Have there been any great runners who played soccer in high school while running XC? Curious to see if it hurts or can be neutral to running.
Have there been any great runners who played soccer in high school while running XC? Curious to see if it hurts or can be neutral to running.
Depends if you consider Grant Fisher a great runner. He missed a big race because of a big game once.
Galen Rupp was a HS soccer player when he was spotted by Alberto Salazar.
don't know if he ran XC in HS though.
cheers.
Said Aouita.
Some guy named Usain Bolt played soccer growing up
It doesn't make you a better runner, that's for sure. It probably doesn't hurt your performances in the long term, but if you're not supremely talented you may not get the opportunities (D1 scholarship) necessary to achieve your potential.
Soccer is big in Mother Africa
A guy from my northern California high-school ran in the 4:1x for the mile and went on to play professional soccer. Played for San Jose. Any guesses?
I'd say it hurts because it takes away from your recovery time between the track workouts. Many good runners have played soccer before they focused on running, but that's because you run a lot in soccer so it's like they were already training for running a little bit.
Usain Bolt played soccer back in his young days
Grant Fisher.
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Dieter Bowman
TheXCrunner wrote:
Usain Bolt played soccer back in his young days
You would never know.
Carlos Lopes wanted to but his dad said no.
TheXCrunner wrote:
Usain Bolt played soccer back in his young days
Everyone played soccer in their young days. OP is asking for those who were still playing soccer while they were competitive at running
Grant Fisher talks about his soccer experience and track
Pele wrote:
TheXCrunner wrote:
Usain Bolt played soccer back in his young days
You would never know.
Usain Bolt played Minor League soccer in Australia.
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Dieter Bowman
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