Have you ever set a goal in a sport that you really wanted to accomplish, but the goal seemed far away and almost impossible to reach? One day at the beginning of my tenth-grade school year, I set a goal at the beginning of my slow pitch softball season that I was determined to meet. I practiced extremely hard to better myself at this on particular skill while the sun beat down on me and sweat soaked my clothes day after day. Yes, reaching a goal does take hard work, but it’s worth it when you reach the goal. My school had just hired a new softball coach, Coach Jones. He worked very hard and loved the game of softball. Coach Jones was so passionate that he went to softball workshops, watched videos on softball drills, and implemented the…show more content… I knew that they could hit home runs, and I couldn’t wait to get a hold of one. I kept telling myself, I’m going to rob a home run…I’m going to rob a home run. Throughout the entire game I couldn’t stop thinking about catching someone’s home run. As I stood in the outfield prepared for any circumstance, my friend, Taylor Brock, came up to bat, and she finally hit a deep fly ball that soared through the air like a beach ball coming in my direction. I began to sprint with excitement to catch the ball. I noticed that I was a few feet from the fence, then only a few inches away from the fence. I realized that the ball was going to go over. I couldn’t believe it! Leaping into the air with my arm fully extended above the fence I squeezed the bright yellow ball in my glove. I came back down to the ground with extreme excitement. I couldn’t believe it! I had just robbed my first home run. The massive crowd was screaming and hollering with amazement. My mind was going crazy. I had actually done it! As adrenaline ran through my body, it was the most incredible feeling I had ever experienced playing softball. The fact of knowing that I just made a great accomplishment for myself by taking away the best hit someone could have had in the game of softball was one of the best feelings in the
