rookie year
Initial professional campaign
A rookie year is someone's first year in a professional league, career, or activity—the season when they're still new to the game.
The term comes from sports, where a player's rookie year is their debut season: He set the franchise record for touchdowns in his rookie year.
It extends to any field where someone is learning the ropes: My rookie year as a teacher was humbling.
- freshmanFirst-year student
- debutFirst public appearance
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- greenColor of vegetation
raw · inexperienced · draft · prospect · farm system · breakout · learning curve · hazing · training camp · proving ground · benchwarmer · starter · playing time · fresh legs · jersey · locker room · mistakes · growing pains
- athlete biographyearly life, childhood, training, career highlights, championships
- athlete profilesname, age, height, team, position
- debutsdebut, first show, debut performance, first appearance, premiere
rookie yearlast season
Most recent completed period
farewell tour · swan song · prime years · peak season · twilight years
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