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How I ended up in the National Volleyball Team of Guatemala

Name: How I ended up in the National Volleyball Team of Guatemala
Uploaded: 2023-07-12T23:15:02+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: David Molina
Description: In this brief personal anecdote, the speaker reveals that he once played on Guatemala's national volleyball team due to a case of mistaken identity…

12 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief personal anecdote, the speaker reveals that he once played on Guatemala's national volleyball team due to a case of mistaken identity. While at his school, a legend existed about an exceptionally skilled Asian player nicknamed "Chino." When the speaker, also Asian, was seen by a federation trainer wearing his school uniform, the trainer assumed he was the famed "Chino" and invited him onto the national team. The speaker accepted, wore the team uniform, and played for about a year despite not possessing the skill level of the real "Chino." He reflects on the experience, concluding that sometimes you have to "fake it till you make it," highlighting the role of serendipity and confidence in unexpected opportunities.

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Something people don't know about me, it's I played volleyball in the national team of Guatemala, but I wasn't supposed to be there. So the story goes is in my school there was this legend about this Asian dude that's really good at volleyball, not me. But when you're Asian, they call you Chino where I'm from. So one day I was in the Federation just chilling, like at the corner I could rent like a court, and I'm just doing my thing. And the trainer comes over, he looks at my uniform because I'm wearing the school uniform, and he goes, oh my God, are you like Chino from your school? And I knew I wasn't, right, because he was way better than me. But I'm like, yeah, I'm Chino. So he brings me into the team, gives me my uniform, and I play in the national team for like a year or something. It was great. But sometimes you just gotta fake it till you make it, you know?