Personal Narrative: Mysterious Water Polo

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As captain of the Santiago high school varsity water polo program, I find myself in leadership situations every day. Most of the time, my job as captain involves dealing with those who no longer wish to continue playing, clothing attire, practice organization, and the overall moral of the team. This last year of water polo proved to be challenging for myself and my teammates. One scenario that unquestionably impacted our season was losing arguably our best player. As a result of this uninspected loss I observed my teammates not working together as a team and that they had become divided. I decided to take immediate action to salvage the team and the rest of our season. I expressed to my team that we needed to pull together again and unite

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