I personally played football, and I actually highly preferred the defense side of football.I believe it was for that very reason. I loved to tackle and hit people, weird as it sounds. I feel the ball carrier was subjected to that pent up frustration and stress. It was brutal at times, allegedly I tackled my way into a concussion in one game, as
I believe every hit and tackle I made on defense was therapeutic, if you love defense as I did, there's nothing better than laying down a great hit on an offensive player. It's the pure physicality of it, it comes so naturally after you get how it works (Defensive schemes/fundamentals). I sincerely miss that.
I have done meditation, also, and it was similar in some essence (i.e. stress relief)
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well a few ways
1) First maybe to take your anger out, for example in football you can tackle people
2) If you truly love the sport then maybe playing it would relieve stress
3) If you have good friends on the team maybe talking to them will relieve your stress
Hopefully this helps! :)
Yes and no. Yes, because it takes your mind off school and it's great if it's something you love to do. You also become in great physical condition.
No, because there is expectations from coaches that might get you stressed but not to worry if you go to practice.