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Old pleasures
Apr. 6th, 2007 02:05 amI played Soccer (Football) today for the first time in about five years.
Now, I do not normally like to brag (that's a lie), but I must say that I fucking kick ass at Soccer. Five years out of practice and I can still kick a ball around like no one's business.
It's intermurals, so it's a bit casual. My team started me on defence, then moved me to offense, then finally to mid. We lost, but I must say that the other team was simply much more organized and talented than we were. They were juggling the ball up and down and feild and a few times it hardly hit the ground.
But, despite our crushing 4-2 defeat, I must say that we played a good game. We had some nice plays. My two favorite plays were as follows:
The opposite team kicks it hard down to our end of the feild. One of our defense players headbutts it to mid-feild. The ball is rolling towards one of their mids and we are both rushing towards the ball at full speed. He was much closer, so I gunned it and we both sprinted towards each other. Despite his five foot head start and the fact that the ball was rolling towards him, I somehow mustered up some absurd speed and got to the ball a split moment before he did. I passed it to a teammate, but didn't have enough space to veer out of the way. The opponent's mid was already in mid-kick and so kicked my right leg right out from under me.
This is where the spiffy part happens.
It hurt like a motherfucker. There was no whistle or flag because it had not been purposeful. The swift kick sends me into a front roll. Somehow, I manage to keep my forward momentum and pop out of my roll. I continue running forward just in time to have the ball passed back to me. It was beautiful.
The second highlight of the game was our second goal. I was playing offense and we managed a nice rush right up to the opponent's goal. The ball was kicked wildly into my end of the feild and I managed to headbut it to a teammate on the other side of the goal. He attempted to make a side goal, but shot wide. The other offensive happened to be positioned directly in front of the goal and somehow managed a rather acrobatic looking sideways scissor kick directly into the goal. It was also beautiful.
I wish I played Soccer (Football) more often. I truly enjoyed the game tonight and wish to make this into a more common occurance.
There is a huge ass set of battle wounds on my leg to prove that I DID something today. It's wonderful.
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kilojara, would you like to get a game going next time I'm in SoCal? I've got the itch, now! XD
Truly,
~Kigs
Now, I do not normally like to brag (that's a lie), but I must say that I fucking kick ass at Soccer. Five years out of practice and I can still kick a ball around like no one's business.
It's intermurals, so it's a bit casual. My team started me on defence, then moved me to offense, then finally to mid. We lost, but I must say that the other team was simply much more organized and talented than we were. They were juggling the ball up and down and feild and a few times it hardly hit the ground.
But, despite our crushing 4-2 defeat, I must say that we played a good game. We had some nice plays. My two favorite plays were as follows:
The opposite team kicks it hard down to our end of the feild. One of our defense players headbutts it to mid-feild. The ball is rolling towards one of their mids and we are both rushing towards the ball at full speed. He was much closer, so I gunned it and we both sprinted towards each other. Despite his five foot head start and the fact that the ball was rolling towards him, I somehow mustered up some absurd speed and got to the ball a split moment before he did. I passed it to a teammate, but didn't have enough space to veer out of the way. The opponent's mid was already in mid-kick and so kicked my right leg right out from under me.
This is where the spiffy part happens.
It hurt like a motherfucker. There was no whistle or flag because it had not been purposeful. The swift kick sends me into a front roll. Somehow, I manage to keep my forward momentum and pop out of my roll. I continue running forward just in time to have the ball passed back to me. It was beautiful.
The second highlight of the game was our second goal. I was playing offense and we managed a nice rush right up to the opponent's goal. The ball was kicked wildly into my end of the feild and I managed to headbut it to a teammate on the other side of the goal. He attempted to make a side goal, but shot wide. The other offensive happened to be positioned directly in front of the goal and somehow managed a rather acrobatic looking sideways scissor kick directly into the goal. It was also beautiful.
I wish I played Soccer (Football) more often. I truly enjoyed the game tonight and wish to make this into a more common occurance.
There is a huge ass set of battle wounds on my leg to prove that I DID something today. It's wonderful.
kilojara, would you like to get a game going next time I'm in SoCal? I've got the itch, now! XDTruly,
~Kigs
