<p>Okay, So i play golf at my school, and by the end of senior year, i'd be playing for 3 years.
i did track during freshman year....BUT IT WAS TERRIBLE FOR ME :O
I REALLY enjoy playing golf....BUT i seriously SUCK AT IT ><em>< hahhahahaaa
i try really hard, and BECAUSE it's fun for me, i still sign up for it, BUT i never make it in the Varsity team.. -</em>- i'm stuck in the JV...haha....
SO, i know FOR SURE that this year (junior) when i sign up, i'll be with the JV team.. :p
i'm not really a sporty person to begin with (more artsy and musical type of girl), but i need gym credits so i'm taking a sport. and so far, i REALLY like it....
MY QUESTION IS: colleges won't like it, if i'm stuck in the JV team right? -_-
they're only impressed if you go to nationals or whatever and play in varsity teams?
they won't acknowledge your love for the sport, EVEN THOUGH you're terrible at it, right? </p>
<p>SIGHH....... -_- i'm just aiming for tufts, BU, northeastern....
harvard and ivy leagues...i want to...but that's a reach for me :p
but who knows.... :p :p hahaa</p>
<p>I’m really bad at golf too, but I haven’t played a game ever. I’ve practiced one or two holes on the golf course with my dad, but that was like, years ago.</p>
<p>who cares what colleges think? I would think you “love” the sport because you like to play it, not for what it can do on a college app</p>
<p>If anyone I know saw this, they might think it was my thread. I played golf this (freshman) year. I was terrible. I usually shot like 1-2 under double par. I shot a 67 as my best score all season (9 holes). I really liked the game, but I got so discouraged when new people started joining midseason and after a week started shooting high 50’s/low 60’s. And for the most part (except for 2 of the 7 other players) I didnt like my team mates. They act like they have something to prove or something. Either way theyre so obnoxious. They started getting all mad at me at the end of the season; saying that I wasnt even trying and that I just wanted the PE credit. Oh and one of them wants to beat me up because he doesnt like my sense of humor, and the other one constantly insults my mom. At this point I think it’s looking much more likely that I’m gonna join swim next year (which I think that Im decent at.) Well besides the ranting, I guess the moral of the story is if you like it, do it, and if you don’t then don’t.</p>
<p>I have the opposite problem. So, I’m rather tall (6’5" no shoes, and I’m 15), and I always get coaches asking me to join their team. Mostly it’s the basketball and swim coaches, and I always have to tell them that I’m just not interested. I’m sure I could be great at either of those sports if I wanted to, I just don’t want to. I have no interest. I realized that it would be a looooong season if I didn’t enjoy what I was doing.</p>
<p>@goodnoodle: Were the people on your team only playing 9 holes?</p>
<p>You’re probably better than I am - I usually end up going double par lmbo. I really enjoy it though, and that’s what counts.</p>
<p>Foodlover- Yeah we all play 9 holes</p>
<p>Okay. I’m joining my school’s golf team.</p>
<p>Um. I dont think colleges will mind… They cant expect every student to be a whiz and be really athletic. Just make sure you’re really good at one of them, and okay at the other (or really good at both). Playing a sport looks good on an app even if you werent the star of the show. It makes you a more rounded student which is what colleges want.</p>
<p>As many others mentioned, it’s really hard to balance sports and academics and EC’s. How do you guys do it?</p>
<p>For golf, do you have to bring your own clubs?</p>
<p>Because golf seems fun - it’s a sport, but you don’t get super sweaty!
So i want to join.</p>
<p>^^My coach provided the clubs. I’d assume most schools do the same (but the clubs arent usually good quality.) And don’t worry; you’ll get at least a little sweaty after walking 2 miles with a bag on your back lol.</p>
<p>@Bassoonapus: At our school, we have to have our own clubs…</p>
<p>We have to have our own clubs, but we get our own bags! I’m joining the golf team this year and I’m probably worse than all of you. I hit two quadruple bogeys the last time I went golfing, and this is my third year. I mean, I should not being hitting like that now, especially since tryouts is next week.</p>
<p>Anyways, something my classmates always say in French class is ‘A for effort’ (and it gets annoying after a while) so don’t bother with what colleges will think. It shows that you still put in effort no matter who you play with.</p>
<p>I dont juggle sports at my school (though I plan too) but as someone who hasnt played sports on a team yet, I honestly dont see it being THAT hard to juggle both moderately. I spent maybe an hour tops on homework after school last year (everyday), so, my school is over at 2:15, i get home around 2:30, i start around 2:45 or 3:00, okay, I do homework to 4:00 (on a bad day). Dinners at 6 maybe, and I go to bed at 10-ish. thats 6 free hours for me time. Taking one or two of those 6 hours for sports wont kill your schoolwork will it? For me its just being willing to cut back on ‘me’ time. </p>
<p>I will admit though for Football workouts (and other difficult workouts/practices at your own school) can go from 2-4 hours a day from what I know and are almost everyday of the week. Othersports like track (only takes 1-1.5 hours), swim (especially if your school doesnt have its own pool, people wont expect to commute somewhere besides school everyday and they can run 1-2 hours), and less popular sports teams (tennis, wrestling, volleyball, etc) will definately allow for the most time for you. Priority sports (football, basketball etc, or whatever team is your schools best team) will get longer more frequent workouts. </p>
<p>Another thing to remember is that you can take naps along with all this too. But the key to a nap is to lay down for half an hour tops. If your really tired from school, lay down for 30 minutes everyday after school. after a while you’ll be able to fall into actual sleep in 5 minutes if you had trouble doing so before (your body sees that you need energy and your willing to recharge, so it speeds up the process a little).</p>
<p>@Teaspoons: Each school has different amount of time commitments. </p>
<p>At my school:</p>
<p>Football - 20 to 35 hrs. per week (in season), 15 to 25 hrs. per week (off season)
Wrestling - 25 to 40 hrs. per week (in season), 10 hrs. per week (off season)
Track - 15 to 30 hrs. per week (in season) , 5 hrs. per week (off season)
Tennis - 10 to 20 hrs. per week (in season), 2 hrs. per week (off season)
Golf - 8 to 15 hrs. per week (in season)</p>
<p>Doing sports isn’t really that difficult to balance at all unless you’re trying to do 2 sports in one season, but I guess it also depends on the sport. I play 4 sports and it usually doesn’t get difficult until spring where I have to balance two sports at once, but I still usually find time to do things.</p>
<p>In winter, I usually get out of school by 2:30 and get out of wrestling practice by 5:00. One or two days out of the week I won’t get back until around 9 to 11PM for a dual, and usually one or two tournaments every other week (which can last anywhere from 8 to 20 hours) are pretty time consuming, but it’s really not that bad. Golf in the fall, on the other hand, is nothing. I just go to practice for two hours, four days a week, then show up at a tournament three or four times a month.</p>
<p>I’m trying to juggle golf and marching band this year which isn’t the easiest, but it’s manageable. We have golf matches three times a week and they typically last three hours each.</p>
<p>I know exactly how you feel. I play water polo, but I feel like I’m not really good. I used to be a field player but then I switched to being goalie during my sophomore year. But I’m not the ideal goalie type (i’m short D: ) and the other goalie who’s in my grade is better than me. So I had to be goalie for the Frosh/Soph team during this summer (ugh). So going into my junior year I’m either going to be starting goalie for the Frosh/Soph team, or backup for the JV team. Also, I don’t really have a friend on the team since during my freshman year they talked behind my back about how bad I was and stuff so I decided to keep to myself and not talk to anyone (but it’s different now).
The point of this very long post (sorry) is that I really like the sport. It’s one of the only EC that I like or haven’t quit. If you really like the sport then I would say keep doing it! I’ve accepted the fact that I will never become a super good goalie, or a field player (since on my team, there’s a lot of good people). Screw what colleges think! Just do what makes you happy. And if people on your team don’t like you, just talk to them less and less and don’t talk to them at all. Eventually they’ll think that you’re some super shy person and try to talk to you, but still be shy (it’s what happened to me). But seriously don’t quit because you aren’t the person that hits the winning hole or something. If you enjoy it, do it. Nothing else should matter.</p>
<p>hhahhaa…thanks guys ><em><
nice discussion you guys have going on there ^^
I’m taking 3 AP’s this year and i have to deal with the SAT’s as well…some people here are taking like 7 ap’s and they still manage to get a 2200+ on the SAT’s…i’m amazed :o
@domokun69- hahahaha ></em>< WELL, at least you might get better. Trust me, I suck at golf… O<em>O the coach even made fun of me ></em>< haha but he’s nice 
BUT thanks so much for you input! :D</p>