Sixth Week of the Second Semester

Matt Wilder, your lacrosse student-athlete with another blog. I have to say that this week has been the

most taxing on my body. It started on Thursday when we had a lift. It was leg day and I decided to go all

out for this workout. You are probably guessing that this was a mistake, especially considering we had

an overnight game on Saturday in Michigan. Surprisingly, I wasn't in that much pain when we arrived

Friday night but that following morning I struggled to get out of bed. It only got worse as the day went

on. During our game, I had to do a lot of standing in the cold and was praying to get some playing time

so I could move and stop my legs from hurting. I was also motivated to get my first goal. I got the chance

to go in toward the end of the second quarter and had a longer shift during the fourth quarter. The first

game of my college career was a little scary but also fun. I even had an opportunity to score and ripped

a shot that looked like it was going in, but the goalie made a great save. I was disappointed, shook it off

and kept playing. I had an assist in the last couple minutes that wasn't counted on our official stats, but I

didn’t want to make it a big deal, so I said nothing. I plan to try again next game and the next after that.

Let’s just say I’m looking to the future.

Comments

  1. keith houserMarch 2, 2022 at 6:00 PM

    I really feel what you are saying when you say that the lifts are starting to be taxing on your body. We lift Monday, Tuesday and Thursday with morning runs on Friday and that is starting to get the best of me. I can't wait for spring break to get some time off.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Social Media Campaigns

In Chapter 13 of the textbook, I learned about social media campaigns. I discovered that they can be used to raise brand awareness, encourage consumers to respond to calls of action, or simply intended to spark the interest of the consumer. The goal of most social media campaigns is to persuade followers to do something, and they usually have a set time limit to act. Businesses utilize social media-only campaigns to keep customers coming back to buy more things. They do this primarily by employing the AIDA model, which stands for attention, interest, desire, and action. They will attract people's attention, spark their curiosity, satisfy their desire, and urge them to act. When it comes to campaigns, this strategy has shown to be the most effective for businesses and is recommended for future ones. When it comes to creating a campaign, the process is rather simple. First you want to set goals, determine a campaign topic, identify the target demographic and budget, choose incentives
Read more

Second Week of Second Semester

  I’m Matt Wilder and I am back with my second blog as a lacrosse student-athlete. Last week, I confessed I didn’t want these to turn into therapy sessions. Since my second week wasn't much better, let me just lie down on the couch and tell you all about it. First, some of the positives. I got a 94% on my first blog and didn't have to practice three times in one day. With that out of the way, we can get to the other stuff. Monday I was almost late to my hardest class this semester, so the week was off to a bad start. Later that night after practice, my legs felt sore, and I didn’t know why. Me being the genius I am, I did nothing about the pain and instead talked to my girlfriend on the phone until midnight. Tuesday is my most relaxed day when it comes to classes, but our afternoon practice was tough. We compete the most on Tuesdays and at the start of practice, I could barely walk. The trainer said I had shin splints, probably because we were running on hard frozen turf, so I
Read more

Freshman Year

Matt Wilder, your lacrosse student-athlete with my last blog of the year. Looking back on my time as a freshman, I can honestly say it was nothing like how I thought it would be. It felt like my first year at college went by in a blink of an eye. Admittedly, I didn’t feel that way at first. I had a crazy start to college and not necessarily in a fun or good way. If you recall, I had suffered a seizure and sprained my wrist during the 2 nd week of school. Because of my anger, I alienated teammates and even coaches. I was not into school and felt I had no one here to talk to or relate to me. Not wanting to give up, I worked to turn that all around. I ended my 1 st semester with a 3.6 GPA , I rebuilt my relationships with teammates and coaches and through that struggle I realized if I put in the work, I could do anything. The 2 nd semester started  so quickly that I barely remembered the 1 st semester ending. Thankfully, I got off on a better foot. I could focus on developing my relations
Read more