Monday, March 8, 2010

Foosball

Competition doesn't have to just be wit conventional everyday
sports. In fact there are many sports out there that have a very
competitive drive among its players. For instance foosball. You've
probably heard of this game in arcades and bars. But probably didn't think that it was an actual played sport. Well I’m here 2 tell you it is. As u read n a previous blog the reason we were at the Holidome was for a foosball tourney. Yes a tournament. They actually have these.
A friend of mine named Ryan is the one who plays. He has been playing every since he was a little kid. His mom ran tournaments and that's how he got into it. Growing up around it just made him love the game. As he grew older he loved it more and more. He said when he was about 12 there was a kid that was around 15 named Justin that thought he was the best and beat all the kids under 18. Ryan didn't really like that 2 much. He used it as motivation 2 drive his competitive spirit more and more. Soon Ryan would surpass Justin. By far. At the age of 17 he was the best under 18 in the world. He was good enough to play with a friend of his n a junior tourney and win him a trip to the world tourney in Italy. He told me he could have been playing with someone who didn't even know what foosball was and he still could have won. That shows the dominance he had in his age group.
He is now 20 and is considered one of the top three players in the world. All of his opponents are at least at the age of 30. So it is just astonishing how good he has gotten n the allotted about of time. And it was all due do his competitiveness. It can drive you 2 do great things. Jus goes to show you you can accomplish whatever want to, as long as u put in the time and the work.

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