I participated in hardcore sports until I was about 30 or so. I was first team all state in 2 sports in highschool and earned a full ride to play football at the D-1AA level. Thank gosh I did because I tore my knees up starting my freshman year in highschool. 17 years of football put a hurting on my body. Two ACL reconstructions/MCL tears/cartilage tears my freshman and sophomore year in college are starting to affect my knees as I inch toward 40. After college I got into MMA training/fighting for 5-6 years, training with world class fighters/competitors. The only regret I really have is not pushing forward with my MMA training after my second child was born. I had to weigh my life, and I chose my family. I was on the cusp of becomming something in the fight game and I really enjoyed it. So NY, like you, my body is beginning to hurt like heck.
33 years of military service tore my body up more than anything else could have. No regrets, no looking back, live, learn and always push forward.
I played pretty much everything where no ice was involved. My senior year in high school, I stupidly tried running over a MLB on a QB sneak and ended up having to dig my right shoulder out of my pants. So much for playing QB for Auburn which was my dream gig. 30 Plus years later it still gives me problems along with some low back issues and a rib that I have broken half a dozen times over the years. My son is a swimmer... 6"3"- 14 years old. He attends one of the top magnet high schools in the country. I won't allow football, he won't play basketball and he hates baseball.
Hindsight would be a wonderful thing to have. Think of what you could do with it. Sorry you feel so rotton NY.
Yes it is. I'm sure I'll make it. I just see how my body is now and think ahead 20 years .... Yikes! Im still VERY active physically. And if I wasn't , I think it would be worse. When I shut it down at the end of the day (or in mornings before the body losens up) is the worst. I can deal with the aches and pains throughout the day simply because I don't think about it and my body is moving. Can't imagine sitting around all day, I'd be like a board. And I was thinking about this today. I wouldn't trade any of it looking back. All the memories, friends, life lessons, competition, achievments, etc...... Sports always have been and always will be a big part of my life. I went after my ultimate dream and came up just short. I can always say I gave it everything I had trying to get there. If I never gave myself that opportunity I'd be kicking myself now. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of my sons with this. Knowing what I know now and feeling how I feel now. Hate to hold a kid back from his dream (I would never do that). But knowing the price to pay afterwards. Fine line I suppose.
This is like an Al bundy remberance episode, I scored 4 touchdowns in one game.I played football, basketball and baseball. I watched a lacrosse game, that sport is violent.
I loved playing high school football but my body paid for it...fractured tibia/fibula sophomore year...separated shoulder and ankle sprain during senior year. The leg I busted is 3/8 inch shorter than the other which causes some problems with my back and neck. My shoulder is fine and was actually strengthend over time through archery. If I could do it all over again I probably would have just played golf...a sport I can enjoy my whole life and won't destroy my body.
I know I'll hear it for this, but to be honest with you golf put a LOT of wear and tear on my body. The torque generated and stress from many moving body parts can do a number on your body over time. There are a lot of moving parts and a lot of strain on those moving parts. If it's something you do all day, everyday it will abuse your body. Not to mention simply walking 10+ miles a day. I know there is no way in hell I could practice now like I did back in the day. To pick up the clubs and play on the weekend? Yeah, no problem. To do it everyday and try to make a living at it? You'll be feeling it.
Germ beat me to it, I don't want to go Al Bundy...but here goes. I was all state in baseball, went to college, would have been drafted mid rounds etc...but, was young and stupid with no patience for what I learned very quickly was a business. I do not regret any of the sports I played, or the pain I have to this day due to those sports. I now have a son and (if he plays sports) I will use my expierences to help him along. I still have a few friends playing big league ball, so although he is only 1, he and his sister (she already has) will get to see what the show is all about each time one of them comes to town.
Honestly, I would have went back and played basketball and football. I did neither because I wanted to hunt, but those were my real talents. I played basketball every day at school with a lot of great players ( a couple that went on to play D-1 ball) and they told me to play but I never could get myself to give up hunting. Probably could have gotten a scholarship for football and basketball, just didnt have the desire to. Baseball was the one thing I couldn't give up, even after I broke my arm throwing a ball (twice), I was good, but not nearly good enough to play at the level I wanted to.
my body hurts every morning i get up and comes and goes throughout the day... when i see Saint Peter at the gate he's gonna be looking at one used up body! thats kinda how i live my life glad for all those scars, aches and pains "i wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger"
