Getting Back into the Game :: Personal Narrative Essays

Getting Back into the Game   I drive home always been involved in sports in some way or another. I was team captain in e very sport conceivable in elementary school. Junior high I continued to be involved in sports, but it wasnt until high school started that I rightfully got into it. I vie soccer, softball and basketball at Rogers High School. I particularly loved soccer. Just playing it gave me a rush I had never felt before. Also knowing that this sport took a great deal of heavy work and dedication gave me a sense of satisfaction, because I knew that I put everything I had into it. Putting a lot of dedication and hard work into something may prove to be useful in the future.   When I had my baby, being involved in sports at all seemed impossible. Then one(a) day, my friend Cory from work was telling me that her daughter wanted to play soccer. She accordingly said that she was going to coach because no one else had volunteered in her area. The only wh en problem was that she didnt know the first thing about soccer. That gave me an idea. I played soccer in high school, so I thought I could help her, so I did.   My friend Cory and I went down to Spokane callowness Sports Association and volunteered to become soccer coaches. I couldnt believe that I was truly getting to do this. I thought it was going to be great. I had not played soccer in a while, so I was nervous when I first started coaching job. I never knew how hard it would be to dedicate yourself and your time to something without getting compensated for it. It was especially hard when the kids were much often than not pretty hard to deal with.   I was coaching a team of nine-year-old girls. Some of those girls seemed to want to be there, and others not. That made it very difficult to get all of their attention at once. Sometimes it was so bad I felt that I was wasting my time. But I stuck it out in hopes that they would come around, after all they w ere only nine. As time went on the girls started to come around and started listening and enjoying the