Your Sports Career.(highs and lows).

[volfan2024]

Pitched in high school. okay.

Played outfield in church league softball.Won it one year.Next year, other teams got new players(including former UT qb),placed third .Same year is when I turned to catch a fly in left field hit my nose on fence rail, had to stop game until nose stopped bleeding. :banghead:

 

[TennesseeVols317]

Played Middle school and 1 year of HS football as a linebacker.

Played 12 years of baseball in a summer league, I was ok, never really a star, just an average player.

Played pee-wee hockey, but it was too expensive.

Played soccer for the top team in our city, and played 1 season on a travel team.

Now am playing HS Lacrosse, and am currently in conditioning hell.

 

[jakez4ut]

sports career peaked in 4th grade, when our football team won our conference....down hill after that...any highs and lows after that were as a fan....

 

[volfan2024]

Played Middle school and 1 year of HS football as a linebacker.

Played 12 years of baseball in a summer league, I was ok, never really a star, just an average player.

Played pee-wee hockey, but it was too expensive.

Played soccer for the top team in our city, and played 1 season on a travel team.

Now am playing HS Lacrosse, and am currently in conditioning hell.

:lolabove: What kind of conditioning are you doing?

 

[TennesseeVols317]

:lolabove: What kind of conditioning are you doing?

Its basically constant running at practice, and since I'm in a town where we have 2-3 feet of snow, its cold running. Also it's almost nessesary to run out of practice, I try to almost everyday. The only drills we do involve running sprints with small passes or ground balls. We have time tested miles where everyone on the team has 10 minutes one day, 9 the next, and so on unitl everyone can get under 6, and if everyone dosent meet the standards we run another one.

I personally lift during this too, but its not a team thing, and isn't required, but I feel I'm better off to do it to get stronger playing my position.

 

[tidwell]

Much like jakez, my athletic career peaked around 5th grade.

I played Junior Pro basketball in our county from 3rd through 5th grade, and we won the championship in my first year. We were the best team the last two years but seemed to suffer from the same disease that plagues Peyton and Dungy - lost in the first round of the playoffs each year. I was the starting point guard.

Then in 5th grade in middle school, I was the 6th man I guess you could say for the varisty team... I wasn't much of a scorer, but I could play some defense. That's the reason I got put in my first game, Coach said 'go in for what'shisname, he can't guard anyone. Got to play a lot until I got kicked off the team for making an F on the ol report card. That pretty much ended my sports career.

Played some Babe Ruth baseball in 8th grade, but I wasn't really into it. Basketball was my sport of choice, to play anyway.

 

[volfan2024]

Its basically constant running at practice, and since I'm in a town where we have 2-3 feet of snow, its cold running. Also it's almost nessesary to run out of practice, I try to almost everyday. The only drills we do involve running sprints with small passes or ground balls. We have time tested miles where everyone on the team has 10 minutes one day, 9 the next, and so on unitl everyone can get under 6, and if everyone dosent meet the standards we run another one.

I personally lift during this too, but its not a team thing, and isn't required, but I feel I'm better off to do it to get stronger playing my position.

Hope you get a scholarship for all the hard work!

 

[orangetd88]

Scored 8 points in jr high basketball.

Not exactly a highlight, but it's my career high. LOL

 

[TennesseeVols317]

Hope you get a scholarship for all the hard work!

I'm hoping for a partial schlorship to somewhere close, my dream is to go to UT, even if I cant continue playing, but it's looking like I'll be staying close to home.

 

[vols2345]

where to start where to start. I guess I will go through every sport I have ever played

football: i peaked midway through my junior year. my friend johan, our qb, loved throwing to me and I had 5 td's in 2 games untill i tore some ligiments in my leg, ended up having the most yards ever by a reciver at baldwin highschool. i got 1,532 over a season and a half, being the second reciver out of a 4 reciver spread option. now on defense I played fs as my boy johan played ss and we reaked havock on the field. had 2 ints in two games and i was looking like i was going to go to navy university with johan to play football, but after i messed my knee up it was all over...

basketball: peaked junior year. Knee hadnt healed all that much but it wasnt torn to a point were i was in trouble, it was just a really minor tear and I felt with all the rehab i had done i would be fine. so i played pg, I averaged 11.1 pts a game and 9 asst. my highlight of my highschool career was dunking on jason bennett (sp?) yall should know who he is he is a 7'6 ft white boy, 5* recruit. about the best thing i have ever done sports wise

baseball- always average bat, had killer speed and could still, only played 2 years cause it got boring and i had moved on to track

track- got 7th in the state of florida last year in the 2-mile class 1-a

so thats it. i quit all sports once i ended up being at my 3rd highschool this year and i figured it wasnt worth it anymore, if you cant develope with a team that you grew up with, why even play. wasnt worth it for me...

 

[volfan2024]

Don't give up on your dreams guys. I still have a few letters to a jr. college for baseball to go visit and talk to coach. Never freakin followed up on it.
Well, on the other hand I married best all around girl and cheerleader captain from Michigan. So you can probably understand the choice I made. :biggrin2:

 

[vols2345]

well i have stuff to fall back on or i would have never quit. I have my guitar, vocals, surf board, and culinary arts to fall back on. And if anything good looks doesnt hurt eh?

i am interested to see some of the big dogs on the board post there sports ventures on here..

 

[wncvolfan]

In 1978, I eagled the longest golf hole in the world at that time, a 745yard par 6. The same year I spiked myself playing 3rd base in slowpitch softball and had to sit out two games and a tournament while my leg and ankle healed up.

 

[milohimself]

Played football, baseball and soccer in elementary... Just kept going with football after about fifth grade. Seven years as a football player I guess? I quit now because football is way too much money (after fees and additional gear, a season can cost a minimum of $300. Ouch) and my school's athletics department is in a mess. More on that in a sec... Football practices are also 5-7 hours 5 days a week... Monday through Thursday, game day on Friday then a Saturday practice. Tougher summer schedules start two weeks into summer and basically take away all free time there as well.

We used to be one of the top programs in the state but we have been wallowing in mediocrity the last few years because of trying to get everybody equal playing time instead of winning, and terrible coaching driving all of the talent away. All of our good players since Ainge left have since trasnfered to different schools because of bad coaching practices. This is in more than just football, too... Basketball has suffered similarly. As some of you may have read, Ainge (ranked by some as a 3* basketball recruit) was driven away from basketball his senior year not by an injury but because he couldn't stand the coaching. Our former coach was a lot like Bobby Knight, crazy, strict but highly effective. Well he was asked to resign by our athletics department because it was thought he was being too hard on the players. We since brought in a guy who's more concerned with making sure everybody gets equal playing time... Even at the cost of winning. So basically Ainge, his senior year, told said coach some things that can't be repeated on here and quit.

It's really depressing to see, my senior year, that we suck at almost every single sport we play in despite great talent and history. If it were up to me I'd like to go back and demand the resignation of every person involved in my school's athletics department (with the exception of girl's basketball and boys soccer, the two sports in which we have had some success) and try to rebuild.

/schpiel. I have a lot of pride in my school and it frustrates me to no end...

 

[volfan2024]

Coaches can ruin alot of careers and some are just plain stupid.

My son played football pee wee, jr. high, last two years of high school. He weighed about 145 then.He never missed

practice,even two a days.Played one down his whole high school career, but,

He was the only one that received a scholarship, academic, out of the whole freakin school.SWEET! :biggrin2:

 

[vols kick balls]

alot of high school sports is politics

 

[milohimself]

alot of high school sports is politics

That's the problem... In the next district over, the Beaverton school district, the sports programs are well-run (if not somewhat shadily). They know how to develop young talent, bring them in and compete at a very high level. That district is producing QB Kevin Riley, who we will be facing if not next year then '07 when we play Cal.

 

[D MAN 335]

yes, high school sports can be politics

played aau basketball... and in 8th grade we placed top 10 in state (keep in mind we are just a buncha kids from a verrrry small town in the mountains of NC)
we beat the #2 team in the state by one point in FOUR overtimes..
same year, i hit a game winning three to beat the 6 team in the state

AAU baseball... played with the same kids for a LONG time... 5 years in a row we placed top three in state, and the most recent year we were down 13-3 in the bottom of the 7th and i ended up scoring the game winning run, winning 14-13

not sure what my highest moment is... probably my first little league homer... in all stars... i had a bunt sign but instead i bunted it... way, way over the fence

but that's all i can think of for now

 

[wncvolfan]

alot of high school sports is politics

Sad but true. He was a very good youth league player, center on O and LB on D. But he got snubbed in high school. Ended up in the band. He hasn't watched a down of football since he got out of school. I can't drag him to a game or tie him in front of a tv set. I hate it because he really loved it as a kid.

 

[wncvolfan]

Sad but true. He was a very good youth league player, center on O and LB on D. But he got snubbed in high school.

(I was talking about my son here. Sorry I didn't put in my post)

 

[volfan2024]

Sad but true. He was a very good youth league player, center on O and LB on D. But he got snubbed in high school. Ended up in the band. He hasn't watched a down of football since he got out of school. I can't drag him to a game or tie him in front of a tv set. I hate it because he really loved it as a kid.

Maybe it will give him more incentive to prove them wrong. :dunno:

 

[VolFirebirds]

Football: 2 years HS, until they got smart and realized that a 5'5" Quarterback couldn't see over the line, no matter how good his arm was.

Baseball: couldn't play in HS (too good a team--my HS lost to Germantown in the regionals every year when GT was nationally ranked), but led babe Ruth league in Walks and Steals all 3 years. Had spells where I couldn't hit a slow beach ball, but get me on base and I was Ty Cobb Reincarnate. I was Never (NEVER) thrown out stealing or picked off. Stole Home 4 times, stole 2nd and 3rd on back to back pitches Countless times.....good times, man, Good times.

Basketball: Played in 8th Grade. scored one point. All Year. screw basketball.

Wrestling: This is where I was meant to be. 3 year starter, 2 time state Qualifier, 2 time Junior National Qualifier, 75 career wins. since then, I have coached Wrestling at the HS level, and have produced over 40 State Qualifiers, eight state medalists, two state runners-up, and been Region Runner-up as a team and Region Dual Champions as a team.

sorry, my horn was rusty and needed Tooting.

 

[volfan2024]

Football: 2 years HS, until they got smart and realized that a 5'5" Quarterback couldn't see over the line, no matter how good his arm was.

Baseball: couldn't play in HS (too good a team--my HS lost to Germantown in the regionals every year when GT was nationally ranked), but led babe Ruth league in Walks and Steals all 3 years. Had spells where I couldn't hit a slow beach ball, but get me on base and I was Ty Cobb Reincarnate. I was Never (NEVER) thrown out stealing or picked off. Stole Home 4 times, stole 2nd and 3rd on back to back pitches Countless times.....good times, man, Good times.

Basketball: Played in 8th Grade. scored one point. All Year. screw basketball.

Wrestling: This is where I was meant to be. 3 year starter, 2 time state Qualifier, 2 time Junior National Qualifier, 75 career wins. since then, I have coached Wrestling at the HS level, and have produced over 40 State Qualifiers, eight state medalists, two state runners-up, and been Region Runner-up as a team and Region Dual Champions as a team.

sorry, my horn was rusty and needed Tooting.

That's impressive! No tooting on this board just facts. Ever noticed when it comes to UFC fighting the guys that do the best normally have wrestling backgrounds.

 

[LadyinOrange]

Playing sports can make you break a nail.


:wink2:

 

[milohimself]

Heaven forbid :crazy: