Relax...

About one of my hobbies...

Some time ago I was mentioning the fact that sometimes we forget to relax. Having this figured out all I needed was to actually do something about it. Which I did - while continuing to attend the dancing courses I went back to my first love: football (or soccer for my American fans - if any). I will not even try to explain how much I enjoy playing or what this sport means to me as the focus is right now on my playing.
For quite a while now the company I work for signed a contract so that we will be able to play football for two hours a week. Imagine several colleagues, professionals at this, trying to run for it and give 110% so that the team wins... No really, weighting from 70 to 110 kilos (it's just a coincidence in figures) all we try is to have fun - until the first ego shows and screws everything up.
Of course, I have great expectations from me since I know that I play good (for an amateur as I am - and among other amateurs). I wasn't very happy, however, about my latest performances even though I lost some serious weight since my last match. I know that I am out of shape however this was not it.
It took me some time to realize something else and I need to thank my beloved wifey for this. One of the most important reasons for my performance was the fact that I did not have something even close to this. Imagine a pair of shoes similar to the one in the picture - the only difference is that the shoe in the picture is designed for outdoors-pitch and my pair is designed for synthetic surfaces (plastic).
I took my new shoes out this last Tuesday and the results were absolutely fantastic. I did not score a lot as one might expect however I gained something else: trust my own moves (oh God, it feels like ages since my last successful dribble), trust my own feet (as the beauties will not allow me to slip as I did with the previous pair of shoes), remembered how to shoot from various positions with various curling trajectories and the examples can continue like this...
In one word, I am thrilled by what these shoes brought me: they took me way back, in my childhood when I played like crazy and taught everybody what this sport is really about. And I owe everything to my dear wife who bought me this pair. THANK YOU.