What can I do to become as good as I possibly can be?

Question

I play Lax and football, Middie in Lax, halfback / Corner in football. I am above average at at Lax, but I love football, but I just can't perform in football like I do i lax. I need to work on my speed and my commitment. I lack commitment in pretty much anything I do. I use to be an A-B student but the past two years of my life have been blah. My older brother (my childhood idol) has fallen victim to heroin, which really hurt my commitment I believe to succeed, because as a younger kid he seemed invincible (I am 15, he is 25 now). I got into smoking pot daily the past two years but now have ditched that a while back. My entire family was disappointed in me this year for failing off the lacrosse team and not eligible for football. What can I do drive myself to want to prove to everyone I can get back on my teams and show what good an athlete I can be and also, I have about 8 months until this year's lacrosse, what can I do to get into top notch shape? Any like day-2-day plans?

Answer 1

You should just work out normally. Put together a practice team with a few buddies you played with in the past. You need to run to get back into physical shape, running will also help you get your lungs back into good working condition, after all they have been through a lot lately. Mostly all you can do is stay focused on your goal and work to your fullest ability to achieve it. & remember just because you may not get back on the team this year, you will have have another chance next year, dont give up!! You will do fine. Also, you may want to talk to your parents about what all is was going on and tell them that you have things figured out now and would like them to help you out and support you in what you are doing. Good luck!