Personal Narrative: My Influences

Influences
First off, my parents have always been there for me. They are so dependable. One day, my mom and dad were working while I had a game and my friend’s mom dropped him and me off. I was really sad since they couldn’t watch me play. The first period past, my mom nor my dad weren’t there, sitting where they usually sat. It was halfway through the second period, and my team was losing 3-5. My coach sent my line out on the ice. Off the faceoff, we sped up the ice. I got the puck, shot, and scored for my team. I went to look and the spot where they usually sat at, and in the three small chairs, were sitting my mom, dad, and sister. I felt so great to realize how much my parents go through in work to watch my game. When my parents are there to watch my play my hockey games, it feels like I have

Last year was the championship game in the league. It was 4-4, tied, in the 3rd period with 3 minutes left. I just came off the bench when my coach tells me that I’m going out with all of the upper-players and sets us up for a play. He says that, “We can win this if this all plays out and works.” He tells me that, “This next shift, you need to work your hardest. If you do so, we might have a chance at winning this.” With one minute left, he sends us out. We got the puck in their zone. “30 seconds left!” I hear my teammate yell. As the time runs down, we still set up the play. Slow and steady, we work our way to the goal. Just at the right moment, like coach said, my teammate passes the puck to me. I instantly shoot, and scored. I checked the clock to see 10 seconds left. My team celebrates our goal. 10 seconds later, we were the champs! And it was all because of coach’s encouragement and help. After that, I started trust him and his decisions. I started to pay attention and listen more. I started to work even harder than before. Practice harder and take his advice more