Sophomore Mistakes

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A split second decision, a moment on the clock, an instant reflex. To be able to go back in a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events or the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious experience and constitute a different outcome, I would take advantage of it in an instant. Everytime I step out on a court I wish I could go back and rewrite history. But that’s what it is, it’s history. From the time I could walk I was athletic. Everyone in my family knew that sports was my road to success. I started when I was about four. My mom would tell me stories of her days as a volleyball player and my one goal in my lifespan …show more content…

People were asking me where I wanted to go to college, who I was going to play for, telling me of all the places I would go. Colleges were just over the horizon and I was set. I had gotten chosen to play for a select volleyball team, playing for a coach that played four years of collegiate volleyball, and teammates who all made volleyball a priority in their life. One dive ruined my future, one coach who was not paying attention ruined my chances, one teammate who did not want to hit the ground ruined my shoulder. I blocked one ball and it tipped my finger just enough for me to have time to come back down and try and pancake the ball. As I was sliding to pancake it, I hit a dry spot on the floor. My shoulder was jammed back into my rotator cuff as my body rolled on top of it. My body kept sliding, but my shoulder did not. The weight of my body kept my shoulder still while it dislocated. The tendon in my bicep caught onto my shoulder and once the weight was lifted it was enough to hold my arm in. My coach said she did not see the play, that my arm would be fine and I should tough it out. She did not pull me out until one of my teammate’s dad stopped the game and told my coach that she had to pull me out because it was not an injury that I should just “tough out”. He took me to the athletic trainer on site and she had to reset my shoulder twice because my muscles were not strong enough to hold it …show more content…

It gave out the day after two-a-days and my doctors told me I would be lucky if I played one game in the season. My first official year on varsity I was devastated. It was horrifying watching years upon years of work go down the drain. I could barely move my arm to write in class let alone pass a ball in practice. I was a middle blocker, passing was supposed to be simple and my shoulder should work. I hit, I block hits that leave marks on your arms, I press against hitters and fight for the ball to stay on their side of the court. That’s my job, my shoulder has to

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