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February 10, 2005
sokker and other stuff
I played soccer again tonight. It was a bit more fun this time around. I’m not all that skilled due to the fact that I haven’t played much, but tonight I though I had a better sense of where I should be, and where my teammates were. To top it off, I scored two goals in the second half, which leads me to think that half of scoring is just being in the right place in the right time. I just happened to be in a good position after a rebound. My second goal I actually tried to flip it over the goalies head because he was on his knees from blocking the previous shot. That’s about as skillful as I get. I stick suck as dribbling.
The only downside was that one of my teammates is a bit of an ass. Obviously he’s been playing a lot longer than me and he’s able to control the ball better as well. The thing that gets me was that I told him I was pretty new to all of this and would be willing to take in some advice. So in the most condescending tone he could muster, he proceeded to ‘advise’ me every few minutes. The kicker is that even though we had plenty of subs available, he wouldn’t get out of the game when he was tired and in turn, wouldn’t hustle at all. Arrogance isn’t something that should be brought on to any playing field. But I won’t let it get under my skin. The fact that I scored two goals to his zero helps too.
I also played volleyball in my usual Tuesday night league. We went 1-3 put played well. We kind of beat ourselves in a couple of the games. But we’re starting to play a little more cohesively.
I ran out in Ann Arbor last night with some of the west-side team in training crew as well as some members of the empty pint club. Great name for a running club. We kicked in about five miles. It was pretty refreshing to run in the snow in a park at night.
I’m not sure what I’m up to tomorrow. I might take it easy since we have a bike/run brick session coming up on Saturday. We’ll see.
Posted by ksmith at February 10, 2005 09:43 PM