Zinedine had loss in the finals of his soccer tournament to his old soccer team. He was grieving all day after it because he always wanted to beat his old team, he hates losing especially during important tournaments, and he barely got any playing time.
Bringing Shame to light
Coach had a talk with all the players on the team and believed that Zinedine wouldn't have made a difference if he was put on the field for longer. He believed the other striker was better even though Zinedine had more goal during the whole tournament and the other striker hadn't scored at all. Zinedine Ended up leaving the team that day.
Overcoming Vulnerability
Zinedine started to look around to join a better team that would benefit him, and he had eventually found a team that was ranked #1 in states, regionals, and nationals, however he had to send the coach an email about himself and videos of him playing during games. Zinedine was ashamed of his recent games because he had lost and on top of that communication isn't his strongest suit either especially how he played during the tournament displayed a lot of weaknesses.
Making New Soccer Team
Zinedine started rehearsing what he was going to email the coach and eventually emailed him recent games he had played, pointed out his strengths, and also told him one of his main weaknesses which was his asthma because that had made him struggle when it came too how much stamina he had. The Coach had emailed him back and told Zinedine to come to his practice to tryout.
Immediatelywhen Zinedine arrived at practice they started with sprinting drills. This was Zinedine biggest weakness but hustled through the drill to show he can keep up with the other kids and some of them even pushed Zinedine to stay up with them during the drills. Eventually they got into games and Zinedine started to show off his skills. Dribbling wasn'ta big skill he had but after showing that by trying to dribble through people, he eventually built up enough courage to keep the ball and have control over it when it came to playing with the team.
Zinedine had Trained with the team for 3 days and towards the end of the 3rd practice. The coach called Zinedine over and told him that he had made the team. He also told him what he needed to work on, but his teammates will be supportive and be able to help him surprasse his weaknesses especially the trainers that they have. Not embracing your vulnerability and just sticking to what you already know and not trying to develope won't get you anywhere. This stuck with Zinedine and he used it as inspiration as he played with the team.