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Personal Narrative-Set In The Gym

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Tryouts came along that fall. I stood in the gym and heard “Abraham?” and I raised my hand the assistant coach pinned a number on me. The tryout then started. There was two parts to it, a big one, and then another that is narrowed down to the people who made it past the first. I went through that try out thinking I had my spot secured. I did all the drills and kept up with everyone. When it was time to be called individually, I walked through a cut in the gym into a small room where Coach Joe, an older man who was the head coach for the freshman team, was with the assistant coach. I walked in with a smile on my face that only lasted about five seconds when all of a sudden I heard “we didn’t like you. Sorry.” And turned my number in and walked

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