CAUGHT

The volleyball team threw a party two weeks before conference. Little did they know that their coach was spying on them and drove by the party. They ended up losing their conference championship and the coach only had one reason why, the party.
For two months, six days a week in the offseason, the team had to wake up every morning at 6:00 a.m and run for an hour straight. That was it, only run. But at 6:00 a.m.
We are all college kids, we need to have some sort of a life. This punishment I thought was just plain mean. They did not lose because of one party.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME- NOT

My 21st birthday was last week. I had a surprise party. My friends got me a little tipsy, took me out for a fun filled night in Fort Lauderdale. It was my 21st birthday, I did not care what time I got back.
Well, I ended up going to sleep at 5:00 am. Three hours later, I woke up to a phone ringing non-stop. It was my coach, yelling that I was late for practice.
Did he care that it was my birthday? No. If I did not go, I would have to re-think my spot on the team. I got up and went. After I was done running, my coach gave me a simple, "How did that feel, birthday girl?" I thought I was going to kill him. I was way to tired to do that.

PROFILE: MEREDITH WHITE

SPORT: FAU WOMEN"S SOCCER
AGE: 23
YEAR: SENIOR
GPA: 3.4
YRS PLAYING:19
HOMETOWN: KINGWOOD, TEXAS
HRS A WK PRACTICING:30
FAVORITE:
FOOD: GELATO
SHOW: GREY'S ANATOMY
SOCCER MOMENT: WINNING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2005
LEAST FAV. MOMENT: TEARING MY ACL SENIOR YEAR
NICKNAME: MER BEAR
PLACE: AUSTRALIA
MERS INSIDE JUICE: Freshmen year, we tp'd the boy's locker room and post-it noted their cars. Hey you got to have a little fun.

When is it enough?

One of the girls on my team called me yesterday to tell me she was having surgery on her knee.
If this was anybody else, it would be ok. One surgery, every college athlete has almost one.
But this girl, Brittany has had 3 knee surgeries, one hip surgery, cartilage injectioinis and multiple stress fractures. Now she is going to have another one.
When does a coach decide that this is it, that running is actually hurting her.
This girl has so much dedication and a heart for running, that it makes a situation like this hard. How could you take away something she loves? But how much more can her body take?

Life after College

College athletes. In the pro's, such a small number ever make it up to that level from college. But there are some lucky ones.
Actually one of the baseball players from a couple years back just started for the Anaheim Angels on opening day. Tommy Murphy was the first player ever to start for a professional team.
So it can happen. It is hard and I don't think I can ever make it but there are those lucky ones.

OUCH! That might hurt-

Yesterday, I was lifting weights in the weight room and all of a sudden I heard a sudden smack.
I turned my head to see what it was, and one of the swimmers had actually tried to attempt a back flip off the pull up bar. Well during this attempt, he did not measure his distance to well and slammed his head into the pull up bar.
After the smack there was no movement from the swimmer. Trainers ran in and lifted him up and took him on out.
Later that day, I found out that the swimmer had a slight concussion but was doing ok.
Ouch! Be smarter next time!

BREAKING NEWS

Last week, all of the freshmen on the volleyball team quit, and three members approached the Athletic Director about a problem that happened with the coach.

I asked my coach if he knew of any information and his reply was, " The coach was mad because the girls did not train over christmas."

Is that the truth? I went to an actual volleyball player, and she told me that the coach apparently was saying stuff that was not appropriate at all for a coach to say.

This reminds me of the blog earlier, about coach or friend. Coaches need to know there role. Period.