WHAT THE HECKERS

LOL LONG TIME NO POSTY. Heehee. yup been real busy with football and the show and grad school and work and all, but a little birdy told me Bjs birthday is fasty approaching. I have a great surprise gifty for her this year. but I will have to find some good pictures again to do a tribute because without her ther would not still be a WFBtalk which is something I love so much. SO I was asked what football ment to me so I wanted to share.

 

Football to me has never been all about winning it has been about teaching and learning the game. Giving woman and girls the opportunity to play the game. Giving women options to not just stand on the side line anymore but to be given a chance to at all levels of play to learn the game. To teach someone how to take a hand off and feel the chills just when they can run ten yards and not fumble after a hard it. This is what makes the game worth all the time money and effort. The ideals I have had about football have been met before but at this time I feel they are just only ideas and have not taking form.   It is not the top of the mountain it is the journey. The ups and the downs and living the dream that as a women through all the adversity just playing. It is only been just for the love of the game. Honoring those ini the 1970s that paved the way not all about winning never has been. The smiles that laughs the joy and the fun. Bottom line win something just isn’t fun any more I really began to stand back and watch and see is this worth all the heartache all the pain. If anyone that truly knows me they say one of my main staples of living is football and if you took that away they would say I couldn’t survive. Football to me is love fun.

 

Thanks to all those that continue to check back and read my posts. Also check out the Womensfootballtalk bio page to see pictures of me and listen to the pod casts to hear my great voice, j/k but you may get some laughs. I will post again soon hopefully if homework does not kick my butt.

FIRE IT UP!

 AHHHH YAAAA. It’s coming can you feel it? I can and I am dso pumped. From sideline player to team leader. That’s right this year in 09 I am leading my defense. I tell you and they are a hitting bunch. I can’t wait. We have a great group of girls and great coaches. SO now is the time to strap it up and down the pads. Well not quite yet with have a few more laps to run. But all my mini segments are on Womensfootballtalk.com I will have BJ maybe post them hear soon for all to listen. Currently have been doing segments on streaching, conditioning and leadership. All importand aspects of football. if you have a topic you would like me to do a mini segment on write bj@wfbtalk.com and let her know what you would like to hear about. Yup my main job on the show is to talk so give me a good football topic and I will insight some of the knowledge I have gained.

I am pumped for the season to start. We are already tackling the dummy pads of course being carefull since we are not wearing gear yet only learing technique 09 promises to be a big year for WFB and for all women’s football so keep tuning in to listen or just get out on the field and hit um hard. Oh and bj you better work out cuz football is not done with you yet.

TRYOUTS

ok so from Gold to Red to green and now back to Red. Yup that is right I am going to play for the IWFL houston enegry. I see more promise in this league and the team is new improved. We have a lot of new faces. So I got to tryouts yesterday with Amber. Coach had said maybe 20 girls well there were only 2 others. So coach introduced us to the new coaching staff and asked me to lead the warm ups. LOL me i guess even after seven seasons going on eight I just don’t see myself enough of a vetran of the greats to lead warm ups lol. So I turned to Amber and said this is kind of like the tryouts we put on but we had more stuff set up. lol We will led the girls around a lap through streches and through but kicks and such. we then had to run the 40 put by ourselfs. I like when I run it with someone else I think it makes me faster. We did all drills twice and since there was only four of us I barely caught my breath before I had to go again.

Next we did the shuttle run. yeah more running. We did this twice and then onto a box drill with a ladder but it kind of also was a w dril cauz we went side ways quick feet throught the ladder then sprint forward to cone then back peddle back to ladder and quick feet ladderal back through the ladder. We did this twice.

Then on to the real box drill side ways back side ways forward course on my second time I did the back peddle so good I got to the cone and automatically started to sprint instead of side shuffle to the other cone. lol.

And that was it. Three more people showed up that had gotten lost. The coaches talked to us for a bit and then we were done. So not bad I thought for a nice work out.

Megan-

……and the future

 Check out #41 that is me and can you spot nancy. yup that is her in the blue jacket and beanie.

offense

 on the side lines watching the game.

here I am number 71. So I have been on many teams and played in four championship games and been in three different leagues. Now I am going back to my roots of the league I strated in the IWFL and I will be playing for the Energy.

A LOOK BACK AND A VIEW FORWARD

 

check out #75

Ok so this is my old D-line picture back about 4 years ago. My my oh times fly. Well another season is upon us soon. Stay tuned to see more old pics of me and my teamates and to find out what team i will be playing for next season. Unitl then have fun at the football conference or at the IWFL all-star game, flag games, back yard games or just chilling.

Meg

FRIENDS FOREVER THROUGH FOOTBALL

Ok while the California WBFTALK crew prepares the duckies for flight (check out womensfootballtalk.com blog). I am preparing for midterms. ya so much fun. Upon checking my email today I had another football friend add me to their facebook list of friends. You see when you join a football team it is not just for that season it is for life. Over the past few months I have really realized this due to all of my old teamates and myself meeting back up on facebook and the occasional email I will get from a mass email sent out by my old team the sirens. I always chuckle. I was invited to a Halloween party but yet it is five four states away. LOL I love it though. I still feel I am part of the team at least in spirit. The moments may be short but the memories will last forever. I have to say if you do play football invest in a digital camera. A small one of course that you can take on the field with you. You can take pregame pics and after game moments. I encourage everyone to have the pics on their website. Before I even joined a team I would spend my free time checking out all the photos of all the teams and leagues. I had printed out my favorites and put them on my wall. We need these favorite pics of women football players and moments I would love to start a mag that had all the favorite pictures and articles of all the favorite moments. We are mighty woman and have much to share and tell. I encourage all readers to call the wfbtalk show share this info with us. If you are shy like some of are favorite listeners then email us at contact@wfbtalk.com. These stories are monumental big or small they shape all our women’s teams.

I was asked about the likelyness of the leagues joining. I would have to say all though I would love for us to all join forces and work together I agree that if just one player speaks positively about their playing experiences that this is a step closer to making women football known. I think at this time we still have many different ideas of how things should be presented and run but I think it is good to try out all options it is still in the best interest of Womens football. So currently I do not see the leagues ready to become one but maybe soon they will see that combining would strengthen and we could all play each other let’s face it with all the teams switching leagues we all have already played most teams. So why not just start out small all the leagues national champion teams from that year play one another in a womens nation bowl bring on the sport make it a charity event and raise some money and have fun playing football. BLACK WHITE GREEN WE ARE ALL WOMEN AND ALL JUST WANTING TO PLAY FOOTBALL BUT AS ON THE FIELD IT HAS TO BE A TEAM EFFORT! Someday we will be a TEAM league where all teams can play all as one. YES I HAVE A DREAM

Favorite football memories and pics.

Ok so get your favoritie memories and pictures in to bj@wfbtalk.com. and look for them to be posted and talked about on the WFBtalk. So I type while on a break and not much to say. The weather here is good football weather and I am still working out and training and trying to make sure that work and school is going to work with football. So this is the time in the off season where there are mens games everwhere and with having enough time away from playing I am ready to get back on the field. Sometime the waiting is long but now is the time to get out in the stores and buy any new gear you will need due to it being in seaon and in stock. Alright just wanted to post a small post now back to work. OH and keep dreaming of football.

Are you ready for some midterms!!!!

Ok so yes I have not been able to post on my site due to midterms makeup hurricane work and papers that are due. So I took a study break to say football is coming soon.Yet, I am not ready for it yet between school and work I am good at the moment. I have begun to work out and I think the fall is the best time to start doing some preseason excercises.

 

I go for a run at least 3 times a week and will shortly begin lifting  free weights and begin doing drills to retain my muscles for the upcoming football season. Be sure to archieve some of the training ideas from the WBFtalk site to get you ready and in shape for the up coming season.

TTYlaters

meg

POST IKE

Ok I know I have not kept up with this blog. School started and then Hurricane IKE came and a lot of us are still cleaning up. This the long patient time of waiting. Waiting for the insurance adjuster wating for the quotes on all the damage waiting for the money to make the repairs waiting for the clean up waiting for the workers to come make the repairs, waiting to be reinbursed.

So long and short of it. I am just enjoying the things I have like football. Nothing better to take your mind off things when you ahve a radio show each week and have to bring all your football news and ideas to the listeners. WBF talk although at times I struggle to find the time has become a time to just chat with friends about one of the things I love. FOOTBALL. So keep tuning in each week and listen to WFBTalk.

Midterms for my grad school classes are coming up and work always has somthing to throw at me, but I will try to keep updating this site. Stay tuned because there is a lot of things coming with the new season.

LOL

MEG_

WHO IS THIS?

 That’s right this is me, hard at practice the week before the championship football game. I am sporting the women Xena football pads. Yes that is right they are made for women and fit the curves of women. The neck of them comes down lower and their is less arm restriction. I feel I can control my hitting better in these pads and that they are more of an extension of me. 

Hope everyone is staying in shape for tryouts and that they have a save and happy labor day. Don’t forget to tune in for all your great moments of WFBtalk this Sunday as we do our one year aniversary show.

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