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Posted 7/5/2013 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
Growing up, no one in my family either watched sports or played them. Seriously, reading was our only competitive sport-'Did you finish your daily book? Get crackin', or we disown you!"

As an adult, in my late twenties, I started watching professional football, randomly at first and then with increasing interest. I tend to get bored with most TV and/or movies, because I have a low tolerance for bad acting, poor script writing, and crap production values. Football is so dramatic. You don't know the ending, the plot unfolds as you watch, and the actors are capable of such grandeur and folly.

Now, I will watch NCAA basketball, NCAA and professional lacrosse, sometimes hockey, always professional football, and now, the tour de France! Lots of hours of guys on bikes riding along, and then, whammo. More excitement than you can shake a stick at.
Posted 7/5/2013 1:03 AM (GMT 0)
I, too, love to watch professional football. I didn't know anything about football until I met my husband. He was a football player in high school and got a full college scholarship, too, but didnt accept it because it was not the school he wanted to attend. He taught me all about the sport.

Add to that professional baseball. I grew up watching the Reds but now I'm a Rays fan. If a game is on, you know where to find me.

Sherrine
Posted 7/5/2013 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry... I'm totally opposite, I don't like couch sports. I prefer to go out and do something.

With my condition, I find low strength sports/exercise seems to help.

I do sometimes watch some motor sports, but that's for it's therapeutic effect, since it's cars going in circle and someone blabbing along, it's a soothing background noise to help me go to bed... :)
Posted 7/5/2013 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
Nope, I've never liked sports. I was a klutzy kid and could never run fast or hit balls so I was the last picked or never picked.
Sports to me was a social thing and since I was rarely picked I developed a dislike for them.

Myself, I'd would of fit perfect in your family-I'm a bookworm through and through. :)
Posted 7/5/2013 2:50 AM (GMT 0)
Ha ha, couchtater, I could have written your post myself! The only thing I would add is that I do like horseriding, lawn bowls and badminton. I've been thinking about taking horseriding lessons again - and then I saw the prices! Whoa! Well, I'll save up for a couple years and then think about horseriding again. I was actually very good at lawn bowls, probably because my aim has always been a little off and that's just what you need to succeed at lawn bowls! And badminton was always light and airy... Wish I could do ballet, although doing ballroom dancing earlier this year was fun, despite my clumsiness and slow way of catching on to how to do the steps. I suppose it's mostly team sports that bother me - I always seemed to be letting the team down and being picked on for it, plus it hurt to have contact with another player or even the ball. Of course, horseriding was a bit painful - but horses are so lovely that it doesn't even matter.
Posted 7/5/2013 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
Badminton.... ahhh... liked it alot until FMS pain made it simply impossible nowadays. Fatigue is also another factor with high energy/ fast pace sports...

Haven't tried golf... but then golf's not really a sport is it?

I still do archery, it helps strengthening my upper back.
Posted 7/5/2013 3:27 AM (GMT 0)
Haven't played badminton since FMS... haven't had the opportunity.

Oh, yes - I like mini golf. No, not really a sport. Although my auntie claims that "real" golf (not mini golf) is a sport. I tend to believe her - she's so fit and trim, looks like she's in her forties but she's 70. That said, she does do a lot of power walking around town.

I did archery once on a camp and I quite liked it. Haven't had any other chances to really try it though.
Posted 7/5/2013 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
I was on the tennis team in school, played golf but didn't like it, and I do love to swim. I loved playing baseball when I was a child. All the neighbor kids would play every day and I could slug a ball. I played third base on the girls softball team in junior high school. Ahhh...those were the days I could move fast. And. Yes, I played badminton, too. Great memories!

Sherrine
Posted 7/5/2013 3:55 AM (GMT 0)
Definitely! We watch NASCAR, beach volleyball, all the Olympics (summer and winter-I love watching curling!), pro football (though I only have a vague notion of what's going on), NCAA football and basketball (go Cats!! We're Kentucky fans!). I will also watch gymnastics, equestrian events, tennis, even golf occasionally.

Of all of them, we're the most serious about watching NCAA basketball & football. We root for Kentucky in basketball, Georgia in football; from Kentucky, living in Georgia now. ;) We got the chance to go to a UK basketball game once before we moved down here, and it was AMAZING. The atmosphere was electric and fabulous!! It was wonderful. Georgia football is much the same; it's a serious thing here, LOL.
Posted 7/5/2013 12:09 PM (GMT 0)
Stephlynnette, I know what you mean about football being serious in GA. I have lived in GA all my life and attended UGA. I live about an hour north of UGA and they are absolutely nuts about it in my area.

I did like volleyball back in college, until I got whiplash from a guy spiking a ball right between my eyes. I decided it was too dangerous for me. LOL!
Posted 7/5/2013 1:06 PM (GMT 0)
My daughter is a Georgia football fan.  We live in Florida!

 

Sherrine

Posted 7/5/2013 1:41 PM (GMT 0)
-sigh-

I'm a Terrapin. Shell off, and see the power!
Posted 7/5/2013 2:18 PM (GMT 0)
Let's see.  My ex husband (we were married 22 years) lived for sports, both to watch and play them.  I had three sons that 'inherited' his passion.  They started playing sports in the second grade...flag football and T ball etc.  By the time they were in high school they participated in every seasonal sport. I had twins and another son who was less than two years older than they were.  All of them were on the Varisty football, baseball and wrestling together. It about killed me.

My ex would put two televsions in the living room during football season.  This was before 'picture in a picture.'  At half time he and the boys would go out in the yard and toss a ball around.

It was overkill, I tell you.  BUT...to this day I watch football.  I'm a Bills fan since we lived behind Rich Stadium for so many years.  The game has changed since my sons were young.  The players didn't have all the fancy dancy electronics strapped to their heads and they played in the snow without a heated field or a plow clearing the yard lines.  It was much more exciting, I think. 

My boys are now in their mid forties.  They golf and play baseketball and fast pitch softball.  It's genetic.

Good grief, I'm old.

Donna

Posted 7/5/2013 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
Growing up less than a mile from Lambeau Field, I am a huge Packer fan. I've since lived in 4 other states and am still a loyal fan.

I loved sports since I was a child and played on the girl's park and rec softball teams. As a young adult, I played on a few bar leagues. In my 30's, I played basketball with co-workers at the gym where we worked. There wasn't any organized sports teams for girls at my high school, back in the 60's. Hubby and I played volleyball together in our 20'. Tennis and golf was something we always did together too. We did rough terrain backpacking and survivor-like camping. We had volleyball parties on the weekend. Biking was something we enjoyed as a family. At one time I was very athletic.

Saturday, we are having a croquet party...nowadays, croquet and mini golf are my sports :)

Hugs, Robin
Posted 7/5/2013 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
The Bills, the Pack.... got some snowy partisanism showing.

I, ahem, currently live halfway between the Skins and the Ravens.

Sadly, Sherrine, I loathe baseball. Enjoy yourself, though!

As for doing sports, I am certainly not real big on playing team sports. In fact, anything with a ball freaks me out. I call myself, ahem-ahem, a "screamer and a ducker."

However, pretty physical, I am. My family were not exercisers, persay. There was working in the garden, talking walks, and my older sister was interested in climbing and biking. She got me into hiking. I started my own gym habit in my mid-twenties, got a bike about a decade later. What can I say, I like being outdoors.
Posted 7/5/2013 3:47 PM (GMT 0)
I don't like to watch or play sports. In my book, exercise should be a solitary endeavor. turn

I will watch special events like the Olympics, but that is about it.
Posted 7/5/2013 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
I'm like AustenFan. I don't follow anything relating to sports except the Olympics. I do remember, though, watching the Harlem Globetrotters in the 70s. Too cool! I think they're still around.
Posted 7/6/2013 3:09 AM (GMT 0)
Joy, we're in Watkinsville! I was familiar with NCAA sports being a...well, a religion, LOL. It just switched from UK Basketball (in Lexington) to UGA football when we moved here in 2007! Though for us, it'll always be UK basketball. ;)
Posted 7/6/2013 5:28 AM (GMT 0)
Stephlynnette, Go about an hours drive north east up 17 and you'll be in my neck of the woods. You could join our chronic pain group at Athens Regional every second Tuesday of the month if you're not busy. We meet in the Cancer Center on Talmadge Drive behind the hospital at 11:00am.
You'd have to leave your kids with a sitter though...private group meetings.

We're meeting this coming Tuesday.
Posted 7/6/2013 7:16 AM (GMT 0)
I'm not a sports fan. Sometimes I feel bad for my hubby and try to watch a little football with him and understand it, because he is SO into it! He's in a fantasy league, and has a computer FB game he plays alot. He grew up with 4 brothers in Wisconsin during the Packers' glory days, and since we moved to Colorado 30 years ago, has been a huge Broncos fan. His brothers call him a traitor ;) and they are not kidding. Those Packers fans are something else - I hear you, Robin!

At my core, I've never gotten competition....I always think: half the people win and are happy, half lose and are sad; and since I don't know any of them, why would I care which way it goes?  Plus, I cringe when anyone gets hurt - I almost feel their pain (a real wet blanket, I know!  I try to keep these thoughts to myself, especially during the game.  They don't go over real well.)   

I was plenty active as a kid, loved hitting and bouncing balls, running and biking and swimming and dancing and pretty much anything involving movement. But in grade school, I could easily start kicking the soccer ball the wrong way (oh well!) I was a fairly fast runner on the track team in high school, and once at a big meet I was way ahead in a sprint, about to win, but stopped too soon - I'll never forget the look on my coach's face as she was screaming at me (well sorrrry, it LOOKED like the finish line!  idea ) 

My dad, who did Masters Track into his 80's, was a national decathalon champ in his 60's, and a true expert on everything baseball, would just grin and tell me I "lacked that killer instinct." Yes - that, and focus. (Oh dear....even then?....hmm!)

Like you, Austen, I generally prefer to exercise alone. I can concentrate better on doing it right without the distraction of other people.

One of our daughters is a jock through and through - she pushed her way into her boyfriend's fantasy league when they wouldn't allow women. My dad had been both a coach and a professor, and he loved coaching her (unofficially) in track when she was a kid, and then a teenager, because she was such a satisfactory protege....soaked it all up. She got to go to Hershey, PA for a national meet when she was 10. Of course, I always enjoyed watching her, because she was my kid. But once at a state meet, I stood right next to the track and watched her race (which she won) without ever seeing her. Stared at the runners all the way down, and could not locate my own   daughter.  It mystifies me to this day. I blame Fibro. Somehow.... turn

Debbie

Posted 7/6/2013 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
LOL Kitty. I haven't played croquet since my sister's wedding! It was a terrific lawn party, like something out of a movie. Jazz flowing, wine tinkling in glasses, women in big hats and long dresses whacking balls.

So Woody Allen.

I am not all that competitive, really, but I am driven to succeed. Interesting. Those two things are different. One is exert your superiority over others, the other is to prove something to yourself. People often remark on my focus but I do have the ability to drown out other things around when I hit the zone. The problem now with FMS is that it's harder and harder to hit the zone.

For instance, when I work out in the pool, I take off my glasses, which reduces my sight to nada, and use earplugs, to block out random people and squealing kids. This helps me pay attention to myself.
Posted 7/6/2013 2:21 PM (GMT 0)
I have to admit, I'm still pretty competitive. The neighborhood that I grew up in, all the kids wanted to be the fastest, hit the ball the farthest and be the one to pick teams...no matter what we were playing.

Our croquet parties are really fun and turn into tournaments. Winning the title of King Killer is very cool!
Wherever we've lived we introduced many people to the game and it is funny to watch people you wouldn't think of as competitive become so.

I loved the visual of your sister's wedding, long dresses, hats and wine glasses. It is something out of a Woody Allen movie. Today I'm sure most of our friends will be wearing shorts and probably have a beer in hand.

Hugs, Robin
Posted 7/7/2013 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
im nutty about tennis...Used to play regularly before this hit and hoping one day to get back to gentle playing..never say never!

Just settling down to watch Wimbledon praying that Murray makes history and wins for the UK :O)
Posted 7/8/2013 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Wackers- Saw a Brit won! Congrats! Have a beer for me!
Posted 7/9/2013 9:50 AM (GMT 0)
what a fun thread Myself! I, too, loathe baseball.

Like several others here, my husband of 32 years got me hooked on football... especially love college games! They don't play as cautiously as the pros. We tend to cheer for the current underdogs , the ones with good coaches, and/or particular players. I was very happy when the New Orleans Saints were finally called out and fined for very dirty playing!

I swear the Tampa Bay Bucs are cursed!

I particularly love tennis...used to play a bit (not very well at all!)

Although I haven't played this since elementary school, kickball was a lot of fun! It's the 'people's game' as you really don't need any special talents...kick the ball and run! In Atlanta there's an informal adult 'league' I guess you'd call it, that play every Sunday---if you know someone on the team, you're more than welcome to join in... they have a great time

badminton is a favorite and this I'm able to still play quite well. Wish they would televise this more during the Olympics.

Can't swim, but I do a mean dog-paddle (still great exercise for the fibro).

hope everyone has a good day,
Natalie
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