Sports: How far did you go?

[nation]

Played tennis since i was young until high school.

was big into the USTA scene, playing drs and srs.

in high school made it to states 3 years, twice in doubles, once in singles. got a bronze in doubles one year.

quit before college because was entering an accelerated med program and didnt have time for it anymore.

[Thundercat32]

I'm 6-6 so I was always tallest kid in my class which means I was on the basketball team every year since 3rd grade.

From 3rd grade to 7th grade I sucked. Than in 8th grade I started to get better. In high school I was a good skilled player but too soft, sorta like a Raef LaFrentz type but not that tall (what for a lousy 5 inches and I don't need poker to try and get rich).

After high school when I started to miss the game is when I really started to develop as a player. There were weeks that all I did was play basketball, eat, sleep, and play more basketball when I was 19. I'm cursed with the knowledge I could of played college basketball had I done things differently in high school.

I've played a ton of semi pro players and ex college players in pick up games and can always hold my own (though if I had played college basketball it would of definitely been as a role player). I love basketball would love to be a basketball coach, so kids in my position don't make the same mistake I did in high school. Even as recently as 2 years ago when I was 26 I went into training again for another tryout with a college team NAIA only way I'd have any eligibility. 20 hours of shooting, 5 hours of ball handling, line drills, passing, etc. 5 hours of running, and 10 hours of weightlifting every week for 5 months. There's like 360 players in the NBA, about another 1500 or so in the overseas ranks, and somewhere around that in semi pro leagues or amateur leagues. I've always thought of myself when in shape as one of the best 5,000 or so basketball players in the world and one of the best 1,000 or so jump shooters. I'll never get a chance to prove that or anything. It's just frustrating to even think about.

If I could be one of the best 5,000 poker players in the world I think I'd feel better about it all.

[Knives_Out]

In 8th grade I was on the 2nd string, B team basketball team. Then Tragedy Struck. I blew out my knee.

[David Ottosen]

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overweight, degenerate gambler

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[mistermuni]

ranked 2 in the midatlantic in tennis as a junior. played the nationals and what not. promptly quit.

made 73 free throws in a row as a freshman in high school

[ursine cotcher]

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all county 95

sup bro?

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sup bro?

County rugby and hockey (2 levels below English national), then bam bam ankle ligaments no goot, hence my current state of degeneracy.

[evank15]

Played high school basketball all five years and rugby for a couple years.

But my real sport was baseball. I played three years in the best youth (U19) baseball league in the country, the British Columbia Premier Baseball League. This is the league that guys like Rich Harden, Justin Morneau and Adam Loewen (others as well) played in (among them, I only played against Loewen). More and more guys are coming out of the league and now playing in college or the minor leagues. Baseball is booming in British Columbia.

Unfortunately I was no Adam Loewen, and after my three years I hit the end of the road. I did get offered a scholarship to El Paso Junior College, one of the best baseball JCs in Texas, but I passed up on it because of scholarship requirements to the university I was to attend that September (that I still attend), that is to say I would have lost out on thousands in scholarships.

Now I play in the local men's league, and umpire little league, men's league games I'm not involved in, and the league I used to play in (BCPBL). I was both a catcher and a pitcher when I played, so I know what it's like from all three sides of the strike zone (mound, batter's box, behind the dish). I feel that this gives me a distinct advantage as an umpire.

[PokerBob]

2 years (kinda) as a walk-on on a DI track team. i was good, but those guys are great. i cannot go out and drink 17 beers and then run 12 miles the next day.

[tufat23]

played table tennis in high school [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

won the county at 13 for U13(UK county tho) and was rated as really highly. PLayed for my h/s and county (which was pretty much the same thing because our school killed the game) for like 7 yrs but by the time i was 17 or so, I really was way behind in fitness levels and only on the team out of natural ability (plus i kept winning, which helps). i was ranked 4th on school team when i left, with 2 england internationals ahead of me, although its my own fault since i had at least the same amount of natural ability but they just worked a [censored] harder, so fair play (i'm talking like 25hrs practice/play a week)

At 14/15 I was beating the school's county players in badminton and squash based on natural ability, but i couldnt be bothered to play those as well as table tennis.

[Sluss]

Sup Bro!

I played 4 years of HS football mainly at DB (FS,SS,CB) I wasn't fast, but was quick and because I was a sure tackler I was a four year letterman.

Where I was real good was wrestling. Was ranked pretty high in the state. Took the state champion down to the wire before my senior year. Ended up not qualifing for states because only three came from our region. They finished 2nd, 3rd and 6th.

Had some college offers. I ended up taking an academic scholarship that the wrestling coach greased for me at a D-III school. Of course I broke my arm while working at K-Mart (dozen 5 gallon paint cans fell on my head) I was supposed to be out until the end of December. Got to eat at Thanksgiving that year...never tried to make 118 pounds again. Now I tickle 180.