The spirit is willing but...

[VG_Bert]

Just had to comiserate a bit with some guys that would understand. It sucks to still have the competitive drive that I had in my early 20's, but the joints of a 35 year old.

I still playing in a weekly men's soccer league. Right now I'm the elder statesman of the team with most of the players clocking in around 24 or so.

Our team has been tearing it up and has been promoted all the way up to the top division. We just had our first game in the "A" League today, but due to Spring Break we only had 11 show up.

Had to go 90 minutes and I'm paying for it now. Got a huge strawberry on my leg, took a shot in the chest so hard that I have a big blue circle with little red hexagons from the ball on my ribcage.

My ankles hurt, back hurts...but I went the distance and played really well. My wife thinks I'm a nut...but it's still worth it.

Too bad that I'll be cripping around all week.

Anybody else still playing competitively and paying the price each time? They are going to have to drag me off that field

[ThunderCat]

Just had to comiserate a bit with some guys that would understand. It sucks to still have the competitive drive that I had in my early 20's, but the joints of a 35 year old.

I still playing in a weekly men's soccer league. Right now I'm the elder statesman of the team with most of the players clocking in around 24 or so.

Our team has been tearing it up and has been promoted all the way up to the top division. We just had our first game in the "A" League today, but due to Spring Break we only had 11 show up.

Had to go 90 minutes and I'm paying for it now. Got a huge strawberry on my leg, took a shot in the chest so hard that I have a big blue circle with little red hexagons from the ball on my ribcage.

My ankles hurt, back hurts...but I went the distance and played really well. My wife thinks I'm a nut...but it's still worth it.

Too bad that I'll be cripping around all week.

Anybody else still playing competitively and paying the price each time? They are going to have to drag me off that field

i was earlier in the basketball season...i just turned 27, but at times i feel older. since getting this job as a digital print technician/graphics/color guy, i sit around all day and don't get as much exercise as i used to...therefore, it hurts when i play hard...

sucks bc i used to run around the court for 40 or so minutes without stopping

[TRUEVisionDC]

i was earlier in the basketball season...i just turned 27, but at times i feel older. since getting this job as a digital print technician/graphics/color guy, i sit around all day and don't get as much exercise as i used to...therefore, it hurts when i play hard...

sucks bc i used to run around the court for 40 or so minutes without stopping

Wrong forum buddy. Read the rules.

I still do flag football and basketball Bert. The only thing that gives me trouble at time is my lower back but all in all, I only feel like never playing anything ever again on Mondays. Used to be 3-4 times a week.

[ThunderCat]

Wrong forum buddy. Read the rules.

I still do flag football and basketball Bert. The only thing that gives me trouble at time is my lower back but all in all, I only feel like never playing anything ever again on Mondays. Used to be 3-4 times a week.

why...cuz i'm only 27

[Squeeze Jr.]

why...cuz i'm only 27

Thunder, I have been talking with Zesty Chicken on how to do the diving hit in the air. Do you have any idea on how to do this hit?


Pastor P

[Squeeze Jr.]

Wrong forum buddy. Read the rules.

I still do flag football and basketball Bert. The only thing that gives me trouble at time is my lower back but all in all, I only feel like never playing anything ever again on Mondays. Used to be 3-4 times a week.

Do you have any idea on how to do the diving hit in the air? I tried it but i just can't get it down.

[TRUEVisionDC]

why...cuz i'm only 27

Exactly. It wasnt until I actually turned 30 that I thought I couldnt play professionally anymore. At 27, I was still bitter at the fact I was better than most pros....(basketball)

[TRUEVisionDC]

Do you have any idea on how to do the diving hit in the air? I tried it but i just can't get it down.

Not sure what the heck you are talking about.

[ThunderCat]

Not sure what the heck you are talking about.

me either...

[redrule22]

*****, I dont even try to do anything like that anymore. First i started to lose my breath faster then the younger guys, it took me longer to get my engery back or second wind. Then the pains came later on like hrs after i left the YMCA. My friend has prlobems jest takeing his kids to the park because he over did it, playing flag football when he was about 38. He broke his leg when he fell on a sprinkler head, now he walk with a limp because he broke it by his knee.

I wake up with pain in my lower back and i wish i was 16 or 17 years old. But it ok cus i drinking Milk Now.

[Nevada_Ballin]

i played men's tourney softball until i was 40 & couldn't handle the weekend beatings on my body anymore. Each year the little naggy things seemed to hurt more and hurt longer.

I started playing in my late 20's. Played every position except pitcher & catcher..... until i was about 38.... then the only positions i played were pitcher & catcher...lol.

I was a very aggressive fielder, dive for this, leap for that. If i didn't leave a game with a dirty uniform with blood soaking through it somewhere then i felt i didn't play hard enough.

But it takes it's toll for sure and it gets to a point where you just call it a career and go out gracefully. I still get offers to play in "40 & Over" leagues but i don't. I'm pretty much done. I've had back surgery, knee injuries, all kinds of tendinitis, etc and the body just doesn't repair itself like it used to.

My last game was a big tourney win for the team & i had a really good game.... 6-7 at the plate with 2 doubles, an inside the park HR (no errors, a real one) and one over the fence as well, along with a couple singles for RBIs. I played catcher that game and the only bad part of that game was having the ball knocked out of my glove when applying a tag at the plate.

But i hung up the cleats after that game. It was a good way to go out. But to this day, once in a while, I get that "reminder pain" in some areas, a knee or lower back, that reminds me of what i did to this body while having a hell of a good time

[Nevada_Ballin]

This is us guys...lol

I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy

Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
but all he kept talking about was

Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days

.

[BigW]

I'm 35 and I still play In a Softball league,( 1st Base\3rd Base) Football league both Flag and "Rough" two hand touch.(LB/TE/RB) The majority of the guys In this league are younger guys, but i can still keep up with them. Up until recently my body would just be sore the following day. But I had a small knee Injury and now along with being sore, my knee starts acting up as well. I believe that most of the soreness and the injury occur because I'm a bit overweight for my height(6'0"/280LBS.) don't let it fool you though, I'm pretty fast for my age and weight. But you can start to feel the speed dwindle a little. I just love playing though.

[ahr19]

Just had to comiserate a bit with some guys that would understand. It sucks to still have the competitive drive that I had in my early 20's, but the joints of a 35 year old.

I still playing in a weekly men's soccer league. Right now I'm the elder statesman of the team with most of the players clocking in around 24 or so.

Our team has been tearing it up and has been promoted all the way up to the top division. We just had our first game in the "A" League today, but due to Spring Break we only had 11 show up.

Had to go 90 minutes and I'm paying for it now. Got a huge strawberry on my leg, took a shot in the chest so hard that I have a big blue circle with little red hexagons from the ball on my ribcage.

My ankles hurt, back hurts...but I went the distance and played really well. My wife thinks I'm a nut...but it's still worth it.

Too bad that I'll be cripping around all week.

Anybody else still playing competitively and paying the price each time? They are going to have to drag me off that field

Ha! Ha! Bert ... I am (almost) there with you. 32 years old ... Play soccer four days a week. Sunday is probably one or two coed games outdoor (90 minutes each). Monday is indoor Mens league top division, Tuesday is coed Indoor, and Thursday is one or two indoor coed games. Now that outdoor is getting ready to start back up right now. My body is just sore pretty much all week. About three and half years ago I started to get monthly massages from a massage therapist and it has helped me tremendously. It kind of recharges my battery ... helps my muscles stay loose so I don't pull a hammy or anything.

I think the key is to do your best to stay in shape year round. I play with people who are 19, 20 and all the way up to over 40. Most of them are young bucks and I can hang right with them. Soccer is more a marathon than a race and sometimes we can wear down other teams who are younger because we play smarter. I say all this to say I play a whole lot, but I have to get my run in to stay in shape. This winter I took a break to kind of rest and recover from some minor injuries and now I am trying to get back in better shape and it is tough. It will probably take me to beginning of May to do it, but you have to keep playing. Look into those massages and some 500 mg Ibuprofin (aspirin) after the games.

I will not ever (I hope) use my age as an excuse for me being out of shape or playing poorly.

[TRUEVisionDC]

i played men's tourney softball until i was 40 & couldn't handle the weekend beatings on my body anymore. Each year the little naggy things seemed to hurt more and hurt longer.

I started playing in my late 20's. Played every position except pitcher & catcher..... until i was about 38.... then the only positions i played were pitcher & catcher...lol.

I was a very aggressive fielder, dive for this, leap for that. If i didn't leave a game with a dirty uniform with blood soaking through it somewhere then i felt i didn't play hard enough.

But it takes it's toll for sure and it gets to a point where you just call it a career and go out gracefully. I still get offers to play in "40 & Over" leagues but i don't. I'm pretty much done. I've had back surgery, knee injuries, all kinds of tendinitis, etc and the body just doesn't repair itself like it used to.

My last game was a big tourney win for the team & i had a really good game.... 6-7 at the plate with 2 doubles, an inside the park HR (no errors, a real one) and one over the fence as well, along with a couple singles for RBIs. I played catcher that game and the only bad part of that game was having the ball knocked out of my glove when applying a tag at the plate.

But i hung up the cleats after that game. It was a good way to go out. But to this day, once in a while, I get that "reminder pain" in some areas, a knee or lower back, that reminds me of what i did to this body while having a hell of a good time

Man I thought if you consistently did it then it would be ok?? My thing is starting back up again....