Top High School Football Recruits

by Stephen Shooter

Question by Gooseflesh: I hate football at school?
Sorry this is long

Let me clarify … I hate the organized football team at my high school, not the sport itself. I’m quite athletic and I love playing football and stuff at school during recess, and when it’s not so serious.

The reason I joined the high school team was because I wanted to be more involved with my friends and to be able to be part of the team when they always talked about football. So I quit hockey ( which I was really good at , not to brag, I actually was pretty good maybe top 50 in Alberta) which I had alot of passion for. I wanted to prove to my friends that I wasnt a “pansy”. One of my friends always called me that just because I read a lot and didn’t hate football.

Anyway … I sucked. I was always good at school, but that was without equipment and I didn’t know any of the terms of football really, so I played corner. I didn’t mind it, im pretty fast. I made interceptions and tackles in practice, but always seemed to screw up in games. My friends werent mean to me about it, but I could tell how much they thought I was bad.

And the practices were hell. Every day for 2:30 hours after school ( even on game day) we ran so much . We have this hill behind our school Thats probably 70 degrees and a half K tall. We ran it everyday, sometimes we just ran it 11 times which took the whole practice. I didn’t mind , I was in decent shape and all but it wasn’t fun.

The worst part was I wasn’t really part of the team. People loved cranking me just because it was my first year and went out of their way just to line up against me. I kept trying my hardest, but I got some concussions and even one of my best friends knocked me out ( he’s a tank). I was kind of bullied too.

Anyway, I’m not trying to complain but I don’t know if i should play again this year. I want to take honors classes in my first year of high school and leadership and probably won’t have time or energy with football . What should I do ?

Best answer:

Answer by Charlie
Dude, if you’re in Canada, play hockey if you want, no one should criticize you for it! Have your friends come down to the States and play football with real players if they think theyre so tough.

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