Almost Time to Hang Them Up
Today’s post is strictly me just venting and opening up a bit. I’m 37 years old with a wife and 4 daughters who are the light of my life. I have a very good life and basketball is a big part of it. I’m a huge fan of the sport and I can’t tell you how much joy it brings me to be involved in the game.
However, I am at that stage where I just might hang up my shoes after this season and not play in any organized leagues anymore. I have nobody to blame by myself. I have a great job but it is time consuming and I love spending time with my family.
None of them are interested in sports very much so I watch alone at my house but with always a twinge of guilt. I record the games and watch them when everyone else is asleep or whenever they are huddled around another tv watching some show like ‘Dancing with the Stars’ or ‘American Idol’ or something like that.
My point is that I still study the game like crazy and I love watching it played but I don’t devote any enough time to making myself a better player like I used to and it is hard for me now. I have never been the type who could skate by without working at it and it is starting to effect me and it hurts inside. I know I have limited time left to play at a relatively high level for me and the feeling of that is suffocating and tough to deal with.
Anyone reading this just please enjoy the game and play the game with love and passion. One day you’ll have to hang up the shoes for good.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Don’t you dare hang em up!
just move on down to pick up on Saturday mornings. you are on the court at 8 or 9 and done by 11 or 12. I am 42 and I thought is was time to hang em up too. Don’t change who you are the family will let you do what you do….
December 15th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
thanks. I’ve been working to get in shape over the past couple weeks and it has been really nice. I’ve kept playing and it has gotten better. I’m not throwing in the towel just yet.