Transition from one sport to another

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Just thought id throw this one out there and see has anyone had this dilemma
Iv played football sine i was 8 thats 26yrs in total and suffered an achilles rupture in may last which has put me out of the game for at least 12 months. I play to a competitive level here and were in the top division in our county. My dilemma is that im starting to really enjoy my golf and im wondering that come this time next year will i ever return to playing ball its going to be a very long recovery for me.
Has anyone ever had a similar issue and if so have you ever regretted not returning to your former sport before the golf bug bit.....
 
I was a useful club cricketer back in the 80's and early 90's until a series of knee problems put paid to running for any length of time - bit of a problem for a medium-fast swing bowler!!
So I "retired" from cricket at the age of 29 and took up golf. Not so hard on the knees and HID liked the idea as it didn't take all afternoon and most of the night as well.
I suppose I missed it for a while but golf took over and now I really wish I'd started about 15 years earlier. I'd play every day if I could - couldn't ever say that about cricket.
 
Kid2 you will always,IMO, miss the team sport and especially the banter in the dressing room and at training.
I retired from Hurling and Football 15 years ago after a broken collar bone and arm in 6 months, plate still in the arm--i still miss the hurling.

Even coaching the kids is not a replacement to playing.
However i enjoy my golf and enjoy the competitive element of it.
 
I'm 22 and about to have my second ACL operation, hopefully before the end of 2009.

I'm young, but I have to question whether I'm even going to play football when I'm fit again. The impact it has on your life and work is so detrimental I'm not sure I want to go through it again.

But, I do love team sports, so I guess I'll have to see! x
 
Kid2 you will always,IMO, miss the team sport and especially the banter in the dressing room and at training.
I retired from Hurling and Football 15 years ago after a broken collar bone and arm in 6 months, plate still in the arm--i still miss the hurling.

Even coaching the kids is not a replacement to playing.
However i enjoy my golf and enjoy the competitive element of it.
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Ya like that i said that i would coach our junior team this season just for something to do but iv been warned by my physio that i cant go near a ball till at least march ,april next year....its hard watching them on a sunday when i know i should be out there in the thick of things i hadnt contemplated retiring till i was at least 40 im very fit any i had mobility on my side till this injuy.....Im told its one of the worst that any sports person could get....Still on the bright side iv got me golf
 
I'm 22 and about to have my second ACL operation, hopefully before the end of 2009.

I'm young, but I have to question whether I'm even going to play football when I'm fit again. The impact it has on your life and work is so detrimental I'm not sure I want to go through it again.

But, I do love team sports, so I guess I'll have to see! x
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I know exactly how you feel sneds......I ended up being out of work for 12 weeks with my injury and iv a young family to support also....This more than anything else will make me decide come the time....I just dont think i could afford to be out like that again.
 
i snapped my acl and both cartlidges also had to get bones drilled to start growth again 12 month ago and only just got back to working im a roof tiler and also just started playing football again saturday and sundays, sunday side is in the top sunday league in yorkshire saturday side is just local pub side i love to play any sport and will continue to until i see sense
 
I was 22 when I got injured in the first Gulf War and wasnt able to play footy again. It was all I had done since a little boy and was quite good at it too if I say so myself. Took probably 2-3 years to be able to run again even though I still limp even when walking. I certainly havnt been able to play footy since cos of all the twisting and turning but in a straight line I was ok to see out my forces contract. I was grumpy as hell not being able to play but I moved back to UK and my mate suggested a round of golf ( I thought it was an old fellas game and was very sceptical). 1 round of frustration later and I was hooked for life ( I love sports that challenge me )

I really missed being able to run around and get stuck in to a team sport but on reflection golf is more of a challenge on an individual basis.

Embrace golf and move into middle age with grace and dignity , dont fight it. Welcome to the rest of your sporting life like the rest of us
 
Totally agree with the point about missing the laughs and banter in the pub and dressing room in team games. I played sunday morning football for years and the banter in the pub during the week and at training was brilliant. I also played semi-pro on Saturdays for a while and it was way too serious for me (and I got injured and never played for them again) but the lads on a Sunday team were brilliant and just there for a bit of fun and exercise before the pub opened.
 
i have recently had the same issue. this time last year i ripped several ligaments and carteledges in my knee. i was out of sport for nearly a year due to the crapp health service. but during that time i caught the golf bug and have never looked back. i went to play football once but just got bored and now i am always excited knowing that the weekend brings golf
 
I've ripped the ligaments in my left knee twice over the years. Once when I was 14, playing football, once when I was 25, playing baseball. I did recover and played both spoprts again after, but have long since given them both up. I now do Aikido and golf, the aiki is still hard on the knees occasionally, and I'm about to see a specialist for a knee scan with a suspect torn cartilage, which fortunately doesn't impact my golf at all, save for the odd moment walking when the knee gives way momentarily. I've switched a couple of times over the years, you always miss the fun times, but don't miss the bad ones (injuries, travelling from Milton Keynes to Bournmouth or Liverpool on a Sunday to play a 4 hour game before travelling back again), but I don't regret giving them up or moving to something else.

All you can do is wait and see, the decision will come to you and be the right one at the time.
 
I used to play footie, retired due to injury and NEVER missed it. I decided it was more fun NOT having some imbecile trying to break my leg every Sunday....
 
I stopped playing football a few years ago with knee trouble and miss it terribly.
playing football has a limited lifespan so make the most of it.

Playing golf is seriously challenging watching football though, there was a time when I would have laughed at anyone that said that! (mind you if you knew where my season ticket was that wouldn't be too surprising ;))
 
Like my father I am a keen sportsperson, my father kept on to me for years about taking up golf saying its a game you can play for life, but I was to much into my football (reasonable Sunday morning stuff) and continued to play until I was 40, when the ache's and pains took 6 days to get over just in time for the following week.

That was the time to call it a day, and I became a recreational golfer, about once a month. Now 13 years later I have joined my first golf club and I am enjoying it more and more, and now realise that my father was right, I should have taken this game up a lot earlier.

As for my father he played golf up until he was 86 (3 days a week)and only then packed up to look after my mother who became very ill, and now at the age of 95 he puts his good health down to the exercise he done whilst playing the great game.
 
Kid 2, at the end of the day only you can make that call. I'm actually playing my final hurling match on Sunday. and Ive been working up to "retirement" for a couple of years. I'd be around the same age as yourself with a young family and about 6 years ago I had a serious back injury that had me out of the game for over 2 years. Getting back playing was a real focus for me on the road to recovery, but personally i haven't found it the same since going back in the sense that i'm not able to play to the same level as I did before the injury and that is very frustrating. That was one of the major reasons that this time last year I decided that this would be my final year playing hurling and to concentrate on playing golf more seriously (after playing only four or five rounds a year for the last five years or so) and I have to say it has been great so far. I have really enjoyed finaly trying to properly under stand golfgetting out and trying to improve my game. I know I'm going to miss the banter and the craic with the lads after Sunday as I ve been playing on the same team with a couple of the lads since we were eight but the challenge there is to get them playing golf
 
Currently playing hurling golf and badminton. When I do get an injury especially a hand injury it affects all the sports. I really think you should go back to football. Its great to play for as long as you can and if you're in division one then you must be decent so don't give it up.
 
I was 22 when I got injured in the first Gulf War and wasnt able to play footy again. It was all I had done since a little boy and was quite good at it too if I say so myself. Took probably 2-3 years to be able to run again even though I still limp even when walking. I certainly havnt been able to play footy since cos of all the twisting and turning but in a straight line I was ok to see out my forces contract. I was grumpy as hell not being able to play but I moved back to UK and my mate suggested a round of golf ( I thought it was an old fellas game and was very sceptical). 1 round of frustration later and I was hooked for life ( I love sports that challenge me )

I really missed being able to run around and get stuck in to a team sport but on reflection golf is more of a challenge on an individual basis.

Embrace golf and move into middle age with grace and dignity , dont fight it. Welcome to the rest of your sporting life like the rest of us
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Great post pal its got me thinking......
Everythings got its pros and cons doesnt it.
 
Its great to see so many opinions and the stories that you all have and i know that one of the best things iv done over that past 12 nmonths is register to this site.....There is always someone about to lend an ear or a helping hand and its great to have the banther and have so much in common with people that iv never met face to face.


Hopefully ill make the right decision when the time comes and wont regret the decision........I guess only time will tell.....
I thank you all for replying as i was a little surprised at the amount of replies i got.......I guess the impact sports have left there mark on us all at 1 stage or another :D :D
 
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