IT'S SATURDAYYYY!
Which means I just got done with my bowling league that goes on every Saturday morning, and guess what I shot? A 600 series! My games consisted of 212, 198, and 237 so I will definately be in the paper tomorrow morning.
Sorry that doesn't happen very often, so I get kind of excited.
Oh, and guess what?
IT'S SATURDAYYYY!
Which also means I get to watch the Dallas Cowboys KILL the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tonight on TV. I am getting really excited for this one. The Cowboys are 7-6 and if they win their last 3 games, they will definately go into the playoffs.
This is an important game because let's face it, every Cowboys game is an important game. Please send some luck their way because the way we have been playing, not even Tampa Bay will be an easy win for us..
Let's go Boys! Give us a win!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Who's on first?
Another blog post where all I have to do is post a video? I could get used to this..
Anyways this video always cheers me up when I need a good laugh, because I always remember there are people out there far stupider than I am :)
Anyways this video always cheers me up when I need a good laugh, because I always remember there are people out there far stupider than I am :)
Season Starter
I can rememebr a time when I was just 5 years old, and my little kindergarden friend was begging me to join a bolwing league with her. Her name was Ashley Novak and we are still friends today. When I finally said yes to her I never realized it would turn out to be one of my favorite things to do, or that I would still be doing it today.
The leauge that I joined was at May City Bowl, on the other side of town, because it was closer to where both of us lived. We got put on a team with some other kids who were only 5 and bowled every Saturday morning at 11:00, with bumpers of course. I remember just learning how to bowl and barely being able to throw a 6 pound ball down the lane. Every Saturday I got a chance to improve and coaches were there to help us and show us how to walk up and swing at the same time and how to move our feet and things like that. When we were that young we just threw at the bumpers and hoped to knock down some pins, not really putting much thought to it. But we sure got excited when we got a strike!
Eventually I turned 7 years old and it was time to move up and go without bumpers. I was really scared at first and when it was time to sign up for that year I begged Tom (the owner of the bowling alley) to let me and Ashley stay on the bumper leauge for one more year. He said I should just try going without and so that was what we did. I'm pretty sure the first day of that league Ashely and I both bowled about a 15. It was okay though because our averages could only go up from there. It got to the point where I looked forward to coming to the alley every Saturday so I could try to bowl better than before, and for me it was something really fun to do.
Every week I had to use a house ball that was different and didnt really fit my fingers right. My parents decided to get me my own bowling ball. It was brand new, had bright purple sparkles, and even had my name engraved in it! I was so proud to show up each week carrying my own ball and it actually helped inproved my game too.
The coaches at Mays continued to help me and they thought I was odd because I throw what is called a backup ball, and basically my ball just curves the opposite way than it is supposed to because my wrist turns the opposite way.
My favorite coach, who also coaches the Jefferson girls bowling team, named Virgil, had me stay after league a couple of times to try and help me and get me to throw a normal curve. Sadly, it never worked.
I still throw that backup ball today, but it actually works well from me. My average score has improved greatly from when I first started. Obviously, because just like with every sport practice makes perfect. I now know how to throw my ball accurately. I stand on the left side of the lane and my ball curves into the left side of the pocket. (More bowling terms, I know... There is a bowling dictionary if you are interested HERE) I know which mark to throw at for each lane condition, but a lot of it takes trial and error at each lane to see what your ball will do.
For me, bowling for school was something I always wanted to do but was hesitant because it kind of is known as the nerdy sport. But I am over it now, because it is something I am good at, and we can have so much fun. We go on road trips to the different alleys, and blast music in the bus the whole way. It is always nice bowling at home though too, because we bowl on the same lane conditions for practice. You definitely have a major advantage when you are the home team.
For anyone that is interested in learning how to bowl, I would say that it is easier to start when you are young. The key is to find someone that knows what they are doing and talk to them. You have to remember though that everyone has their own style, so what is considered to be prefect bowling style is not the same for everyone. The only bad part about starting when you are really little is that you can sometimes learn bad habits. I have a bad habit of pulling my arm more than I need to in my release, which kind of makes my swing different each time. My other really bad habit is walking to the left. Every time I take my 4 steps up to the lane I walk at least 5 boards left. It wouldn't be so bad if i walked the same number left each time, because then I could adjust my mark accordingly. But no, I walk sometimes 2 boards left and sometimes 8 boards left. It ends up being really hard because a board is only an inch thick. So you are talking a difference of 6 inches, which doesn't seem like very much. But in bowling being off one board at the foul line can make you miss your mark and literally throw your ball into the gutter.
Bowling really is a science, and there is so much to know and learn. I am just scraping the surface of things there are to know but each opportunity i have to learn I try and take it all in. I really want to be a bowler all of my life, until I end up being 90 and cant even throw a 6 pound ball anymore.
I would say I learned so much and 10 years later I am glad that my friend Ashley made me join a bowling league with her. You never know, I could go to college and bowl there as well. Wherever it takes me, I am very glad that I started and I am actually proud to say I am a Kennedy bowler!
The leauge that I joined was at May City Bowl, on the other side of town, because it was closer to where both of us lived. We got put on a team with some other kids who were only 5 and bowled every Saturday morning at 11:00, with bumpers of course. I remember just learning how to bowl and barely being able to throw a 6 pound ball down the lane. Every Saturday I got a chance to improve and coaches were there to help us and show us how to walk up and swing at the same time and how to move our feet and things like that. When we were that young we just threw at the bumpers and hoped to knock down some pins, not really putting much thought to it. But we sure got excited when we got a strike!
Eventually I turned 7 years old and it was time to move up and go without bumpers. I was really scared at first and when it was time to sign up for that year I begged Tom (the owner of the bowling alley) to let me and Ashley stay on the bumper leauge for one more year. He said I should just try going without and so that was what we did. I'm pretty sure the first day of that league Ashely and I both bowled about a 15. It was okay though because our averages could only go up from there. It got to the point where I looked forward to coming to the alley every Saturday so I could try to bowl better than before, and for me it was something really fun to do.
Every week I had to use a house ball that was different and didnt really fit my fingers right. My parents decided to get me my own bowling ball. It was brand new, had bright purple sparkles, and even had my name engraved in it! I was so proud to show up each week carrying my own ball and it actually helped inproved my game too.
The coaches at Mays continued to help me and they thought I was odd because I throw what is called a backup ball, and basically my ball just curves the opposite way than it is supposed to because my wrist turns the opposite way.
My favorite coach, who also coaches the Jefferson girls bowling team, named Virgil, had me stay after league a couple of times to try and help me and get me to throw a normal curve. Sadly, it never worked.
I still throw that backup ball today, but it actually works well from me. My average score has improved greatly from when I first started. Obviously, because just like with every sport practice makes perfect. I now know how to throw my ball accurately. I stand on the left side of the lane and my ball curves into the left side of the pocket. (More bowling terms, I know... There is a bowling dictionary if you are interested HERE) I know which mark to throw at for each lane condition, but a lot of it takes trial and error at each lane to see what your ball will do.
For me, bowling for school was something I always wanted to do but was hesitant because it kind of is known as the nerdy sport. But I am over it now, because it is something I am good at, and we can have so much fun. We go on road trips to the different alleys, and blast music in the bus the whole way. It is always nice bowling at home though too, because we bowl on the same lane conditions for practice. You definitely have a major advantage when you are the home team.
For anyone that is interested in learning how to bowl, I would say that it is easier to start when you are young. The key is to find someone that knows what they are doing and talk to them. You have to remember though that everyone has their own style, so what is considered to be prefect bowling style is not the same for everyone. The only bad part about starting when you are really little is that you can sometimes learn bad habits. I have a bad habit of pulling my arm more than I need to in my release, which kind of makes my swing different each time. My other really bad habit is walking to the left. Every time I take my 4 steps up to the lane I walk at least 5 boards left. It wouldn't be so bad if i walked the same number left each time, because then I could adjust my mark accordingly. But no, I walk sometimes 2 boards left and sometimes 8 boards left. It ends up being really hard because a board is only an inch thick. So you are talking a difference of 6 inches, which doesn't seem like very much. But in bowling being off one board at the foul line can make you miss your mark and literally throw your ball into the gutter.
Bowling really is a science, and there is so much to know and learn. I am just scraping the surface of things there are to know but each opportunity i have to learn I try and take it all in. I really want to be a bowler all of my life, until I end up being 90 and cant even throw a 6 pound ball anymore.
I would say I learned so much and 10 years later I am glad that my friend Ashley made me join a bowling league with her. You never know, I could go to college and bowl there as well. Wherever it takes me, I am very glad that I started and I am actually proud to say I am a Kennedy bowler!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Ballin'
So I am done with my word count for this week after like 20 words of this post.. Phew.
Anyways, I just wanted to show you guys some really awesome trick basketball shots, here they are!
Legit, right?!?
They won that game, think how awesome that would be?
I wonder how many times these shots were attempted...
Anyways, I just wanted to show you guys some really awesome trick basketball shots, here they are!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Student Section Crowds
Here we go, Kennedy Cougars are now into basketball season. Do you know what this means? Its winter. Its cold outside, and nobody really wants to leave their house anymore.
Basketball season gives the students of Kennedy a reason to go out, and all cuddle up together in a nice, warm, loud, indoor student section.
Standing and cheering is what people do at basketball games, and a lot of times it gets pretty crazy. Personally, I love a good basketball game that is really close at the end, because then the other team goes home disappointed and the Cougars are on top of the world.
Another great thing about basketball games is that the student sections of opposing teams can see each other really well, and are actually pretty close. That calls for some intense yelling across the court.. face gestures, and maybe even some unsportsmanlike middle fingers.
In fact, I found that there is a big debate going around about student sections. Many people are wondering if they can actually change games, so you can read more about it here.
I have the opinion that student sections can totally change the outcome of the game, from watching other people play, and personal experience myself.
If you think about it, every sports team would like to have "home field advantage," Am I right? And what are the main reasons for this? Could it be that football players want to play on their own turf? Bowlers know the oil patterns? Golfers know the course? and basketball players like the sound of their announcer better?
Well for logical purposes, yeah I suppose it could be any of that stuff.. But just go with me for a minute and say that NO the athletes don't want any of that stuff, they just want their school cheering them on!!
I am making a very broad statement, but I would think any sports team would like the sound of people they know cheering for them and pushing them to win even harder. I know when I hear people yelling at me to GOOOO! I run to first base a little harder than if everyone was dead silent. Now maybe it is just a psychological thing, but I totally believe in it. When I hear people cheering for me, I do better by far. That is why I think student sections can change games.
If I can run harder with one person yelling at me, think of the adrenaline that NFL football players get with thousands of people yelling at them. In most stadiums, when an away team is on offense the team can barely hear the snap count because the crowd is that loud. If you can't hear a snap count, the game is changed for sure.
Now when it comes down to the Kennedy basketball teams, it is not a situation of not being able to hear or anything like that. But the fact of the matter is that when you hear the students go crazy after a big play you just made and shout your name, you are going to want to do that again. If the other team is yelling "you can't do that, you can't do that, you can't do that" after you just foul, you are not going to want to repeat that. As a player it is your job to focus, even with all the yelling and commotion, but sometimes you can get a little adrenaline rush out of the student section when we are doing cheers for you!
I hope that the Kennedy student section can affect the outcome of some of the games this season by cheering our a**es off, and being so loud that we intimidate the other team. Also it is important to have fun and do all the back and forth things that go on between student sections at basketball games. I advise us all to go crazy, and bring out our best cheers to the table. It is definately what we do best.
GOO COUGARS!!
Basketball season gives the students of Kennedy a reason to go out, and all cuddle up together in a nice, warm, loud, indoor student section.
Standing and cheering is what people do at basketball games, and a lot of times it gets pretty crazy. Personally, I love a good basketball game that is really close at the end, because then the other team goes home disappointed and the Cougars are on top of the world.
Another great thing about basketball games is that the student sections of opposing teams can see each other really well, and are actually pretty close. That calls for some intense yelling across the court.. face gestures, and maybe even some unsportsmanlike middle fingers.
In fact, I found that there is a big debate going around about student sections. Many people are wondering if they can actually change games, so you can read more about it here.
I have the opinion that student sections can totally change the outcome of the game, from watching other people play, and personal experience myself.
If you think about it, every sports team would like to have "home field advantage," Am I right? And what are the main reasons for this? Could it be that football players want to play on their own turf? Bowlers know the oil patterns? Golfers know the course? and basketball players like the sound of their announcer better?
Well for logical purposes, yeah I suppose it could be any of that stuff.. But just go with me for a minute and say that NO the athletes don't want any of that stuff, they just want their school cheering them on!!
I am making a very broad statement, but I would think any sports team would like the sound of people they know cheering for them and pushing them to win even harder. I know when I hear people yelling at me to GOOOO! I run to first base a little harder than if everyone was dead silent. Now maybe it is just a psychological thing, but I totally believe in it. When I hear people cheering for me, I do better by far. That is why I think student sections can change games.
If I can run harder with one person yelling at me, think of the adrenaline that NFL football players get with thousands of people yelling at them. In most stadiums, when an away team is on offense the team can barely hear the snap count because the crowd is that loud. If you can't hear a snap count, the game is changed for sure.
Now when it comes down to the Kennedy basketball teams, it is not a situation of not being able to hear or anything like that. But the fact of the matter is that when you hear the students go crazy after a big play you just made and shout your name, you are going to want to do that again. If the other team is yelling "you can't do that, you can't do that, you can't do that" after you just foul, you are not going to want to repeat that. As a player it is your job to focus, even with all the yelling and commotion, but sometimes you can get a little adrenaline rush out of the student section when we are doing cheers for you!
I hope that the Kennedy student section can affect the outcome of some of the games this season by cheering our a**es off, and being so loud that we intimidate the other team. Also it is important to have fun and do all the back and forth things that go on between student sections at basketball games. I advise us all to go crazy, and bring out our best cheers to the table. It is definately what we do best.
GOO COUGARS!!
Monday, December 5, 2011
New term, New goals
This is a brand new term in AP Lang and Comp, and I want to start
to look at this class in a whole different way. For some reason, my blogging
and the entire content of this class started to fall behind other subjects. Don’t
ask me why this happened, because I really don’t know. But I am now going to do
something about it.
First of all, I have to make this blog a priority. I got an
F on the blogging grade this term because I simply put this off too much. Even
from the beginning my posts were made all on Sunday night, rushing to get 1200
words all in three separate posts. I remember staying up until 4am sometimes
trying to get my posts in. It was hard to balance because I never made blogging
time during the week, and didn’t use class time well. I also was working a lot, which i will still be doing and now actually i am in the middle of bowling season. This might actually give me something to blog about!
Its not even the fact of writing this blog that bugs me. I guess the fact that when I look at other peoples blogs, they always have something so creative to say. I sometimes feel like everyone is super interested in something but me. Like of course I am interested in sports, and the guyish side of me wants to talk aboout them ALL THE TIME! But, for whoever isnt interested in talking about sports, teh probably get bored with me. Why can't I be totally interested in foreign cultures, or the next world war, or poems people wrote centuries ago?
It seems to me like I am just being selfish... Selfish. Selfish. And more selfish. I only care about things that are happening to me, and things that I am interested in (which isnt much when I actually think about it), but I need to start caring and start listening to things that other people care about, so maybe I can find some things I am interested in myself.
See, once again I just now went into a rant about something completely off topic, when the bottom line is that I NEED to start caring more.. Not just about my grade in this class, but with things that are going on with my friends and family. A lot of people say I am a good listener, basically because I give good advice and I am really good at pretending like I care. Now for this new term of high school, I am not just going to pretend like I care, I am seriously going to care for once.
I really want to be the person that is so motivated that she just comes home and does all of her homework right away. I want to be disciplined enough to get it all done beofre anything else, and to do that I have to CARE.
That is my new term resloution.. Thanks for reading this drawn out explanation.
Its not even the fact of writing this blog that bugs me. I guess the fact that when I look at other peoples blogs, they always have something so creative to say. I sometimes feel like everyone is super interested in something but me. Like of course I am interested in sports, and the guyish side of me wants to talk aboout them ALL THE TIME! But, for whoever isnt interested in talking about sports, teh probably get bored with me. Why can't I be totally interested in foreign cultures, or the next world war, or poems people wrote centuries ago?
It seems to me like I am just being selfish... Selfish. Selfish. And more selfish. I only care about things that are happening to me, and things that I am interested in (which isnt much when I actually think about it), but I need to start caring and start listening to things that other people care about, so maybe I can find some things I am interested in myself.
See, once again I just now went into a rant about something completely off topic, when the bottom line is that I NEED to start caring more.. Not just about my grade in this class, but with things that are going on with my friends and family. A lot of people say I am a good listener, basically because I give good advice and I am really good at pretending like I care. Now for this new term of high school, I am not just going to pretend like I care, I am seriously going to care for once.
I really want to be the person that is so motivated that she just comes home and does all of her homework right away. I want to be disciplined enough to get it all done beofre anything else, and to do that I have to CARE.
That is my new term resloution.. Thanks for reading this drawn out explanation.
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