Were you sporty as a child?

bohonomad

My parents pulled me from my softball team.. everyone hated me because I spent my time trying to chase butterflies. I was also a fan of running to a base and getting into a convo that I wouldnt notice when it was time to run again. I am just waaay too much of a girl.

capital_clover

Hard to say.

I liked playing outdoors and was a bit of a tomboy. I did a bit of volleyball and several years of figure skating but regret that I didn't have the confidence to try out for more school team sports. I loved soccer but never tried out. As an adult, I started playing intramurals.

I was always a solo exerciser though because I grew up with a full gym in the basement of my home - my dad was a body builder.

amyford25

I was into a little bit of everything as a kid .... Gymnastics, Tap, Jazz, Softball and Cheer... I loved all of it!

opuntia

Nope - like you, I hated sport. I was tiny, with weak muscles, poor stamina, poor coordination, and I simply didn't understand the point of team games - the concept of throwing/hitting/kicking a ball around and trying to get it to go to a certain place made no sense to me. And the PE teachers seemed to think I was being lazy or bad, when in fact I literally couldn't do it. I remember we all had to do sit ups, when I was ten, and everyone else was doing them, and I simply couldn't, and the PE teacher would tell me off. It was an unpleasant experience for me, but oh well, I since discovered I have Asperger Syndrome, and weak muscles and poor coordination are a common part of that, so that helped me make more sense of the experience.

As an adult I've been able to select exercise that I enjoy. I also still loathe team sports. And running - I've always hated running. But I like swimming, trampolining, yoga, walking, ice-skating, and lately have been discovering strength exercises and realising my weak muscles can actually get stronger, which is great. I'll never be a very sporty person though. I see exercise more as a means to an end - it gives me increased energy to enjoy other things I like doing. I'm happiest when curled up reading a book. And honestly, if anyone had suggested to me as a child that I would start working out and join a fitness website as an adult, I would not have believed them!

GBB40

I was the girl who had "cramps" every gym class to avoid having to do anything.
I was uncomfortable with myself physically and the idea of doing anything physical in front of others terrified me.
My parents tried sending me to sports camps and the bullying I endured put me off sports for the rest of my highschool years.
Now looking back I wish I had been able to ignore all the insecurities and the bullies.

scottb81

I was on a swim team for a couple of years before high school and played football, wrestled, and was on the track team in high school (didn't run much though, threw the discus and did the long jump). I college I played a lot of intramural sports.

good2bthaking

I was a golden glove boxer and a football player in high school. Winter time I lived on the ponds skating. Joined the Marines, spent 20 yrs in great shape, 4 Marine Corps marathons and a half in Okinawa, retired, and don't have a clue what the hell happened to me. But now I am back. Oh yeah, played Rugby for 1 1/2 yrs while stationed in England.

WendyTerry420

When I was a kid, I played hard!

Soccer, basketball, volleyball, track, softball, tennis

wolfchild59

I started roller skating when I was 10 months old and at 18 months old I was the youngest registered speed skater in the United States. So I didn't know anything but being involved in sports my entire youth.

In addition to the speed skating I did roller hockey, Tae Kwon Do , soccer, basketball, and track and field (discus and shotput). I was usually either team captain or the first one picked no matter what sport it was at school and I used to have weight lifting contests with the guys in my strength classes in PE.

Then my body started trying to grow and develop and it didn't like what I'd been doing to it my whole life. By 13/14 I was plagued with constant knee and back pain, but I kept on with the sports until a severe ankle injury my freshman year of high school took me out of it all. I turned to theater, and spent the next 16-17 years not doing a lick of sports or anything active beyond a couple of dance and stage combat classes in my college theater conservatory.

Now days I workout through the aches and pains and as my body has gotten stronger again, the effect they used to have on me on a day to day basis has gone down. My ankle and knees still feel tweaky after a long run if I don't use KT tape, but they are infinitely better feeling on the whole than they used to be.

Once I'm done with my next half marathon next month, I plan on dropping the long distance running to look into some local hockey teams and my company softball team to get that team sport feeling again.

LorinaLynn

Nope, I almost didn't pass my senior year because I skipped too many gym classes, and had to make them up at the end of the semester. I hated participating in sports in school because I was always picked last. I really wasn't even that bad, just unpopular.

FuneralDiner

I used to do a ton of swimming, then when I got very self-conscious about my body, I stopped.

Hopefully when I slim down I can get back into it again. It's been too long.

mamagooskie

I hated sports.............still do..............especially team ones.

Was never active till I hit my 30's and I mostly do things to help me get and stay in shape like cardio and strength training.

stfriend

No! I hated team sports. I used to run and play as a kid and do somersaults and things. I rode my bike a lot and I loved to roller skate but sports, nada. I'm not competitive enough for it. Neither are my girls but I have a hard time trying to find things for them to do. They'll walk with me on the trails and now they're marching with the band so thats something I guess.

Angie__1MR

<--- not the least bit athletic, ever

cheerforsteelers

Definitely sporty. Team sports...I'm competitive! I was on a swim team, soccer, basketball, field hockey, dance. I still love to play sports and I think I'm good at them overall.

arielian

I did swimming from kindergarten all the way up to my senior year of h.s. I'm so glad I did!

stfriend

I was not athletic at all, and now I love running. Odd. My PE teacher wouldn't believe it if he knew

Neither would mine, lol. But PE is another ball of wax. They seem to focus only on team sports, with the odd dance number thrown in. It took me awhile in high school to remember that exercise didn't necessarily have to mean sports (and all the bullying that went on in PE).

MissFit0101

I played lots of sports as a kid but I sucked at everything except running. I was fast and fit but no coordination for baseball and basketball. LOL

bleacheblonde

I didn't start out hating sports, but by the time I graduated from high school, I pretty much loathed all sports with a passion. Years of ridicule and being the fat kid in gym class will do that for you. I do enjoy playing tennis which I started doing in college. Even when I'm being active, I refuse to play team sports, even in casual settings like at family reunions. Because there is always, ALWAYS, ALWAYYYYSSS some *kitten* that's super-competitive and a total ****weed, and since I am no longer forced by teachers to put up with that **** during "friendly games of volleyball", I don't do it anymore. But I'm all for solo or partner sports like tennis, biking, running, etc. I get my "team mentality" on in music ensembles, and frankly I'm glad that I got really good at music while other kids got good at basketball

ShaunMc1968

Yep,
Soccer - nearly turned professional,
Rugby,
Athletics - decathlon,
Then Joined the Marines.

Was very fit - the slipped by the wayside,
.

Scorpioangel

Not sporty at all!

fteale

I was always strong. Much stronger than any of the other girls. I remember being the only girl at my prep school who could do proper press ups rather than the girly ones. But the schools I went to always put the emphasis on team sports. I was good at long jump and shot put, but they weren't done competitively. And I was good at 400m running, but girls weren't allowed to do 400m. We had to do 100 or 200 and I really don't sprint, or cross country, which exacerbated my asthma. I was always completely useless at ball sports. If someone throws a hard object at you fast, surely the natural human reaction is to dodge it, not try to catch it!

But rowing I was good at. It's all about strength, stamina and consistency, and I have those in abundance.

fteale

I have to admit, I love the fact that now at 35 I am way way fitter than all the sporty girls at school. Who cares if you are good at tennis at 18 if you can't run for a bus at 30?

caraiselite

i loved dancing, swimming, and gymnastics

fteale

I was not athletic at all, and now I love running. Odd. My PE teacher wouldn't believe it if he knew

Neither would mine, lol. But PE is another ball of wax. They seem to focus only on team sports, with the odd dance number thrown in. It took me awhile in high school to remember that exercise didn't necessarily have to mean sports (and all the bullying that went on in PE).

What is with the team sports obsession at school? I have always and will always HATE team sports.


What is softball?

peachyxoxoxo

I did softball for 5 years in elementary and middle school, but that's it. I was never athletic.