Re: Worst sporting injury you've ever had?
I had a few injuries my senior year of high school football...
Opening game of the year I was running down on punt coverage and was about to make the tackle when some jackass clipped me (he got called for it). It wasn't the hit that hurt me, though. When I fell to the ground, he stepped on my hand. I stayed in and played the next two defensive plays one-handed, but when the coach came out on the field for a timeout, he saw me clutching my hand and made me go to the sideline. I got it taped up and played the rest of the game. We had practice the next day because we played so terribly, and coach said if you don't show up, don't bother coming back. Well, my mom was insistent that I get an x-ray that morning, so I was late for practice, but the coach understood. He even let me sit out of drills.
The second to last game of the year I went up to block an extra point using the long-snapper to jump up higher (I figured out that if you come from the side of the center, the officials don't notice... lol). I got on top of all the offensive linemen and one of my teammates came and pushed the pile. I fell from like 6 feet up strait onto my shoulder. It was some of the worst pain I'd ever felt. The trainer didn't have to come on the field or anything, but my teammates had to get me up and walk me to the sideline. The doctor checked me out on the sideline and figured out I didn't have a broken collarbone (thank goodness), but we found out later it was a grade 1 AC sprain. The next night, I was drinking with a buddy and we were able to tell when to stop based on the fact that I could raise my hand above my head... lol. I played the final game of the season with some extra padding on my shoulder.
Playing pick-up football my freshman year of college I went in for a tackle and I can remember hitting the ball-carrier, then staring up my teammates as I lay flat on my back... lol. I knocked myself out.
I had a few injuries my senior year of high school football...
Opening game of the year I was running down on punt coverage and was about to make the tackle when some jackass clipped me (he got called for it). It wasn't the hit that hurt me, though. When I fell to the ground, he stepped on my hand. I stayed in and played the next two defensive plays one-handed, but when the coach came out on the field for a timeout, he saw me clutching my hand and made me go to the sideline. I got it taped up and played the rest of the game. We had practice the next day because we played so terribly, and coach said if you don't show up, don't bother coming back. Well, my mom was insistent that I get an x-ray that morning, so I was late for practice, but the coach understood. He even let me sit out of drills.
The second to last game of the year I went up to block an extra point using the long-snapper to jump up higher (I figured out that if you come from the side of the center, the officials don't notice... lol). I got on top of all the offensive linemen and one of my teammates came and pushed the pile. I fell from like 6 feet up strait onto my shoulder. It was some of the worst pain I'd ever felt. The trainer didn't have to come on the field or anything, but my teammates had to get me up and walk me to the sideline. The doctor checked me out on the sideline and figured out I didn't have a broken collarbone (thank goodness), but we found out later it was a grade 1 AC sprain. The next night, I was drinking with a buddy and we were able to tell when to stop based on the fact that I could raise my hand above my head... lol. I played the final game of the season with some extra padding on my shoulder.
Playing pick-up football my freshman year of college I went in for a tackle and I can remember hitting the ball-carrier, then staring up my teammates as I lay flat on my back... lol. I knocked myself out.
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