Sports... anyone???

**Rei** · 09-24-2007, 01:32 PM

So we have a topic on arts... and music...

Does anyone here have a sport they do/play on a regular basis, is good at, or have been in sports teams?
Anyone fairly fanatic about watching sports? If so, which sport?

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I am currently into fencing which I started a while ago in an interest class... and started yoga this year to temper myself (if you consider yoga a sport). I used to be on the track team and the cross country team. Was involved in badminton for a bit... because I'm asian. :D I would have been in the archery team if the coach didn't leave my highschool. I love basketball, but it's hard to find people to play with who won't TOTALLY PWN me.

In terms of watching sports, the only thing I have the patience for is soccar... or to put it the CORRECT way football *she says with a British accent*

**Zeinland** · 09-24-2007, 01:37 PM

Meh, I only play sport's when and If it is the sport's "test". Mostly it's only baseball (Im good at that).
I get picked for playing baseball but I just say no. Most of the time they help (I call it pressure) to play with them, but like I stand with my word, NO.

**qwerty** · 09-24-2007, 02:19 PM

I won't generally follow sports games as in barrack for a team the entire year, but I will enjoy watching almost anything if I'm not busy and have time to kill - Rugby League, Union, Soccer, F1, V8 Supercars, Cricket, hell even lawn bowls.

I used to be pretty actively involved in sport but now don't play much as once again the time thing and regular training commitments are too hard to make with my schedule and games are too hard to make it to because of work (nightshift, weekends).

**Guido** · 09-24-2007, 05:42 PM

I used to be big into soccer when I was a kid. I played from 4-12. My last year playing, our coach showed the team all about different shin guards... and their weaknesses. More particularly, how to hit them in their weak spots and it make it look like an accident. One game, a kid got 'injured' but the ref ruled that it was an accident. The kid was crying as his team mates helped him limp off the field. The kid on my team came back and was high-fiving our entire team. This is why it was my last year of soccer.*:-/

I could see myself trying fencing, but odds are I probably won't ever. Foosball is a better sport anyways :D And yes, I used the word sport with foosball.

You've got to have a lot of patience to watch soccer. The Simpsons or Family Guy parodied it pretty well with a clip of 2 guys passing the ball back and worth to each other for a whole minute. I will go to the bars with some people from work to watch some hockey though. Long story short: Hockey > Soccer.

**Rei** · 09-24-2007, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Guido

I used to be big into soccer when I was a kid. I played from 4-12. My last year playing, our coach showed the team all about different shin guards... and their weaknesses. More particularly, how to hit them in their weak spots and it make it look like an accident. One game, a kid got 'injured' but the ref ruled that it was an accident. The kid was crying as his team mates helped him limp off the field. The kid on my team came back and was high-fiving our entire team. This is why it was my last year of soccer.*:-/

I could see myself trying fencing, but odds are I probably won't ever. Foosball is a better sport anyways :D And yes, I used the word sport with foosball.

You've got to have a lot of patience to watch soccer. The Simpsons or Family Guy parodied it pretty well with a clip of 2 guys passing the ball back and worth to each other for a whole minute. I will go to the bars with some people from work to watch some hockey though. Long story short: Hockey > Soccer.

How Canadian of you.

Personally i've always hated hockey... bad experiences playing. *Back in elementary school there was one girl who like to use the sticks to hit everyone's knuckles (it was floor hockey, so no gloves). *Ugh... hated hockey every since.

Watchin soccar is better than watching basketball. *The larger field space makes for more opportunity to see some skills. *Basketball, all you see is huge ass guys throwing the ball from one side of the court to the other within 2 passes. *WTH is that!

Worst thing to watch ever... no offence... BASEBALL. *I don't know how people watch that. *More than half the time, all you see is people standing there swinging the bat in empty air, and spitting.

Anyway... I just came back from fencing. I sucked, but it was wicked
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Jezebel · 09-24-2007, 08:05 PM

I took up tennis as a more fun way to exercise. I don't consider myself very good at it.

I don't watch any sports on tv or as a spectator though.

**Guido** · 09-24-2007, 08:27 PM

Hey, being Canadian has nothing to do with the pure ownage that hockey has to offer. It's pure coincidence that everyone in Canada loves it. :D

I have an ISFJ friend who would argue you into the ground with that baseball comment bwahaha. He loves baseball and nascar... and I have no idea why. Me and my INTP friend will make fun of him for it alot, often by making commentary for the crashes that occur. "A
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I should have taken the left turn."

I'm surprised to hear about the fencing and tennis. You guys plan to get good at that I guess? I usually never do anything regularly that I'm either not very good at, or don't plan to get very good at.

**Rei** · 09-24-2007, 08:34 PM

I don't love hockey... I'm in Canada. Though it's perfectly legit. to say that I'm a modified Canadian due to outside influences.

Nascar is... okay for a while... Then it gets boring.

Tennis is a good sport... I've just always sucked at it because I tried to play with my dad's raquet... and it didn't work out very well.

As for doing something I'm not very good at. I've stopped doing too many things part way through that I regret. I used to horseback ride, and I miss that now. I use to swim, and I hate that I never got very high leveled. I used to dance, and didn't get very far. I used to skate, but for whatever reason I stopped.

I've figured that I have to get over the big bump in the road created my my stubborness before I'll get good at anything. Plus, fencing is one sport that I don't feel too bad when I fail
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**TeleportThis** · 09-24-2007, 08:49 PM

I began Judo about a month ago and I bike quite a bit.

I'll also occasionally play soccer, tennis, disc golf, ultimate frisbee, sand volleyball, and croquet.

I'd say my favorite sport to play is soccer.

I don't watch sports on TV unless its the olympics.

**Rei** · 09-24-2007, 08:52 PM

	Originally Posted by TeleportThis
	I began Judo about a month ago and I bike quite a bit. I'll also occasionally play soccer, tennis, disc golf, ultimate frisbee, sand volleyball, and croquet. I'd say my favorite sport to play is soccer. I don't watch sports on TV unless its the olympics.

I must say ultimate frisbee is actually a pretty good game. *So is volleyball, but I have some really good volleyball player friends, so i feel sadly inferior every time I play, and hence have stopped doing so. *Sand volleyball is just pure torture... esp on sunny days.
Soccer... let me just say soccer was all fine and dandy until the boys started to grow taller...

**TeleportThis** · 09-24-2007, 09:02 PM


	Soccer... let me just say soccer was all fine and dandy until the boys started to grow taller...

Haha, it's awesome though when you actually win the ball from them.

**Rei** · 09-24-2007, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by TeleportThis

Soccer... let me just say soccer was all fine and dandy until the boys started to grow taller...

Haha, it's awesome though when you actually win the ball from them.

Which I never did after that...
I'm a fast runner, but I'm puny... I can't beat long and fast legs...

Side note:
Now I'm talking about sports...
Here's another thing to add to the list of why people think I'm homosexual.

**rwyatt365** · 09-25-2007, 09:34 AM

I'm a racing fan, specifically Formula 1, MotoGP (the motocycling equivalent of F1), and World Rally. When none of those is on TV then I'll switch to "lesser" formulae (NASCAR, motocross, IndyCar, etc...). I also attend races when I can, usually in the midwest and southeast. I'm also a member of the Detroit Grand Prix Association, and have been volunteering since '83 at the races here in Motown (woo-hoo).

Other sports just don't hold my interest.

**polenka** · 09-25-2007, 07:25 PM

Ballet, figure skating...formerly soccer and fieldhockey too...

Wish I had more time for them...I miss the adrenaline of sports.

**polenka** · 09-25-2007, 07:28 PM

	Originally Posted by polenka
	Ballet, figure skating...formerly soccer and fieldhockey too... Wish I had more time for them...I miss the adrenaline of sports.

Of course the field hockey originated while I was in Canada...

**generalowk** · 10-09-2007, 08:10 PM

I coach baseball. It's easy for me to deal with most of the people involved with it. But the few that I clash with, I tend to loathe their personalities.

The sport itself really lends itself to my NT Rational instincts.

**brstng4** · 10-09-2007, 08:30 PM

I love playing soccer! I used to play in high school but now I don't have much time for it. I absolutely cannot stand to watch it on TV though, in person is better. I like to watch basketball(college), baseball, football and even nascar(or any racing really) on TV, but when things get boring I just start doing something else around the house, checking up on it every now and then. Oh and I like hockey but I'm just not very good at it. Does ATV riding count as a sport? Because I love to do that too, soo much fun. In fact, its probably my favorite hobby.
[smiley=freak.gif]

**Tegyrius** · 10-10-2007, 04:30 AM

I ran cross-country and track in high school (poorly). Never got into any team sports. Gave up running midway through my senior year due to a combination of a stress fracture developing in my right hip and mono.

More recently, I've found myself developing an affinity for some motor sports. It seems my interest is highest when there's discussion of the engineering in addition to the race itself.

I've also been getting my toes wet in the politically incorrect arena of competitive shooting. Started going to IDPA matches last fall and I'm pretty much hooked now. It's good practice for when the zombies rise.

**Ian** · 10-10-2007, 05:06 AM

We are both season ticket holders of Leicester Tigers (that's rugby union) and go to most games, home and away.

A home game involves a round trip of about 60 to 70 miles - away trips can be anything up to a couple of hundred miles, I suppose.
The European Cup games this year will take us to Scotland (Edinburgh), Ireland (Dublin) and France (Toulouse), but previous years to Wales and Italy. Flights, and hotels are booked for the Europe games as soon as the match details are released - usually within minutes, and if not certainly later the same day.

We also go to 'A' league games whenever we get the chance - these are players from the club academy, players coming back following injury.

I used to run the independent supporters web-site and still do bits for the site from time to time, mainly picture galleries, sometime just odd and ends to keep the site running.

For the un-initiated - England (the current world champions since 2003) have just knocked Australia out of the world cup... again. there really is nothing better than beating the Aussies
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**Rei** · 10-10-2007, 07:54 AM

	Originally Posted by Tegyrius
	I've also been getting my toes wet in the politically incorrect arena of competitive shooting. Started going to IDPA matches last fall and I'm pretty much hooked now. It's good practice for when the zombies rise.

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I'm more interested in using the oldschool weapons though...
Nothing like a crossbow to send a specially designed arrow through a zombie head, and rip it's brains out.
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*I think it's time to start another thread*

**wise** · 10-10-2007, 08:16 AM

NCAA basketball is the most interesting to me.

Football is the least interesting.

Don't have the patience to sit through most sporting events though.

**rwyatt365** · 10-10-2007, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by Rei

Originally Posted by Tegyrius

I've also been getting my toes wet in the politically incorrect arena of competitive shooting. *Started going to IDPA matches last fall and I'm pretty much hooked now. *It's good practice for when the zombies rise.

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I'm more interested in using the oldschool weapons though...
Nothing like a crossbow to send a specially designed arrow through a zombie head, and rip it's brains out. *
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*I think it's time to start another thread*

I tried archery once and was moderately competent. A crossbow would be...interesting.

**Rei** · 10-10-2007, 10:58 AM

	Originally Posted by rwyatt365
	I tried archery once and was moderately competent. A crossbow would be...interesting.

I don't know if i mentioned this, but I was in the archery club back in highschool. I was pretty good once I got the hang of it.

Crossbows are definately better though. Shoots arrows clean through a skull
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**rwyatt365** · 10-10-2007, 11:13 AM

	Originally Posted by Rei
	I don't know if i mentioned this, but I was in the archery club back in highschool. I was pretty good once I got the hang of it. Crossbows are definately better though. Shoots arrows clean through a skull * To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Be afraid, be very afraid!

**hopscotch** · 10-10-2007, 07:35 PM

The only sport I make an effort to watch is gymnastics. I like the combination of athleticism and artistry. It's also one of the few sports I understand, being a former gymnast myself. I also played on the volleyball team in junior high but my impression of the sport was spoiled by a nasty coach.

I'd love to try rowing and snowboarding. Archery and fencing also intrigue me, but my lack of upper body strength and poor eyesight would probably not make me very successful.

I can't watch basketball, car racing or North American football; painfully dull, all three.

09-24-2007, 01:32 PM	#1
Rei Veteran Member [52%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,084	So we have a topic on arts... and music... Does anyone here have a sport they do/play on a regular basis, is good at, or have been in sports teams? Anyone fairly fanatic about watching sports? If so, which sport? [hr] I am currently into fencing which I started a while ago in an interest class... and started yoga this year to temper myself (if you consider yoga a sport). I used to be on the track team and the cross country team. Was involved in badminton for a bit... because I'm asian. :D I would have been in the archery team if the coach didn't leave my highschool. I love basketball, but it's hard to find people to play with who won't TOTALLY PWN me. In terms of watching sports, the only thing I have the patience for is soccar... or to put it the CORRECT way football she says with a British accent
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09-24-2007, 01:37 PM	#2
Zeinland New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 39	Meh, I only play sport's when and If it is the sport's "test". Mostly it's only baseball (Im good at that). I get picked for playing baseball but I just say no. Most of the time they help (I call it pressure) to play with them, but like I stand with my word, NO.
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09-24-2007, 02:19 PM	#3
qwerty Member [14%] MBTI: infj Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 582	I won't generally follow sports games as in barrack for a team the entire year, but I will enjoy watching almost anything if I'm not busy and have time to kill - Rugby League, Union, Soccer, F1, V8 Supercars, Cricket, hell even lawn bowls. I used to be pretty actively involved in sport but now don't play much as once again the time thing and regular training commitments are too hard to make with my schedule and games are too hard to make it to because of work (nightshift, weekends).
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09-24-2007, 05:42 PM	#4
Guido Member [05%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 222	I used to be big into soccer when I was a kid. I played from 4-12. My last year playing, our coach showed the team all about different shin guards... and their weaknesses. More particularly, how to hit them in their weak spots and it make it look like an accident. One game, a kid got 'injured' but the ref ruled that it was an accident. The kid was crying as his team mates helped him limp off the field. The kid on my team came back and was high-fiving our entire team. This is why it was my last year of soccer.*:-/ I could see myself trying fencing, but odds are I probably won't ever. Foosball is a better sport anyways :D And yes, I used the word sport with foosball. You've got to have a lot of patience to watch soccer. The Simpsons or Family Guy parodied it pretty well with a clip of 2 guys passing the ball back and worth to each other for a whole minute. I will go to the bars with some people from work to watch some hockey though. Long story short: Hockey > Soccer.
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09-24-2007, 08:05 PM	#6
Jezebel Administrator MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,543	I took up tennis as a more fun way to exercise. I don't consider myself very good at it. I don't watch any sports on tv or as a spectator though.
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09-24-2007, 08:27 PM	#7
Guido Member [05%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 222	Hey, being Canadian has nothing to do with the pure ownage that hockey has to offer. It's pure coincidence that everyone in Canada loves it. :D I have an ISFJ friend who would argue you into the ground with that baseball comment bwahaha. He loves baseball and nascar... and I have no idea why. Me and my INTP friend will make fun of him for it alot, often by making commentary for the crashes that occur. "A To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I should have taken the left turn." I'm surprised to hear about the fencing and tennis. You guys plan to get good at that I guess? I usually never do anything regularly that I'm either not very good at, or don't plan to get very good at.
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09-24-2007, 08:34 PM	#8
Rei Veteran Member [52%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,084	I don't love hockey... I'm in Canada. Though it's perfectly legit. to say that I'm a modified Canadian due to outside influences. Nascar is... okay for a while... Then it gets boring. Tennis is a good sport... I've just always sucked at it because I tried to play with my dad's raquet... and it didn't work out very well. As for doing something I'm not very good at. I've stopped doing too many things part way through that I regret. I used to horseback ride, and I miss that now. I use to swim, and I hate that I never got very high leveled. I used to dance, and didn't get very far. I used to skate, but for whatever reason I stopped. I've figured that I have to get over the big bump in the road created my my stubborness before I'll get good at anything. Plus, fencing is one sport that I don't feel too bad when I fail To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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09-24-2007, 08:49 PM	#9
TeleportThis Member [02%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 98	I began Judo about a month ago and I bike quite a bit. I'll also occasionally play soccer, tennis, disc golf, ultimate frisbee, sand volleyball, and croquet. I'd say my favorite sport to play is soccer. I don't watch sports on TV unless its the olympics.
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09-25-2007, 09:34 AM	#13
rwyatt365 Core Member [233%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9,331	I'm a racing fan, specifically Formula 1, MotoGP (the motocycling equivalent of F1), and World Rally. When none of those is on TV then I'll switch to "lesser" formulae (NASCAR, motocross, IndyCar, etc...). I also attend races when I can, usually in the midwest and southeast. I'm also a member of the Detroit Grand Prix Association, and have been volunteering since '83 at the races here in Motown (woo-hoo). Other sports just don't hold my interest.
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09-25-2007, 07:25 PM	#14
polenka New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 13	Ballet, figure skating...formerly soccer and fieldhockey too... Wish I had more time for them...I miss the adrenaline of sports.
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10-09-2007, 08:10 PM	#16
generalowk New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 64	I coach baseball. It's easy for me to deal with most of the people involved with it. But the few that I clash with, I tend to loathe their personalities. The sport itself really lends itself to my NT Rational instincts.
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10-09-2007, 08:30 PM	#17
brstng4 New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6	I love playing soccer! I used to play in high school but now I don't have much time for it. I absolutely cannot stand to watch it on TV though, in person is better. I like to watch basketball(college), baseball, football and even nascar(or any racing really) on TV, but when things get boring I just start doing something else around the house, checking up on it every now and then. Oh and I like hockey but I'm just not very good at it. Does ATV riding count as a sport? Because I love to do that too, soo much fun. In fact, its probably my favorite hobby. [smiley=freak.gif]
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10-10-2007, 04:30 AM	#18
Tegyrius New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15	I ran cross-country and track in high school (poorly). Never got into any team sports. Gave up running midway through my senior year due to a combination of a stress fracture developing in my right hip and mono. More recently, I've found myself developing an affinity for some motor sports. It seems my interest is highest when there's discussion of the engineering in addition to the race itself. I've also been getting my toes wet in the politically incorrect arena of competitive shooting. Started going to IDPA matches last fall and I'm pretty much hooked now. It's good practice for when the zombies rise.
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10-10-2007, 05:06 AM	#19
Ian Member [02%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 117	We are both season ticket holders of Leicester Tigers (that's rugby union) and go to most games, home and away. A home game involves a round trip of about 60 to 70 miles - away trips can be anything up to a couple of hundred miles, I suppose. The European Cup games this year will take us to Scotland (Edinburgh), Ireland (Dublin) and France (Toulouse), but previous years to Wales and Italy. Flights, and hotels are booked for the Europe games as soon as the match details are released - usually within minutes, and if not certainly later the same day. We also go to 'A' league games whenever we get the chance - these are players from the club academy, players coming back following injury. I used to run the independent supporters web-site and still do bits for the site from time to time, mainly picture galleries, sometime just odd and ends to keep the site running. For the un-initiated - England (the current world champions since 2003) have just knocked Australia out of the world cup... again. there really is nothing better than beating the Aussies To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. (big cheesy grin)
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10-10-2007, 08:16 AM	#21
wise Member [03%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 129	NCAA basketball is the most interesting to me. Football is the least interesting. Don't have the patience to sit through most sporting events though.
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10-10-2007, 07:35 PM	#25
hopscotch New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 28	The only sport I make an effort to watch is gymnastics. I like the combination of athleticism and artistry. It's also one of the few sports I understand, being a former gymnast myself. I also played on the volleyball team in junior high but my impression of the sport was spoiled by a nasty coach. I'd love to try rowing and snowboarding. Archery and fencing also intrigue me, but my lack of upper body strength and poor eyesight would probably not make me very successful. I can't watch basketball, car racing or North American football; painfully dull, all three.
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