smithers joe

I was a really good House goalie my last years in minor hockey.  My last year they asked me to play rep but I knew I would've been a below average rep goalie and I wanted to play my last year with friends so declined.

I pick up almost any racquet sport pretty quickly.  Tennis game isn't too bad but severely lacked a second serve.

Sport that I had the best possibility of doing anything (at a low college level at least) was baseball.  I was left handed and had command of a 2 seam fastball with movement, a 4 seam fastball, curveball, and change up.  And had the ability to do that at 2 different arm slots plus absolutely nasty at picking off runners at first base.  Limiting factor was my velocity but teams rarely were able to get good contact off of me.  (Probably because I messed with timing before I even knew timing was a thing, just did it naturally).  My coach urged me to go to try outs in college but try outs were far away from campus (with no car) and I was more concerned about getting familiar to university life and living on my own for the first time.

I was best at hockey, especially goaltending.  Although, I would only rate myself as slightly better than a shooter tutor.

The highest level I played was hockey but the most fun I had playing a sport was definitely football. Played some junior and then senior men's in Alberta in the AFL. A buddy and I started the Edmonton Army Football team from the ground up. Uniforms, sponsors, field/official booking, recruiting (Hard to do in an established league!). Putting it all together was one of the most rewarding things I have ever accomplished. Played OL/DL/LB/FB and miss it every day.