Personal Narrative: My First Football Game

It was the day that most freshmen dread, cuts day. There were many of us trying out for the JV baseball team- more people than there were positions. I could see it, I would be starting catcher on the JV baseball team. I had made it passed the first two weeks of tryouts and I was so confident that I was going to make it. That was, until on that last day of tryouts when the two coaches pulled me out of a drill and told me they wanted to talk to me.
My stomach sank like a rock. Was all of the hard work I had put in these past few weeks all for nothing? I knew my fate was in their hands. I really hadn't thought that hard about what I would do if they cut me from the team. It was hard for me accept not playing the sport that I grew up playing with
On my way out, the assistant JV baseball coach said to me, "hey Brett, don't have too much fun on the lacrosse team." I knew what he meant. He knew that I wouldn't go a season without playing a sport or being active in some way. So I took him up on his deal.
I went to practice with the lacrosse team the next day and just like that I was a 'lax bro' for the Colchester High School Lakers.
The winter of my sophomore year, I worked harder than I ever had to try to make the baseball team. I went to every winter baseball training session that was available.
March came around again, and as a hard decision as it was to not play lacrosse the following year, I was as determined as ever to make the baseball team. The coaches were pleased to see me return to the game I loved so much. They saw the desire, dedication, and discipline in the way I carried myself throughout tryouts the second time around. I believe I made it easy for them to put me on the baseball team my sophomore year.
I am proud that I didn't let that setback get the best of me. I got to try new things that I probably wouldn't have considered doing before not making the team and I am proud of how I made this situation a positive experience all the way