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As my body started to tense from the stress, I began to visualize what I should do to play my hardest and achieve my goal, making the better team, the A team for hockey. As I stepped onto the ice, I saw the judges sitting in the stands, staring. I took a deep breath, and started to skate. While going through this adversity, I used two life skills to help me overcome trying to make the A team; insight and independence. One of the causes that made me go through this adversity is that since we had a lot of kids on our team, the coaches wanted everyone to be able to play. Not every kid would be able to play if we were all on one team and if we put everyone together on the same team, some kids also wouldn’t be able to play because they are not that good compared to others. Another cause of my adversity is that there are too many kids for one team. There are 32 kids on our team and most teams either have an A and a B team or two teams. One of the effects of my adversity were that I didn’t make the team because I am a forward, and there are a lot more forward then defense, which is true. And most of the forwards I play with on my team are really good. Another effect was that most of my friends were on the A team and now I only have a couple of good friends on the B team …show more content…
I also used this Life Skill because I asked myself hard questions and gave myself honest answers.
The other Life skill I used was independence because I took control over my problem and tried not to think about it. I also used this Life Skill because I gave it time, and I distanced myself from my issue.
Throughout that whole experience, I learned how to deal with nervousness and stressful situations, and this will really help me with adversity in the future. By looking back on my adversity, I figured out it was a good thing I made the B team, and I have learned a lot from this

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