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Blog URL: http://laxspot.e-lacrosse.com/blogs/inside_look_at_terps_lacrosse
By: Brian
Maryland goalie Brian Phipps gives lacrosse fans an inside look at the Terp's season. Find out what goes on in the preseason and what it's like to be a top college lacrosse player.
And the season begins.... We started actual practice this week and it feels good to get it going. But it feels pretty cold out too. We are starting up our stick drills and getting comfortable in full pads again. The freshman are getting accustomed to the usual routine and fitting in with the team. This has been a full week of practice with no classes for me. My winter class ended last Friday and now I am just waiting for the spring semester to start. This week has all been about lacrosse and getting focused on the season again. This week of no school has helped with the free time to relax and rest from practice. Nothing beats hanging out on the couch relaxing watching good television or a good movie. Not to mention having bags of ice all over my legs from bruises already. That is probably the best part about spring: bruises all over, not. The long practices gives the shooters more time to hit me and man it hurts. I am not going to lie, getting hit with the ball is not fun, especially in practice in the cold weather. The bruises, welts, and swelling never ends but it comes with the job. I would never trade my position on the field for any one them. I love being between the pipes and facing shots day after day. Why? I do not know. And yes, it hurts, but oh well. Although practices are tiring and drain me, I continue to look forward to the next one to get back on the field, between the pipes to face the next shot that comes at me.
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Glen on 01/25/2008
Getting hit with shots is the bad part of being a goalie. The good part is not having to run all over the field, or get whacked by sticks. But you seem to like to clear the ball up field. so maybe you're just a gluten for punishment all around. Do you have to participate in all the team running in practice? I'm sure you do.
Randy on 01/25/2008
Goalies are legally insane. Everybody knows that. "your honor, my client was a D1 lacrosse goalie, I rest my case".
