Last week I was writing about how my football practice was going hard and bad; this week was no exception.Coming off my game Friday night against Northgate, I experienced cramping and even a minor symptom of back spasms. Over the weekend I tried to rest by chilling at the house with some friends playing madden but that didn't seem to help . Monday came and I knew for practice I wouldn't be as affective as I would like but still go out and give it my all.
Practice finally came around 4:30 and I was nervous to a different degree. Not nervous of going out there and competing against others but nervous about performing at a high level. As being a sophomore on varsity and coming off a solid performance, I didn't want the team or the coaches to think that I was being cocky. That whistle blew and we were off taking our lap around the field. From right then I realized this was going to be a long day.Throughout practice however, my back and legs were feeling fine but that wasn't going to last for long. Just a quarter of the way in I had to stop what I was doing, sit down and strecth. My legs felt like they were going to fall off. Coach came over and asked whats wrong and I told him I am sore and tight. He gave me the look as if I was lying but I just ignored it. He later approached me and said take it easy for today so you don't get injured or hurt. I took his advice as I sat there watching my teammates practice.
Practice was finally over and my mom hurried me to the house. She grab about 5 packets of ice as she poured it into the tub healing my wounds.Hopefully tomorrow will bring forth a better day than today.
I'm sorry to hear you're having these troubles, but I suppose these kinds of ups and downs are the norm in the life of an athlete.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading about what it's like to be committed to sports or sports teams, which is something I've never known about myself...Student athletes really knock me out because they (YOU, I should say) experience all sorts of stuff way outside of my own experience. Your strategy here of journaling about how practices are going for you is good...it reminds me of a student blog I was really geeked about a couple of years ago, where this soccer player I had in my class blogged play-by-play analysis of her tournaments and used her writing to improve her game. Super cool. Here are a few links if you want to see:
http://laurenmyu.blogspot.com/2009/10/round-two.html
http://laurenmyu.blogspot.com/2010/01/bit-of-inspiration.html
There are lots of other soccer-related posts on her blog if you hunt around. Hope you enjoy. And feel better!
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