Blog #6 How would you "stretch" yourself

There are many ways that I plan to stretch myself, and I have already had the opportunity to stretch myself here because at the end of preseason for volleyball I hurt my shoulder. I was out for six weeks, and I just was cleared from my doctor to play about four weeks ago. I found out that I have something called Buford's Complex which is a when your shoulder is composed of absent anterosuperior labrum in association with thickened middle glenohumeral ligament. So in simpler terms I have no cushion in my ball in socket when my shoulder moves or rotates. It was really hard to accept the fact that I would be out for so long because I have never been severely hurt like that before. It was even harder for me to realize that every time I would play volleyball now my shoulder would be in pain. So I put my foot down, and even through all the pain I pushed through and gave it everything to become the player I was when I was in preseason. I am almost back to the player I was, but it wasn't me just going to practice I went to the bubble and worked out extra when I had time. I wanted to beat out the other outside hitters who had taken my spot after I got hurt. I'm still working on it, and my goal is before season ends I will be on the starting lineup. Another way I'm stretching myself is I'm taking two sciences classes instead of like many other freshman who are just taking one. Having two science classes is really difficult because there is so much information and both my classes have the same material at different times so it is really hard to keep track with. I want to keep stretching myself in school and in volleyball because I know it will make me a better person and teach me that with perseverance and dedication good things will happen, and that I should never give up.