most of the team is underclassmen. Coach Hartman, although I would be very grateful to be on either team, I should make varsity this year due to my physical and academic performance, will to improve, and team leadership qualities.

Now I know I am not the strongest player there is to offer on our soccer team. There are certain issues I struggle with and I certainly have room to improve. While this may be true, you may also view it as though everyone has room to improve. There

is no such thing as a perfect athlete; we all have our struggles. None of us on the team are going to make it to a professional league or anything crazy like that. We can all improve. With this being said, there are also certain qualities I obtain that are perfect for our team and could potentially be of great use to the team and each player.
Having me as a student in both your AP World History class and in soccer for the past two years, you have seen my performance in the classroom and on the field.

You have made it extremely clear to each team member that our grades come before soccer and that we must be passing all of our classes in order to be on the team. In the past there has been a large portion of players on both varsity and JV that cannot play due to their poor grades. I have never had an issue with this and have always been able to play. Therefore, I can guarantee that if I am put on to the varsity team, my grades will not slip, and I will always be an available player. Along with my grades, you have also seen my physical capabilities in soccer. I must admit that I am not the best there is on the team, but I feel as though I have proven myself through my technical abilities and hard work countless times. This furthers my reasoning as to why you should place me on the varsity

team.
As I have previously stated, I am not some insanely talented athlete, however, I have a large will to improve my abilities.

We recently had a discussion upon what I could improve on in order to make varsity including my speed and aggressiveness as things I can work on. Since then, I have taken what you mentioned into some serious consideration and attempted to apply that into my performance. I have made slight changes day by day such as trying to keep pace with the people by me in running drills and being more aggressive towards opponents. These changes may not show at the moment but will definitely be apparent by our try outs in November. On top of this, you have seen my improvement since my freshman year, and I think we can both agree I have come a long way from being a freshman with poor ball skills and lousy aim. Because of this, I can only improve from here on out; I will continue working to the best of my abilities to become the best player I can be in order to prove myself to the both of

us.
More importantly than my other arguments, I feel as though my leadership capabilities should land me a solid spot on varsity. We have also had numerous conversations about how my personality and leadership would have put me on varsity my freshman year but my skills were holding me back. Now that I have improved and will continue improving, I feel as though my leadership skills would make a great contribution to the team. I am currently the junior class president and enrolled in the student leadership course offered here at Dulles. Not only this, but while on JV, I was also given the title of best teammate and most positive two years in a row. I have always been a natural team leader on the field and in practice, and I have always been there to provide positive reinforcement to my team mates. I have been of great help to those on the junior varsity team and hope that soon, I will be able to provide the same hard work and guidance to the varsity team.
Coach Hartman, I have been a student of yours since my very first day of high school. You have witnessed me grow and improve in both my athletic and academic abilities and as a person. You know me and you know what I am capable of, which gives you plenty of background knowledge on if you would make me a varsity soccer player or not. Regardless of your prior thoughts on this, I feel as though I should have a spot on the varsity soccer team due to my hard work on and off the field, my drive to ameliorate my skills, and my background of leadership capabilities.