Personal Essay: The Basketball Team

Essay #1 The definition of the word situation is location or position in reference to the environment. At the start of my junior year, I anticipated an ideal situation. My life was progressing towards all time highs in all aspects of my life; for example, relationships, sports, and family. However, come the beginning of the winter I found myself in what seemed then as a less than ideal situation. My environment was the basketball team but my location in reference to the basketball team, was at the end of the bench. This situation has since had an enormous positive impact in my life. Overconfident and airheaded, I was living through the best times in my life in the fall of 2016(BE 1). Perhaps that is why sitting on the bench during basketball

Despite not being a part of the rotation, I worked hard to be the best teammate I could be by supporting my teammates and trying to push them in practice. Headed into the postseason my team was enjoying exciting times. Our districts and substate matchups were ideal, and would allow us to hopefully get our revenge against Osage for the substate loss they handed us the year before. We breezed through the district round of the playoffs and found ourselves facing Osage for the second year in a row in substate. Our team began rolling, looking like the clear favorite of our substate to head to state. Through all the success my team and I was having I still felt as if I wasn’t doing enough. I knew I was a part of the team, but I didn’t feel like a contributor. I felt as if since I didn’t make an impact during the games, I didn’t make one at all. Triumphantly our team made its way to state (BE 3). James and Nick, Ryan and Connor, Johnny and Hutch all celebrated with me after substate like I was a big part of the team (SC 6).Those were my brothers on the team, but for some reason, I still felt as if I didn’t give them enough contribution. The following week was a whirlwind of activity. I practiced, studied, watched film ( SC 4). The team was given a variety of team meals and amenities prior to state. The hype before the state tournament was building immensely. I dreamed of championships and pep rallies in honor of our