Personal Narrative: A Personal Experience In The Basketball Game

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Have you ever experienced the joy and sense of accomplishment from winning a tournament? In the year 2006, I turned fourteen years old and I joined the basketball team. I worked really hard in basketball; I still remember the sweat coming from my body, the warmth of my sweat, and the enjoyment of practicing basketball. One month later I was named captain because I was the one that worked the hardest. As a captain I wanted to win the basketball tournament by myself. The first match was on Monday. My teammates and I went to a basketball court where my tournament was held. When I entered, I saw approximately 20 basketball courts inside. When I saw the basketball courts, I felt the game was waiting for me to win. By playing in this tournament I realized that I cannot do everything by myself and I

I was determined to do everything by myself. When the game started, I was missing shots at the beginning of the game because of my selfishness. Then my coach Ivan told the referee to have a thirty second break. With anger, Ivan said, ?What are you doing?? I just ignored my coach and did not say anything. Our team was losing and then my coach told me, ?Sit down; I won?t let you play for the rest of the game.? What he said made me angry because I thought that I could win the game without any help. When I was on the bench, I could see my team was passing the ball really well. And they confused the other team. In the end of the game our team luckily won by some points without me. And this time when my friend Janice approached me and told me with a disappointed look, ?What the heck were you doing in the game? I was all alone and you didn?t pass the ball to me.? I yelled back at her, ?I was doing what I was supposed to do in the game.? At that moment what I thought was that no one could understand me. What I left in my friend?s mind was that I could not do anything for