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New Year's Resolutions

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Deety said:
But the dedicated would anyway, right?
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Yea when you think of it that way...then yes.

I went to most of my school's summer workouts before the "official" season actually started. But its nice to know that you don't have to go every day.

We didn't/don't have winter workouts like his school is apparently having. But right now I'm staying in shape by swimming on the swim team. Its my first year of competition swimming(Haven't had any "formal" training in the strokes). I don't know any strokes other than the free style. I've placed third and fourth in my last two races. My coach says I have lots of potential.
 
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tedginn05 said:
Its my first year of competition swimming(Haven't had any "formal" training in the strokes). I don't know any strokes other than the free style. I've placed third and fourth in my last two races. My coach says I have lots of potential.
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That's a nice start, and sounds like a good subject for a resolution.

I have the standard ones on file from last year - hit the gym, get organized, quit wasting money, etc.
 
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Deety said:
That's a good start, and sounds like a good resolution.
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Yea except for the fact that my times for those placements were 39 seconds(I had the same time for both races) for the 50 Meter/Yard Free. I didn't swim yesterday because of bad chest pains. Would've been pointless to swim anyway. The kid(a kid from Bellefontaine) that won the race had a time of 26.87. Would've blown me out of the water.:(
 
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tedginn05 said:
Yea except for the fact that my times for those placements were 39 seconds for the 50 Meter/Yard Free(In both meets). I didn't swim yesterday because of bad chest pains. Would've been pointless to swim anyway. The kid(a kid from Bellefontaine) that won the race had a time of 26.87. Would've blown me out of the water.:(
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Nah, wouldn't have been pointless. It would have been experience, and maybe even motivation, and those are always valuable.
 
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tedginn05 said:
Is that required?

If it is ha ha.

In Ohio they can't make us go to any practices/workouts until the designated date to start the season. Which this year is August 7. They can have weight room sessions and such, but can't make it a requirement to go to.
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last year as a freshman i missed about 5 workouts over a course of a month. and those were because i had baseball games that day. Bascially i only really care about starting next year and wanting to look like bobby carpenter
 
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Well my freshman year I played CB/SS/FS/WR/Kicker.

This season(the 2005 season) I never played in a game(becasue of my ankle injury). They said I wasn't a DB type and sent me to the linebackers coach in the summer. They were going to make me a RB/FB on offense. But I had not intentions to play offense.

This upcoming season the D-Line coach says he wants me to play on the line for him, playing DE. I assume that I would play TE on offense(?).

Thats a lot of changes for anyone. Going from playing DB one year, to playing LB the next year, and playing defensive line the very next year.

They can't figure out where they want to play me.:shake:
 
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tedginn05 said:
They can't figure out where they want to play me.:shake:
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Then don't make them have to make a decision... You decide, then do what you need to do to be ready to make the team at the position of your choice...

but you better be ready to do what you need to do..
it's called walk the talk... versus just talking the talk...

same for FookMichiganTGJ...

you live your priorities... how bad do you want something...
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
Then don't make them have to make a decision... You decide, then do what you need to do to be ready to make the team at the position of your choice...

but you better be ready to do what you need to do..
it's called walk the talk... versus just talking the talk...
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Yea heres the problem.

I played DB as a fresh. Going into my sophomore season I had every intention to play DB again. I even went to the OSU football camp for the position of DB. I trained all summer(On my own) to be a DB. I come into the first day of "Two-a-days". They say go to your defensive position area. I go to the DB coach and get in the line for the drill. He says "No your not a DB, go somewhere else". I was like, "Excuse me, I've always been a DB". He's like, "Well you won't be playing DB for me, go to the LB's". This guy never coached the Freshman Team. He's a varsity coach.

So I go to the linebackers. He's watching me do the drills. I backpedal on the drills. He says, "You know LB don't backpedal right, have you ever played LB". I tell him that I played CB the year before. He says "Then why aren't you over at the DB drills with Coach Mattox". I tell him that Mattox wouldn't let me be a DB.

Later that day in the sprints at the end of practices I messed up my ankle/foot...that ended my season. That pain while running went on until like the 8-9th week of the season when I went for a "jog" and the pain was gone. I started going faster and again...no pain. I came back told coach it was back to "normal" and that I could play. He said just wait til next year. I wasn't going to play in a game anyway. I knew that. I already missed too much that year.

It would be painful whenever I ran, but not when I walked(Could never figure out what happened). Now its never like it happen. I have flash ups where it will happen again, but it usually only last a week or less. This lasted almost the whole season.

This is why I say they don't know where to put me. I tried to play the only position I know how to play...DB. He wouldn't let me. He wouldn't even give me a look. It sucks trying to learn a whole new position every year. But I will do whatever helps the team.
 
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DO NOT bench everyday!!! Not if you would like to keep all your muscles intact. I don't care who you are, no one's body can take that everyday. Make you sure are strenghtening the opposing muscle groups at the same time. It will be worth it in the end, plus move your bench forward quicker (usually, there are always exceptions).
 
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