In my life bowling is a big deal. Almost everyone in my family bowls, it's in our blood. Just as my brothers and sister I wanted to qualify for the NYS scholarship tournament. This for my family is a big deal. Both my brother and sister went to the NYS scholarship tournament. So I thought to follow the path and go too. So first, I decided to join a junior bowling league. Luckily, there was one in my area and I joined. After I joined, I made a team with a couple friends and my sister. We all got a bowling ball and shoes to get started. We all wanted to get better and try as hard as possible to be good. We tried out for a lot of small tournaments to get more practice. We helped each other out and we just had fun which is what really counts in the end. One day, I was thinking to myself, if I ever want to reach my goal of qualifying for the NYS scholarship tournament I need a lot more practice. So every time my parents had free time, I had them take my down to practice. Also, for more practice my mother signs me up for this kids bowl free program so I can bowl when I want for free. So with more practice I can improve on my bowling skills. As I keep practicing I was getting a lot better so I decide to try and join my schools bowling team, I made it! The school bowling team helped me a lot with my bowing skills. But to farther my help I had many different coaches by my side throughout my journey. My coaches taught me a lot, one of the best things they taught me was, "Bowling is not about good scores all the time it's about having fun with friends, so what if your bowling bad don't cry about it just have fun and throw a few gutter balls as long as you’re having fun nothing else matters". In my bowling league they were taking peoples scores and putting them in to qualify for the Pepsi tournament (the first tournament of the NYS scholarship tournament). Later, I found out my brother, my sister, and me all qualified. When we got the results of the Pepsi tournament I found out that out of my brother, sister, and me I was the only one to continue on the City tournament (last qualifier until the NYS scholarship tournament). The City tournament was in my local bowling alley so I knew the oil pattern very well. The day of the City tournament I was getting nervous because of all the people there from all over New York State. But even though I was really nervous I bowled very well that day. About a week later, they announced the