blast from the past
In highschool I used to be a serious netball freak. As in, it was MY SPORT. I used to play club netball (where you had to be selected and stuff) and was on their A grade team; we kicked ass and totally won our grandfinals, and for school netball I got the Best & Fairest award.
Thanks to "Clique Politics" and my "Uncoolness" I was deprived the chance of playing netball in my last year of highschool - the girls in my grade were horribly bitchy and refused to let me and suds_from_aus join the team. After that, I was bitterly disappointed in a lot of things and just STOPPED netball.
Tonight I got an SMS from Bek asking if I wanted to play with a Uni team.
So I just played my first game of netball in probably about six years, if not more, and it was FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!. Seriously. I was TERRIFIED I would suck because I am unfit and have not played for so long. However, my fears were unfounded (I totally rocked, even if I do say so myself).
3/4 of my team were okay players, but none of them played club netball or had the training I did, and my training came back *really* quickly once I was on court. Unfortunately, because they lacked the training I had it was hard remembering how to play with them - they don't do tricks like the players I used to play with. Still, we settled down really well and weren't too badly humiliated - 31 to 22 (we lost).
The team we played are like *totally* serious about their sport. The GS tried to trip me, accidetnally tripped the GA and then told the GA IN FRONT OF THE UMPIRE that she thought she was tripping ME! And what did the umpire do?! Gave the GA a *free pass*. That sucked. Big time. But still.
I forgot how much I loved netball. I'm fiercely, FIERCELY competitive (just in case none of you worked that out by now) and netball is a way in which I can jsut throw EVERYTHING in and totally wear myself out, and feel GOOD about having played my hardest. Strangely enough, I don't mind losing, despite my competitive edge, as long as the game as been a good game. Normally I'm totally a "Winning is everything" but I just love playing the sport.
I'm totally exhausted now, and I know my ass and legs and arms will KILL Me tomorrow, but I don't care. I've totally enjoyed it, and I'm all motivated again now to keep up with my 'get fit and lose weight' program again. I needed the new motivation; since I got sick a month ago I"ve just not been in the mood to exercise beasue I've been so tired and miserable.
I'm still coughing MAJORLY (worse now, after my game actually) but I feel fine again. The coughing didn't worry me too much while I played, though at one point the umpire did ask me if I needed to call time because I seriosuly couldn't breathe, but other than that, it was good.
Am now a permanent member of the team *YAY!!!!!* which means I get to play netball every Wednesday night for the next couple of weeks. Excellent.
Also, there are two med girls on this team, so this might be a way for me to get myself back into the 'socialising with med people mode' considering the lovely chat Bek and I had on the way home after the game. Sometimes I think I just need to be reminded of the good things about my fellow students; I'm too cynical and judgemental and ready to believe they all hate me.
Oh, and according to Bek apparently one of the girls *hates* me and is totally jealous of me because I never turn up to class and "totally kick her butt" in marks. In reality, this isn't true - I barely scraped my passes last year - but apparently thsi girl believes it to be so which is why she is always annoying me on MSN with "OMG I AM GOING TO FAIL"
GAH. That girl is WAY too intense for me. Seriously.
Am now going to have my hot chocolate and go to bed; Sel is coming tomorrow morning adn I get to spend teh weekend with her! YAY!!!!!!
Thanks to "Clique Politics" and my "Uncoolness" I was deprived the chance of playing netball in my last year of highschool - the girls in my grade were horribly bitchy and refused to let me and suds_from_aus join the team. After that, I was bitterly disappointed in a lot of things and just STOPPED netball.
Tonight I got an SMS from Bek asking if I wanted to play with a Uni team.
So I just played my first game of netball in probably about six years, if not more, and it was FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!. Seriously. I was TERRIFIED I would suck because I am unfit and have not played for so long. However, my fears were unfounded (I totally rocked, even if I do say so myself).
3/4 of my team were okay players, but none of them played club netball or had the training I did, and my training came back *really* quickly once I was on court. Unfortunately, because they lacked the training I had it was hard remembering how to play with them - they don't do tricks like the players I used to play with. Still, we settled down really well and weren't too badly humiliated - 31 to 22 (we lost).
The team we played are like *totally* serious about their sport. The GS tried to trip me, accidetnally tripped the GA and then told the GA IN FRONT OF THE UMPIRE that she thought she was tripping ME! And what did the umpire do?! Gave the GA a *free pass*. That sucked. Big time. But still.
I forgot how much I loved netball. I'm fiercely, FIERCELY competitive (just in case none of you worked that out by now) and netball is a way in which I can jsut throw EVERYTHING in and totally wear myself out, and feel GOOD about having played my hardest. Strangely enough, I don't mind losing, despite my competitive edge, as long as the game as been a good game. Normally I'm totally a "Winning is everything" but I just love playing the sport.
I'm totally exhausted now, and I know my ass and legs and arms will KILL Me tomorrow, but I don't care. I've totally enjoyed it, and I'm all motivated again now to keep up with my 'get fit and lose weight' program again. I needed the new motivation; since I got sick a month ago I"ve just not been in the mood to exercise beasue I've been so tired and miserable.
I'm still coughing MAJORLY (worse now, after my game actually) but I feel fine again. The coughing didn't worry me too much while I played, though at one point the umpire did ask me if I needed to call time because I seriosuly couldn't breathe, but other than that, it was good.
Am now a permanent member of the team *YAY!!!!!* which means I get to play netball every Wednesday night for the next couple of weeks. Excellent.
Also, there are two med girls on this team, so this might be a way for me to get myself back into the 'socialising with med people mode' considering the lovely chat Bek and I had on the way home after the game. Sometimes I think I just need to be reminded of the good things about my fellow students; I'm too cynical and judgemental and ready to believe they all hate me.
Oh, and according to Bek apparently one of the girls *hates* me and is totally jealous of me because I never turn up to class and "totally kick her butt" in marks. In reality, this isn't true - I barely scraped my passes last year - but apparently thsi girl believes it to be so which is why she is always annoying me on MSN with "OMG I AM GOING TO FAIL"
GAH. That girl is WAY too intense for me. Seriously.
Am now going to have my hot chocolate and go to bed; Sel is coming tomorrow morning adn I get to spend teh weekend with her! YAY!!!!!!