Saturday, February 16, 2008
#6 Just Kickin' It
I knew college soccer would be hard, but if I would have known what I was getting myself into, I would have though twice about signing my life away to TCU Women's Soccer. Our regular season was in the fall, and yea, our schedule was hard with the practices, games, and traveling all on top of school, but I don't think that even compares to the dreaded off-season training. Our schedule goes as follows: Monday- practice from 3 to 5, Tuesday- weights at 6:30 a.m. and practice in the afternoon from 3 to 5, Wednesday- off day, Thursday- weights at 6:30 a.m. and practice from 3 to 5, Friday- practice from 3 to 5 and Saturday- weights on our own time as well as team practice. Our "practices" generally consist of conditioning for an hour and then practice with the ball for an hour. I have never been so sore and run down in my life. I think I would be just fine with cutting off my legs just so I could not feel them anymore. All I ever want to do is sleep in my free time, wait, what free time? As soon as practice is over I go home and shower, eat dinner and then go to my mandatory study hall hours and tutors, and as soon as that is over it is way past my bedtime. Despite how terrible and unenjoyable this all sounds, I wouldn't ever go back and change my decision. Soccer is my life and I'd like to keep it that way, for now.
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Excellent title for this blog! :o)
#7 Can I kick it too?
I thought about joining the TCU Men's Soccer Team in the fall, but I chose to dedicate my time to TCU Marching Band instead. I'll definitely think hard about whether I want to change my decision after reading this. I've played soccer since I was eight years old, and I can't imagine completely giving it up now that I'm in college. I'm getting involved with a team this spring through the TCU Recreation Center and BYX to try and get back into running shape for tryouts in the fall. I'm also aware that men's soccer isn't as big since we don't have an official "University recognized" program that is able to sign players and give them scholarships. I'm hoping that my own two hour workouts, five times a week, plus the four hours a week I give to Gymnastics Club will prepare me for getting back into shape for soccer. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of time to schedule cardiovascular exercise in my already tight schedule. Do you have any exercises you'd recommend that really help with stamina so I'd be ready to go the full ninety minutes by tryouts in the fall? Do you have enough fun to want to stay with soccer all four years?
#7 BONUS
I can only imagine how hard it must be to travel and practice with a team as well as do your school work and study for tests. I am on the TCU Showgirls Dance Team and it is hard enough! Our busiest time is football season when we have practices at 6:30 in the morning. It is awful! I hate morning practices because I can never stay up late studying. I was sick the entire semester because my body was never given the chance to recover. I can’t even imagine having practices twice a day!
I’m sure you have had moments where you want to live the normal college life and have a lot of freedom; I know I have. Soccer practices are a lot more rigorous and it looks like there are a lot more of them. I would never be able to do that everyday. Traveling to away games must be even harder! Luckily, we only have to go to home football games and basketball games. Dance team has been a really great experience because dancing is one of my passions. Yes, I wish I had more free time sometimes, but dance is my form of free time because it makes me so happy! Jenna and I may have different practices and schedules, but we both know what it is like to pursue our passion even at the cost of losing other fun times!
#7 "Enemy Helicopter Inbound!!"
Working out 5 days a week, getting up at 6:30, dancing at every football game, I must say you guys have it easy. I welcome all of you whiners to try your luck at my daily regimen of ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ on XBOX 360 and then try and tell me that you have it hard. Sitting on a futon anywhere from 10 to 12 hours a day playing XBOX all day is not for the weak let me tell you. It takes an immense amount of skill and versatility to be successful and call yourself a true warrior.
While you all are spending time outdoors, getting exercise, and wasting time. I am stuck inside mastering my numerous abilities. The first of which is being able to stare at a television for extended periods of time without so much as a blink; you don’t even want to know what could happen if you blink in the middle of a mission. Secondly, and arguably the most important is fighting the urge to use the bathroom; anyone who can’t push through that will never be able to successfully defeat a digitally created army. Lastly, 5 times a day when not in class I tie 200 pounds of weight to the ends of my thumb and due as many repetitions as possible in order to increase my thumbs reaction time on the thumb stick (my record is 1000).
In conclusion, the next time you find yourself waking up before the sun does, or burning calories, just try to remind yourself how lucky you are to have such an easy task in comparison.
#7 Never in my Life...
I responded to this blog because the title was very catchy and I wanted to see what exactly the body would be about. After reading the blog, I can honestly say I feel sorry for you and every other college athlete. For the non-athletic people out there like me, it's amazing someone puts in so much dedication and time to a sport that they love. Two of my best friends went to college on scholarships (Missouri State and University of Lafayette), but I never had any clue they put so much time and work into the sport. I think it's absolutely great as long as you still love it, and I'm very impressed with a new-found respect for all college athletes.
#7 Yeah never give up!1
I choose to comment at this Blog because I thought this tittle was very different and I assumed that this blog would be very interesting blog comment on it.
When I was reading Jenna's blog, I really felt how hard her life is right now. I guess I am having some hard time to adapt the teaching way of the professors here at TCU. Even though I am not thinking about join any of TCU's sports team I used to play soccer back in Angola and I know how hard is. I only can tell you Jenna that you are really strong person and you should never give up of your dreams and goals.
I would like to end this comment by telling you a saying often used by my parents when I tell them that sometimes I feel like give up and go back to Angola to continue my studies there close to them. Here is the saying" There is no sucessful in your life with suferring"
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