| I am 26 and since my childhood I have been | | | | throw and catch the ball, so I tried to get |
| playing all kinds of sports. In the beginning | | | | both skills too. And after dozens of endless |
| I was very interested in soccer, but then I | | | | training sessions, I was not far from being |
| recognized that just girls wanted to play | | | | perfect in both. |
| with me. Till today I can not understand why | | | | |
| soccer doesn't have as good a reputation here | | | | So you can see that I was on my way to a good |
| in the USA as it does in Europe, where soccer | | | | college and I think if everything continued |
| players have the same status as Football | | | | like this, I would have had a very good |
| players here. And you can not believe how | | | | chance of achieving this goal. But the using |
| great the atmosphere is in soccer stadiums | | | | of the if-clause probably shows you that |
| over there. I lived in Germany for a couple | | | | something prevents this… |
| years so I know what I am talking about and I | | | | |
| don't exaggerate when I affirm that the | | | | It was on a Friday when I came home after two |
| experience in German soccer stadium is | | | | weeks at a training center where our team was |
| comparable to a football game in New England. | | | | preparing for the start of the season. I was |
| But to defeat our sport understanding I can | | | | very exhausted and weak because our coach |
| say that Europeans have no clue about | | | | made us practice and train really hard. But |
| Baseball and Football, the kinds of sports I | | | | before I was able to relax and just lie in |
| started after finishing my short but | | | | bed and rejuvenate, I had to bring a bit of |
| successful ( maybe the reason therefore is | | | | stuff from my truck to my room like a TV, a |
| just the fact that I nearly just played | | | | small table and couch. My parents were not |
| versus girls) soccer career. | | | | home and so I had to do it all on my own. But |
| | | | this was a very bad and fateful mistake! |
| After taking the step to a more masculine | | | | Because I didn't have a ramp for the truck |
| world, I was confronted with a huge | | | | bed, I decided to jump with the TV down from |
| competition because every guy from 10 to 18 | | | | the truck bed and a few seconds later I was |
| has just one dream: Become a famous and rich | | | | lying on the ground with broken knees and |
| baseball or football player. I am realist and | | | | ribs. I don't want to tell you all the |
| so I never had the objective to be a star but | | | | details of story because it is still very |
| at least I wanted to play on the team. And I | | | | hard for me to talk about it, but in order to |
| achieved my little goal after my first | | | | sum it up I had to quit my sports career |
| training session and the coaches recognized | | | | immediately. The years after this were not |
| that I was very talented in comparison with | | | | easy and it took a long time to continue my |
| the other guys in my age. Both in baseball | | | | normal life. But as I mentioned I am a |
| and in football my skills improved very fast | | | | realist and after some time I remembered that |
| and I was on my way to getting traded to | | | | there are so many other and probably better |
| another better team, which was playing for | | | | ways to earn money than playing football. Now |
| the regional championships. At seventeen I | | | | I am a doctor and try to help people with |
| decided to move away from my hometown to play | | | | injuries like mine. But this article has |
| in the suburbs of L.A, where a pretty good | | | | another objective. It has the function to |
| football team was interested in my strengths | | | | prevent similar accidents and one very easy |
| as running back on the one side and as option | | | | way is not to overestimate yourself, but use |
| to throw the ball on the other side. My idol | | | | devices that can help you - like a simple |
| is Tomlinson from San Diego, who is able to | | | | truck ramp! |