Burnt out

[Dudly]

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

A remedy that would be useful, ummmm, on the court.

Rich,
I blew both of my achilles a few years ago. What was recommended and worked for me was stretching them out everyday. On days I have games or just go for a run I still stretch them for at least 10 minutes per foot and then again after the game. My running shoes I replace every 3 months and I have 2 pair of game shoes and rotate them every game.

[Red_Killian]

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

Speaking of Achilles's tendons, my right one is KILLING me. Too many games last week, I think. Anyone have a good remedy?

I went through problems from achilles tightness and I went to a Sports Medicine clinic and they recommended custom made orthotics. My insurance pays most of the cost with a prescription from my doctor. I am on my 4th pair, they seem to last 2-3 years with some tweaking along the way. Cleared up my problems. I know some who have used off the shelf inserts with some success.

[SF]

About two weeks ago I was feeling really burnt out, but then had some games with great partners and good basketball. I realized the combination of some bad partners and some really irritating coaches was making me less than excited to go to the games. I noticed that I was giving coaches too much leeway, so I tightened up on that, and have been fortunate to have some good partners. For me, I know I can do a lot of basketball games and still have fun, but I know this differs for everyone.

[JRutledge]

I work 3 sports so my year can get really long.

During the basketball season I limit to working only about 3 days a week. I try not to work a lot of lower level games. I will work some Saturday mornings most of the season. I usually take some time off during the Christmas break. I pretty much refuse to work Sundays unless it is a college game (which is very rare). Now sometimes I can work 4 days out of the week, but I do my best to prevent that. I also purposely do not work both boy's and girl's games so I can prevent from having games every night of the week. The bottom line is I pace myself with my schedule. The Christmas break is usually a time to regenerate for the rest of the season.

Peace

[Forksref]

Originally posted by Junker
Any of you out there suffering from burn out on basketball like I am? I have had a good season, but I think I worked too much. I'm not as excited about my games and I definitely know I'm tired of coaches and fans. Once I get into a game and call the action on the floor, I enjoy it and can focus, but as far as management, I'm just kind of fed up with some people right now. Any veteran tricks to help me get over this (other than toughing out the next couple of weeks)?

What burns me out is too many lower level games where the quality of play is poor. I did GJV and GSoph today and both were not very good games. The players had a lack of fire, e.g. walking off the court when being subbed out. Too many held balls and bad passes and whistles. Early in the season, I can handle it. As mentioned above, a good close game with a good crowd gets me up. If I don't get one soon, it will be time for a break. I did not do any JH this year and picked up more V, which helped a lot. I like to do most levels, but too much poor basketball is wearing.

[refnrev]

Junker, We all get this way towards the end of the season. I somehow had an unplanned scheduling break where I went about 9 days without any games scheduled. I filled in once during that break. At first I was disappointed to have those open dates, but I was getting draggy. By the time that break was over I was ready to hit the floor running again and hated to see the season drawing to an end. I have a lot of friends who work 4 -6 nights a week. They are all pretty crabby by this time. Try to get about a week's break in January. It worked wonders for me. Also, by late January I am also beginning to make the switch to jr. high V'ball. It's a very nice change of pace. Keep your chin up.

[bigzilla]

Olympic Rub-- only thing that helps my achilles...can't even feel it on the court.

[Junker]

Thanks for the thoughts everyone. I agree that I probably took too many games. I've been going 5-6 days a week for the last month. Last night I had a really good game which helped, unfortunately I had to tap the home coach in the first quarter. I called a blocking foul on a shot. He started by nicely asking me what happened. I told him that the defensive player moved into the shooters path and knocked him off balance. Easy call to me, I was in good position. Coach told me I was wrong. I responded that I had a good look at the play and there was no question in my mind. He told me I was wrong again. Since I've had a short fuse with coaches lately, I left the conversation to go to position for the foul shots. As I walked away he told me just admit I was wrong. Why couldn't he just let it go. Anyway, the AD from the school asked me about it and thanked me for taking care of him. I'm guessing he's had some issues throughout the season. I have tonight off and the school I'm at both Thursday and Friday have pretty good sportsmanship. Thanks again.

[Back In The Saddle]

Last year I was pretty burned out by the Christmas break and again by the end of the season. This year I'm not burned out, and I've had more games. I think the difference this year is that I've got other things going on in my life (we just finished building a house, I'm in school, etc.). So give this a shot, when you have a day or two off, do something fun and fulfilling to you personally and don't give bball a thought. Don't check the board, don't polish your shoes, don't talk to your bball buddies. Might be enough to get you through the next couple of weeks. YMMV