Footy career of a BF poster

[Silent Alarm]

Tell us how good you were. Or how you were too cool for organised sport

I actually played sport when I was 5 and footy from 6 to 18. I’m not playing Dad’s Army footy reliving a lost youth.

 

[ManOfClay]

I actually played sport when I was 5 and footy from 6 to 18. I’m not playing Dad’s Army footy reliving a lost youth.

You are what? 25?

Unless you are playing masters it’s hardly dad’s army. Maybe people just like playing the game?

 

[Silent Alarm]

Footy is most fun at like age 14.

No one comes entitled because they’ve played one WAFL reserves game, there’s no egos. It’s just fun footy with your mates.

At 18, 19 it becomes pretty painful. I always felt like I was putting on a persona and pretending to be someone I wasn’t at them. Constantly talking about the 6/10 trainer being ‘so hot’ gets kinda tired.


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[spudmaster]

I can roost a soft-plush dog football a good 10meters* for my little girl to fetch.
*not in a predetermined direction, mind you. But 10m off the side of the boot in the middle of a park is good enough for her.

 

[iluvparis]

I was like a poor man's Ryan Houlihan - really good kicking skills and vision but s**t scared of the contest or going near anywhere else.

Best performances were on the days when the back packet was even more scared of the ball than I was.

 

[boltsbabyblues]

170 cm










Caleb Daniel shits all over me though.

any good at cricket?

 

[PieLebo87]

any good at cricket?

Copped a cricket ball to the ankle when I was a kid, has scarred me for life. Not a bad bowler though.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Good skills, good vision, good reading of the play, not fit or fast but a hardcore gut runner - loved a long lead, mostly because I was so slight it was my only way to get a touch. Knew where the play was going before anyone else.

Kick off both feet easy.

Hated footy clubs though, didn’t especially like training, and at my uni club I spent just about every training spewing up after trying to make okay times in laps and got winded badly just about three times a game. Played half-forward flank - needed to play mid. Didn’t get enough touches as I always played in s**t teams where the good players would go and play seniors and not colts.

Also an angry campaigner which ended badly for me a few times, also played my own game and hated dumb instructions from coaches.

Couldn’t tackle, dropped too many easy marks. Useless in a pack mark.

My greatest claim to flame is playing with about nine AFL footballers, most of which have played 100 games.

That and winning multiple pub handball competitions.


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