Narrative #1

I was at my best Junior year of High School when my football team had won State in

football. We had been working towards our goal of state for months as a team and years as a

program. I had become best friends with the quarterback of our team who had brought me so

close to Christ throughout the season which only positively helped my mind the whole season

for kicking. It was the best day of my life, kicking a football in front of 45,000 people on the

Texans stadium and winning the game alongside my team. I had done amazing as just a Junior

on the team, which only made me more excited for the future and what we could do as a team.

I was a Learner I loved anything the kicking coach or my quarterback could teach me that would

help me either towards my goal of making the field goal or becoming closer to Christ. This

whole situation of football and winning state had made me a better person then I ever was, I

was finally a team player and understood the challenges of everyday things on the football

team. It was amazing to win State in football, the cheers that we had going for our team, but at

the same time the abrupt sound of people on my kickoff’s and field goals. I was very

Deliberative on my kicks and what I had to do to make it. I always knew not to get too cocky but

at the same time to keep my head up high enough to show the other team I know what I am

doing. I had to always do things differently to get better and understand the best possible way

to kick it and make it in or go further than the time before. I was at my best because of the

freedom and joy I had from finally doing something I thought I could never do myself let alone

my whole team do so unexpectedly, no one knew our names or what school they were playing

against they just called us the underdogs but that is what made it so different and amazing for
us. We showed them how to play football and the rest of the fans how to upset powerhouse

football teams. In fact, I also was very Restorative at this game because there were lots of

problems that happened that night, there had never been such a loud crowd to mess with my

head and such skinny field goals posts to make the field goal into because we were playing on

an NFL level field. I had to go in a half time and make a game plan with my coach and find out

what I could do to fix my errors. This was very difficult because I had never practiced more than

one hour on these fields, so I had to think of a solution to the noise and uprights fast. I needed

to become calm and collective to realize the situation and the tension behind it. I needed to

zone out over 45,000 people and just hear my breath and not a single other thing to do what I

had been dreaming for so long. I needed to take Command of myself and let everything go and

enjoy the moment and remember this game is all for fun, but it is not just that I had to take

care of, I had 1,500 pounds of lineman under my command that I needed to help direct so I

could get the perfect amount of time for each and every kick. It is not just me out there that

causes me to make the kick it is the lineman too. They were everything if they did their job right

because, then I would always do my job right and not have to worry about missing which was

the most powerful and energizing feeling. I have never been so happy with myself and my team

after a game that was so exhilarating and a close match. After the game had finished, I had

never become such an Activator for the next season. The rush of winning and the smile on your

hometown’s face is unique and a one of a kind. I have always been impatient and excited for

what is next in my life but never would of thought, I could have become so anxious and

impatient as I did in that moment for the next season of football with all of my teammates.