The End Of All.. Except School Work

All my team's seasons have officially ended, and school just got a lot more intense.

Lacrosse ended on a great note for me and the team! In our 2nd to last game, we travelled 6 hours to the Dallas area to face off against Austin College. With only the minimum amount of players on the field (Nine plus the goalie) we still won 10-2, and I scored my first career Lacrosse goal. Our very last game was home against Stephen F. Austin College and we won 23-6! I played the best lacrosse in my young career and scored three goals, while playing solid defense and keeping possession.

The end of basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse have come way too soon for my liking; however, I have had the time of my life. I was fortunate enough to stay healthy throughout the entire year! And honestly, I believe that is a testament to my hard work outside of organized practices. I have worked hard lifting weights, running, and just plain exercising while having fun, in order to stay in shape and to stay healthy. All that exercising (and stretching!) helped prevent injuries this year, and hopefully I can keep this trend up!

As for now, it is time hit the books (temporarily) and earn good grades!


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The Off Season and LAX/Volleyball

Basketball season unfortunately just ended. But that means it is the beginning of the off season, where players play pick-up basketball games and lift weights together. As fun as the regular season was, this off season is going to be more fun for me. The first of many reasons is just playing basketball with a relaxed attitude, unlike playing during the regular season. Second (and third), is that I can focus on Volleyball and Lacrosse now.

Since the season ended, Volleyball and Lacrosse have been the major source for my exercising. For Volleyball, we just had our biggest tournament of the year last weekend in College Station. At Texas A&M, there were 18 club men's teams competing in a double elimination tournament play. Our first match, we beat Tarleton State, from Dallas. Our second game, we upset the #4 seeded team in the tournament, LSU. After losing to Texas A&M (the #1 seed) and Texas State (the #3 seed), we finished 4th.

Now it is time to focus of Lacrosse, the sport I just picked up. Practices, games, and hanging out with the team has been so much fun. This upcoming weekend we are heading to Sherman, TX to face off against Austin College. At the moment we at 4-2 and looking to improve.

Hopefully the end of this year will be as fun as the rest of it was!!!


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End of Basketball Season

Basketball season has just ended, as our team lost in the semi-finals of the conference tournament after being the #1 ranked seed (we should've won!). Even though we are losing two important seniors, Luke Calerera and Sam Dworkin, we are optimistic about our chances on winning conference next year.

Over the past 5 months I've gained a few new things thanks to basketball. First, it is really difficult to juggle playing a collegiate sport and maintaining good grades at the college level. And on top of that I was playing some volleyball and lacrosse too! Second, I've gained a whole bunch of new friends that I can count on when I need to. And lastly, from an exercising perspective, I've learned how to take care of my body better. . .

With all the workouts and practices I participate in, it totals to about two per day. With so much exercising, your muscles fatigue and get sore, along with mental exhaustion. Initially, I had poor eating habits. For example, eating to many fried foods, eating right before bed, and at time not eating enough food. Recently I've been drinking plenty of water, mixing protein shakes daily, and eating healthier foods at the correct times of the day (3 meals a day with a late night granola bar before homework). With college food readily available almost all the time, college students should be cautious of what they are consuming to maintain good health.



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Volleyball and Lacrosse

My focus athletically first semester was to make the basketball team, and I achieved this goal. This second semester, my new year's resolution was to try more new things. Apart from joining a fraternity, this mainly includes my decision to play not only club volleyball for Trinity, but also club lacrosse.

Volleyball has been great for me because it improves my basketball ability. To me, volleyball isn't an endurance sport, but rather an explosion sport. By that I mean it doesn't require the athletes to exercise at a consistent rate and tire out. It instead gives the advantage to athletes with greater abilities who can perform better in short periods of time. I also have loved playing volleyball during games and practices. It is a high energy sport that is extremely fun once you start to get the hang of it. I look forward to continueing playing for the team, and improving for my next few years at Trinity.

I also recently joined the lacrosse club team. I've only been to one practice so far but I am very familiar with the sport already. It requires everything from an athlete; focus, endurance, coordination, teamwork, physicality, and skill. Lacrosse is by far the most physical sport I've played, and it is the only sport I've had to wear full pads for (not counting a helmet in baseball or shingaurds in soccer). From my one practice, I can tell that the sport demands much more skill than I originally thought. Throwing and cathing the fast moving ball isn't a problem when just standing around, but when you too are running full speed, catching and throwing are much more difficult. Like everyother sport I've played, I too love lacrosse and look forward to improving in the near future.

So far my new years resolution has worked great for me, and I have continued to stay in excellent shape while juggling my activities; basketball, fraternity life, schoolwork, and now volleyball and lacrosse.

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19 Years of being Matt Selling

Most people know me mainly as a jock. I've had a sports ball in my hands before I could even walk; and ever since then, sports have been the single thing in life that I enjoy the most. Growing up, my three main sports (in order of importance) were; 1) soccer, 2) baseball, and 3) basketball. Other than simply these three, I also tried everything else in between like skateboarding, golf, tennis, lacrosse, football, and many more.

Sports offer more than just pure enjoyment to me though. Sports also build valuable qualities in people such as determination, competitiveness, trust, friendships, and responsibility. Of course, another benefit of being involved in sports is the exercise involved, which helps an individual maintain physically fit, and healthy. I've been active and been exercising my entire life from sports. This blog is about me continuing this trend here at Trinity.

I just turned nineteen on January 22nd, and being 18 sure had been my most interesting year. I enjoyed my senior year at my school that I spent 14 years at; had my first serious girlfriend; played varsity soccer, basketball, and baseball with all my close friends; graduated from high school; went out of the country for the first time; attended and loved my first semester at Trinity University. Throughout this year I've devoted my free time and hard work into achieving my goal, of "walking-on" to the Trinity basketball team. I succeeded mainly from all my hard work on the basketball court and in the weight room. I played basketball seven days a week (often twice a day) and incorporated a weightlifting program as well. Not being the most talented or tallest basketball player, I truly believe the main reason I made the team was that the coach realized I was in-shape, and had already developed a hard work-ethic through my training.

Today, I continue to enjoy training and exercising. My workout routine at Trinity currently involves weight lifting 3+ days a week and basketball (team practices or individual training) everyday. I also get a little exercise from being an active member on the club men's volleyball team, running on the track, and playing every intramural available. By reading this blog, you can follow my training stories, experiences, memories, tips, and everything in between that happens to me here at Trinity.


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