Personal Narrative: High School's Track Team

When I joined my high school’s track team my freshman year, I was surprised to see such a sophisticated level of team organization. The coaches of the team were highly effective in arranging equipment usage, maintaining the track and managing workouts. The team captains were not simply their command other athletes, but they provided support for their teammates.

When I joined the team my freshman year, I never thought I would contribute to maintain the standard of organization I had witnessed. As a rookie to the sport, my only focus was performing my best and having fun; developing a leadership role never crossed my mind. It was my sophomore year that I developed a sense of leadership. As I was now a returner, I now had significant knowledge about the sport and experience with the

Only the beginning of the year, and my teammates and I now had to prepare for the season alone. This resulted in the disorder of what was once a seamlessly managed practice. There was no longer the days of practice ending early, as now practice was longer as we had to wait for a coach from a different track event to assist us. We now had to manage the sprinting equipment ourselves, which further elongated practice as we had to make sure everything was accounted for. My fellow sprinters and I had to all do the same workouts, regardless of our level of conditioning, as we no longer had the coaches oversight to track our progress. A s a third year returner, I took it upon myself to get my team back in order. I would meet with some friends to create workouts and would give every athlete a responsibility to help speed up our practice. I would time our workouts, improve my teammates arm swing, and even stay after practice to help the relay teams with their baton passes. Although it took a major disorder, my teammates and I grew closer to one another as we became fully devoted to the sport we