Personal Narrative: My Failure As A Student Athlete

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” I have learned many lessons from a certain setback that occurred in my life. As I am a student athlete, my obstacle happened to be my coaches. Every athlete fails; every athlete learns from their own mistakes as well as their teammates. But my failures ended in any athlete's worst nightmare. My softball career started when I was starting 5th grade and now I am a junior in high school, still continuing the sport I am very passionate about. My freshman year of High School I had the best group of seniors to lead me and to help me advance my skills in softball. I also had a very educated coach. As sophomore year came, we lost the previous seniors and gained a new coach. I was low spirited by the news that we lost our coach but I was still in love with the game.

One day my coach one day called me stupid, not in a joking manner either. When he said this, I was stunned. I pour my heart into this sport because it means something very deeply to me. Countless hours spent perfecting my throws, transitions, and hitting techniques. Hours spent outside in the trickling rain or blazing heat making sure I was the best I could possibly be. Skipping dinner most nights, as well as hanging out with my friends. You’d think that I really do just eat, sleep, and play ball. On top of this, I played for 3 softball teams at once to get the extra practice in. But coach… I’m stupid ? A million (and I mean) a MILLION thoughts were scrambling in my mind when he told me this. And my first thought was “What should I say back instead of whimpering?” I don’t want him to know just how much that one word affected me. “What else can I possibly do to better myself and not make me stupid in my coach's eyes?”, asking myself so