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It would have helped if you could hear them call the plays

 

Ya.. the guys adopted pseudo-sign language to tell me what play we were running so i always knew what the play was and what i needed to do. The Coach literally didnt let me play simply because of my deafness, he pretty much told me that he couldnt trust a Deaf player... for whatever fucked up reasons he had.

 

The Year before i played on the town team, was Starter Defensive End and special teams (Kick, punt, returns, etc). Played every game with no problems, with my helmet having quiet a large amount of stickers for shit done (5 tackles in a game, fumble recoveries, etc).

 

It's the same story for Baseball, loved the sport, played first base for a few years with a coach i had, we came in 2nd place in the championship for our division. Later on, i get a new coach, guy doesnt trust me because im deaf, puts me out into outfield, my worst position. I kept telling the coach that Outfields my worst spot and that i play First base, hell my old coach came over one time and asked why was i in out field and told my new coach that i should be on first base. Same thing happened up to high school, when i pretty much said "Fuck it" due to all the shitty coaches. Assholes didnt even give me a chance to demonstrate my abilities at first base, Not even in fuckin practices.

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Ya.. the guys adopted pseudo-sign language to tell me what play we were running so i always knew what the play was and what i needed to do. The Coach literally didnt let me play simply because of my deafness, he pretty much told me that he couldnt trust a Deaf player... for whatever fucked up reasons he had.

 

The Year before i played on the town team, was Starter Defensive End and special teams (Kick, punt, returns, etc). Played every game with no problems, with my helmet having quiet a large amount of stickers for shit done (5 tackles in a game, fumble recoveries, etc).

 

It's the same story for Baseball, loved the sport, played first base for a few years with a coach i had, we came in 2nd place in the championship for our division. Later on, i get a new coach, guy doesnt trust me because im deaf, puts me out into outfield, my worst position. I kept telling the coach that Outfields my worst spot and that i play First base, hell my old coach came over one time and asked why was i in out field and told my new coach that i should be on first base. Same thing happened up to high school, when i pretty much said "Fuck it" due to all the shitty coaches. Assholes didnt even give me a chance to demonstrate my abilities at first base, Not even in fuckin practices.

 

Sucks to be you :(

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i used to play 6th-8th grade, but in 8th grade i hypo-extended my left knee and i cant play anymore, sadly. I was REALLY good at Defensive Tackle but sucked on the offensive line.

 

I'm 6'3'' and i played line on both sides

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Unless you live in Stockholm, Göteborg or Malmö, it's really hard to get into American Football. Allthough, would be awesome to try it out at some point. Untill then, I guess it's just Football : /

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