Personal Narrative-Verbal Baseball

I believe that my greatest skill is baseball. In my youth, I found that I didn’t enjoy sports as much as my parents pushed me to try them. Quite possibly the competitive nature of sports was not enjoyable and I felt that staying within the comforts of home was better. However, something clicked after following baseball for a season and I urged my parents to sign me up. The first season of baseball that I played was a learning experience, but was exciting the entire way. I became one of the best players on my team, only to learn that I was in fact the last player selected to fill out the roster for little league. Undersized and young, I ascended through little league and was actually selected for the all-star team my final year, an anomaly for a player with my experience. I battled injuries following little league because I was forced to overcompensate for my lack of size to compete and keep up with the competition. Ironically, I watched the big players “become” smaller as I grew in size in my sophomore year of high school.

Personally I prioritize learning, and as I reached the high school level I listened to coaches and used video and text to become a better player or a so-called “student of the game.” I may make mistakes, but I learn from each one and practice to improve upon my current skills so that the team and I may be more successful in the future. My talent of baseball was somewhat natural in the beginning, but it evolved to the point where I knew that I needed to develop this skill in order to keep up with the competition. Learning has been key in developing my greatest skill to put it to its full potential. As an baseball player aspiring to play in college, I recognize my potential and believe that my talent in baseball is great enough to play in