10-23-2002, 02:13 PM
Dammit, OAS gets the age and I get the fuckin age-related problems, it's a conspiracy.
Another thing - before we're completely off the issue of high school sports. I had a pretty wicked pitching arm but was always too scared to try out for the team. I finally got up the nerve to try out during the summer before my sophomore year. Then, in the middle of the summer, I fell off my bike, and broke my pitching arm half an inch above the elbow. My arm was in a half-cast (I guess a splint, technically) for a month, immobile. After the thing came off, I had physical therapy to try to return my arm's range of motion, as the atrophy made me unable to move it very far. It helped a lot, but I have never been restored to 100%. I can't quite bend my arm all the way, and more importantly, I can't straighten it all the way. The inability to straighten it ruined my ability to pitch. I still have the aim, but no stamina. After just a few pitches, my arm kills me..... because when I extend my arm to throw the ball, it works against itself to avoid straightening.
Another thing - before we're completely off the issue of high school sports. I had a pretty wicked pitching arm but was always too scared to try out for the team. I finally got up the nerve to try out during the summer before my sophomore year. Then, in the middle of the summer, I fell off my bike, and broke my pitching arm half an inch above the elbow. My arm was in a half-cast (I guess a splint, technically) for a month, immobile. After the thing came off, I had physical therapy to try to return my arm's range of motion, as the atrophy made me unable to move it very far. It helped a lot, but I have never been restored to 100%. I can't quite bend my arm all the way, and more importantly, I can't straighten it all the way. The inability to straighten it ruined my ability to pitch. I still have the aim, but no stamina. After just a few pitches, my arm kills me..... because when I extend my arm to throw the ball, it works against itself to avoid straightening.
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stare at the clock
avoid at all costs
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stare at the clock
avoid at all costs
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