I suck at sports
A few people I know around here play in an indoor soccer league every Thursday night. I have watched them play a couple times and I filled in when they needed extra players a couple weeks ago. Today they asked me to play goalie. Now, I have some decent experience playing goalie in hockey and hockey related sports. I played goalie in a local broomball league last year and got the starting nod for the league all-star team that went to play in a tournament in Plattsburgh, New York last April.
Since the broomball league is temporarily defunct, I needed to find another sport where people can fire projectiles at me. However, the hockey goalie skills definitely do not transfer to soccer. We got smoked tonight. 8-2. Sadly, at least half of the goals were pretty bad, so I can't blame my teammates. Granted, the team I am on is not really any good (we play for fun against teams that are much more talented and organized). However, we could have kept this game close if I didn't give up so many bad goals.
I think I'll keep trying to play goalie with this team since they need players and I still had fun. I sucked playing goalie in the local broomball league the first few games, but I got a lot better with practice. Hopefully my soccer skills will improve.
I wish I had athletic skills. I was good when I was 8. What happened?
Since the broomball league is temporarily defunct, I needed to find another sport where people can fire projectiles at me. However, the hockey goalie skills definitely do not transfer to soccer. We got smoked tonight. 8-2. Sadly, at least half of the goals were pretty bad, so I can't blame my teammates. Granted, the team I am on is not really any good (we play for fun against teams that are much more talented and organized). However, we could have kept this game close if I didn't give up so many bad goals.
I think I'll keep trying to play goalie with this team since they need players and I still had fun. I sucked playing goalie in the local broomball league the first few games, but I got a lot better with practice. Hopefully my soccer skills will improve.
I wish I had athletic skills. I was good when I was 8. What happened?
posted by GaryGinew at 9:48 PM
2 Comments:
I bet your softball throwing/catching/hitting skills are better than mine (if that makes you feel any better...which it probably doesn't)!
it's much bigger than a basketball court. I am thinking it is about two-thirds the size of a soccer field, but I may be overestimating a little.
The goals are smaller. However, they are much bigger than a hockey or broomball net. Sigh.
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