Hey guys and girls, im 14 and want to start swimming with my school swim team. I dont know how my families going to react to this they kind of think its a girly sport. How should i hanndle this and i need some tips on what type of swim suit and cap? What dry land training should i do? Should i shave?
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Originally posted by thisgirl13
I was a high school swimmer, in a tiny Southern Ohio town ruled by a religion we call high school football. There were a record-breaking 7 people on my team my sophomore year, and we were teased endlessly by the other jocks in the school....until we invited them to a practice.
When I was in high school, football was definitely the "big" sport. In fact, every game was a major school event, complete with cheerleaders, the band playing at half time, refreshment stands, etc. They didn't even have a swim team when I was there (though from what I hear that has changed).
But here are the sad facts:
Most of the guys who played high school football weren't good enough to play it in college.
None of them, to my knowledge, were good enough to turn pro.
And those guys who aren't good enough to turn pro soon discover a hard reality: If you don't turn pro, about the only options for football as an adult are watching and coaching, neither of which will keep you in shape. An unfortunate number of high school football players, when they become adults, end up sitting in front of their TV sets watching the superbowl while they grow beer bellies and reminisce about the glory days when they were 17.
Originally posted by thisgirl13
I was a high school swimmer, in a tiny Southern Ohio town ruled by a religion we call high school football. There were a record-breaking 7 people on my team my sophomore year, and we were teased endlessly by the other jocks in the school....until we invited them to a practice.
When I was in high school, football was definitely the "big" sport. In fact, every game was a major school event, complete with cheerleaders, the band playing at half time, refreshment stands, etc. They didn't even have a swim team when I was there (though from what I hear that has changed).
But here are the sad facts:
Most of the guys who played high school football weren't good enough to play it in college.
None of them, to my knowledge, were good enough to turn pro.
And those guys who aren't good enough to turn pro soon discover a hard reality: If you don't turn pro, about the only options for football as an adult are watching and coaching, neither of which will keep you in shape. An unfortunate number of high school football players, when they become adults, end up sitting in front of their TV sets watching the superbowl while they grow beer bellies and reminisce about the glory days when they were 17.
