<p>Hello guys. I'm currently a junior and I'm applying to Annapolis. I've been doing track year round, cross country in the fall, indoor in the winter, and outdoor in the spring. I now realize that this has actually been holding me back since I'm doing too much running and not enough of other things. My goal is to be in the Navy Seals or the Force Reconnaissance Companies, not to be an amazing runner. I've been trying to work out to be more balanced but Track has really cut my time short. Next year I'm planning on not doing Indoor and maybe Outdoor too so that I can take Krav Maga classes and learn some parkour in addition to working out in the weight room more, swimming more, etc. What do you guys think about this?</p>
<p>honestly i would say this would not look good because i have always been told that the admissions people look far more positively on school run team sports than they do on individual athletics, and also i want to be a SEAL as well and i am running track for USNA next year and the track team is actually known for putting people into the BUD/S slots they have had several graduates go into the SEAL teams</p>
<p>p.s. its Navy SEALs they are an abbreviation not an animal, i only say this because i heard it a bunch when the a few of the SEALs my dad knows read an article the local paper wrote about me which mentioned that i wanted to be a “Seal”</p>
<p>Hi Allen.</p>
<p>I’m from Severna Park, a suburb of Annapolis. There is a thriving Parkour community in the Annapolis area. I’m not sure where you’re from now, but if you email me (<a href="mailto:zac@americanparkour.com">zac@americanparkour.com</a>) I can tell you if there’s a Parkour community in your area. </p>
<p>I don’t know much about the Naval Academy and their acceptance process, but I do know that if you get in, having a bit of parkour experience is sure to help you. I have several parkour friends who have gone through Bootcamp and, while it’s still incredibly difficult, they’ve definitely had an advantage over the other recruits.</p>
<p>Hope to hear from you!</p>
<p>I’m not planning on doing this because I want my resume to look better. I’m planning on doing this because I think in the long run I would be better off if I was well balanced in many areas of physical fitness instead of just running. I’m still doing cross country but by the end of the season next year, I’ll probably get my answer from Annapolis because I’m applying as early as possible.</p>
<p>If you are doing this not for annapolis but for yourself, then you have just answered your own question.</p>
<p>If it is what you want to do, then do it.
Do not do it because it may or may not help you at USNA.
Do it because it is what you want to do.</p>
<p>Weight training never hurts either.
All will help you with the CFA (Candidate Fitness Assessment) which is part of the application process.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>I’m planning on doing this because I believe I would be a better SEAL or Marine this way. Thus my buddies will be able to count on me.</p>
<p>You should certainly do sports and other activities because they are what you want to do vice what you think USNA (or any other college/SA) wants to see. However, from discussions with my Mid and her friends, it seems to be a lot easier to improve the “strength” portions of the PRT (pushups and curlups) than to improve one’s running score. Thus, keeping an emphasis on running is not necessarily a bad thing. Even if you’re very busy, you can usually find time to do a few (2-5) minutes of pushups/curlups at a time, a few times a day. The bottom line is, if you like being on the track team, it’s really not necessary to drop out of it.</p>
<p>Allen.331: Applying early does NOT guarantee an early answer one way or the other. Approximately 150 LOA’s are given in the fall months. Most others do not hear until their congressional nominations are awarded. Son had application complete by mid September and heard January 20. We were mentally prepared to wait until April 1. </p>
<p>That said, it is beneficial to get your app in early and before the review board early. Just don’t assume the answer comes early as well!</p>
<p>honestly dude, doing that is kind of a waste. Work on getting into better shape now so that you even have a shot to do the other things. Honestly the odds are that that you will not make it to become a SEAL or MARSOC. But if you do, then they will teach you all you need to know then. So do yourself a favor and work on taking it one step at a time. Try to get to the academy, then try to do the SEAL screener, etc. then after commissioning focus on the other aspects. Believe me, they won’t leave you hanging when it come to CQB</p>
<p>Force Recon doesn’t exist anymore.</p>
<p>Wow hahaha. Thanks Krypter. I look over Force Recon and guess I skimmed over that part. Is MARSOC its current equivalent? If so I might go for that.</p>
<p>MARSOC is more like the Army SF (Special Forces, the Green Berets) than the old Force Recon which was similiar to the Rangers, again not in any way are they a direct correlation but the current missions which are being carried out by MARSOC have required a shift from the old style of special operations light infantry, that was seen in the Force Recon units, to a more SF style of integrating with the locals and serving in a training and advisory role in addition to the direct action missions of the Force Recon</p>