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Personal Summary: Varsity Soccer Team

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is As a senior in high school I was cut from my Varsity volleyball team. This had a huge affect on me, I was devastated. Anyone who knows me, knows that volleyball is my world. I was cut for being "uncoachable" which is an odd way of defining someone who has been a dedicated student-athlete for years. I sat on this for weeks, trying to figure out what I should do. I thought, is their anyway I could change the coaches mind? Is their someone I could talk to? I even took into consideration what I could have done. After I had tried everything I was still not welcome on her team. So, I went out for the Varsity Soccer team. Once I made the soccer team, with little to no experience at all I proved her determination to be invalid. I picked up on soccer
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