Flying balls (the sports kind...you dirty, dirty people)
I knew there was something I forgot to put into my last entry, and only did I realize my omission as I sat here trying to stretch and I felt every muscle from waste up scream in agony. I was in a collision yesterday at tennis. Tennis you may ask, that’s a non-violent sport when most ppl play. We were playing doubles and I was playing with a partner that I didn’t know to well and we both went for the ball as it went down the middle of the court. And we both went at it full force. Of course neither one of us called it, and we smacked into each other. We both ended up on the court laying on our back, laughing hysterically of course at the sequence of events. Some how in the process my partner hit me so hard my shoe stayed in one stop and the rest of me landed else where. I tried to cushion the blow with my hand, so I hit it pretty hard on the ground. That pain was gone very fast. But the bruise on my shoulder and the pain in my left arm may take some more time, since that was the side I landed on.
So it just goes to show that even the most seemingly un-dangerous sports can be. Another incident I had was when Jon, Brian, Adam and I went golfing. We were on the chipping range practicing our chipping (duh) and I’m way on the other side of the range, standing kinda up hill away from the boys. And for some reason balls tend to like hitting me (and no dirty thoughts or comments about that… think football, tennis ball, golf ball, see there’s a pattern). Next thing I hear is “JEN!!!!” and I look up just in time to feel the impact of a golf ball against my thigh. Talk about pain, I nearly fell to the ground, but this being a country club, I figured I needed to stay composed. But the black-blue-purple welt lasted for a few weeks before it was all gone. The name of the hitter will remain anonymous unless he wants to reveal himself.
It just goes to prove that any sport can be dangerous given the situation and the ppl playing the sport.
So it just goes to show that even the most seemingly un-dangerous sports can be. Another incident I had was when Jon, Brian, Adam and I went golfing. We were on the chipping range practicing our chipping (duh) and I’m way on the other side of the range, standing kinda up hill away from the boys. And for some reason balls tend to like hitting me (and no dirty thoughts or comments about that… think football, tennis ball, golf ball, see there’s a pattern). Next thing I hear is “JEN!!!!” and I look up just in time to feel the impact of a golf ball against my thigh. Talk about pain, I nearly fell to the ground, but this being a country club, I figured I needed to stay composed. But the black-blue-purple welt lasted for a few weeks before it was all gone. The name of the hitter will remain anonymous unless he wants to reveal himself.
It just goes to prove that any sport can be dangerous given the situation and the ppl playing the sport.