Personal Narrative: The Game
The Game I chose to become a coach because I want to help others succeed. I love sports. I particularly love basketball. I have never been the best player. Sure I was tall, but I was never the best shooter or overall player. So for me, the only way I could be a part of the sport was to become a coach.
Early on in my career, I received a job to teach adapted physical education at the Neil Avenue Special Education Center. My son is blind, so I was very interested in being able to teach kids like him. Although I was very intrigued, I decided to turn it down because I soon got an offer to be the assistant coach of the Upper Arlington boy’s Basketball team. I have a certain love for basketball that made this job nearly impossible to turn down. …show more content…
It almost seemed like ping-pong, They’d score, then we would score. It’s now halftime and the score is still very close. Going into the locker room, I knew I had to give my players a huge pep-talk. “This is what we’ve worked for for 3 years, now let’s go out and get it done.” All of the players agree, and are so excited to get back on the court and take home the trophy. With that, we all head back onto the court and prepare for the second half. The second half starts. I am thinking to myself, “We have a really good chance to win this. We can come out with this win.” At the same time, I am thinking, “Man, my feet hurt really bad,” so I take off my shoes and just coach in my black socks for the rest of the game. Then I switch my mindset right back to winning this game.
The game was still very close. It’s coming down to the final seconds. It’s 55-52. We are ahead and GlenOak has the ball with 5 seconds to play. They dribble down the court and give the ball to their best shooter to take the final shot of the game. She lets fly with her best shot. The shot looks perfect and it feels like the ball is moving in slow motion. It is taking forever for that shot to get to the hoop. She misses as the ball rims out. This player was making three-pointers all game and the one that she misses is the shot that could have changed the
Early on in my career, I received a job to teach adapted physical education at the Neil Avenue Special Education Center. My son is blind, so I was very interested in being able to teach kids like him. Although I was very intrigued, I decided to turn it down because I soon got an offer to be the assistant coach of the Upper Arlington boy’s Basketball team. I have a certain love for basketball that made this job nearly impossible to turn down. …show more content…
It almost seemed like ping-pong, They’d score, then we would score. It’s now halftime and the score is still very close. Going into the locker room, I knew I had to give my players a huge pep-talk. “This is what we’ve worked for for 3 years, now let’s go out and get it done.” All of the players agree, and are so excited to get back on the court and take home the trophy. With that, we all head back onto the court and prepare for the second half. The second half starts. I am thinking to myself, “We have a really good chance to win this. We can come out with this win.” At the same time, I am thinking, “Man, my feet hurt really bad,” so I take off my shoes and just coach in my black socks for the rest of the game. Then I switch my mindset right back to winning this game.
The game was still very close. It’s coming down to the final seconds. It’s 55-52. We are ahead and GlenOak has the ball with 5 seconds to play. They dribble down the court and give the ball to their best shooter to take the final shot of the game. She lets fly with her best shot. The shot looks perfect and it feels like the ball is moving in slow motion. It is taking forever for that shot to get to the hoop. She misses as the ball rims out. This player was making three-pointers all game and the one that she misses is the shot that could have changed the