The Sporting Thread (career, quote, Lute, Ching, Hang)

Merkaba · 01-24-2006, 07:02 PM

Who here plays a sport or used to play a sport?

Any kind, even if it's non competitive and purely recreational.

I used to play Cricket, which didn't last long as I died from sheer boredom.
And I play Golf everynow and again because hitting a ball 250m once in a while is a fabulous feeling. Until you lose the ball on the next shot...

I should play Basketball but I don't want to be 30 and fully aware of how munted my knees and ankles are. But I'm the perfect build for Basketball so meh, shoulda started younger.

I love recreational watersports like surfing and bodyboarding. More or less the latter as I can't afford a proper surfboard but the beach is like a second home. It's a wonderful place.

So do explain the competitive human in yourself.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-24-2006, 07:03 PM

Smashed my knee up playing rugby

Still hurts in cold weather

Shooting Star · 01-24-2006, 07:04 PM

I used to play hockey... Unfortunately my ankles went gimp or something and I couldn't play anymore. The end.

Merkaba · 01-24-2006, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Smashed my knee up playing rugby

Still hurts in cold weather

Guttered. I love Touch but can't play Rugby. I'm like a stick. A long, tall, skinny stick and one good tackle and I'd probably end up digesting my ribcage.

Did you play for long?

jibber · 01-24-2006, 07:08 PM

played volleyball for years, and it was rediculously competitive. from september till about january, you had the shcool leagues, which was basically just a warm up. Then, the local volleyball clubs would have "tryouts" in which all the players from previous years would attend, along with a tonf o new people, and the teams would remain completely unchanged from the year before. I played on one such team. We had practice 3 or 4 days a week, and tournaments lasting all weekend, every weekend. Then once that was over, there would be 2 months of solid summer camps, with grueling conditioning aspects to it. If you didnt spend your entire summer in camps, you'd lose your spot on the team. My last year we went to nationals, and I just got so sick of the constant pressure that I quit and never looked back. After that, i found i had a whole lot of free time. I started going skiing again with my dad, and I absolutely fell in love with it. everything about it was so different from playing volleyball, I didnt have to worry about my team, my coach, losing my spot on the team, anything. I could just enjoy myself, find my own limits to push, it was exactly what I needed. and now my life very litterally revolves around skiing

franscar · 01-24-2006, 07:08 PM

Had I not been on the receiving end of a pretty horrific tackle at the age of 15 I could have made a fairly unremarkable career for myself as a professional footballer. But I got nailed, couldn't play properly for two years and now can only manage to enjoy a Sunday kickabout.

SeaShells · 01-24-2006, 07:09 PM

I played hockey and basketball most of my life. I represented my region in both sports at state championships. My parents both played these sports too so I guess that's where the influnce came from. I would not consider myself ultra-competative, I mostly played because I loved these sports. Winning was of course enjoyable but it wasn't everything to me. The social side of playing a team sport is definitely a great thing.

I also enjoy watching sport - rugby league, rugby union, basketball, tennis and yes, even boring cricket. It is most enjoyable being at a live match but thanks to Fox, we get it beamed daily into our living rooms.

Bring on the Olympics!!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-24-2006, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merkaba

Guttered. I love Touch but can't play Rugby. I'm like a stick. A long, tall, skinny stick and one good tackle and I'd probably end up digesting my ribcage.

Did you play for long?

I played for the school as prop for about 3 years.Smashed it up when a scrum collapsed.

Merkaba · 01-24-2006, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeaShells

I also enjoy watching sport - rugby league, rugby union, basketball, tennis and yes, even boring cricket. It is most enjoyable being at a live match but thanks to Fox, we get it beamed daily into our living rooms.

The NRL is fantastic, far more exciting then a game of Union these days. The All Blacks are no fun to watch, amazing team, but boring, and Australia is in a major slump so theres no competition.

Jibber what position did you used to play? Or did they do the rotational thing everytime you won a point? Is that how it works?

jibber · 01-24-2006, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merkaba

The NRL is fantastic, far more exciting then a game of Union these days. The All Blacks are no fun to watch, amazing team, but boring, and Australia is in a major slump so theres no competition.

Jibber what position did you used to play? Or did they do the rotational thing everytime you won a point? Is that how it works?

you did the rotational thing, but then as soon as the ball was served, you ran to your regular position. I played middle.

01-24-2006, 07:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	The Sporting Thread Who here plays a sport or used to play a sport? Any kind, even if it's non competitive and purely recreational. I used to play Cricket, which didn't last long as I died from sheer boredom. And I play Golf everynow and again because hitting a ball 250m once in a while is a fabulous feeling. Until you lose the ball on the next shot... I should play Basketball but I don't want to be 30 and fully aware of how munted my knees and ankles are. But I'm the perfect build for Basketball so meh, shoulda started younger. I love recreational watersports like surfing and bodyboarding. More or less the latter as I can't afford a proper surfboard but the beach is like a second home. It's a wonderful place. So do explain the competitive human in yourself. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

01-24-2006, 07:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Smashed my knee up playing rugby Still hurts in cold weather __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

01-24-2006, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	played volleyball for years, and it was rediculously competitive. from september till about january, you had the shcool leagues, which was basically just a warm up. Then, the local volleyball clubs would have "tryouts" in which all the players from previous years would attend, along with a tonf o new people, and the teams would remain completely unchanged from the year before. I played on one such team. We had practice 3 or 4 days a week, and tournaments lasting all weekend, every weekend. Then once that was over, there would be 2 months of solid summer camps, with grueling conditioning aspects to it. If you didnt spend your entire summer in camps, you'd lose your spot on the team. My last year we went to nationals, and I just got so sick of the constant pressure that I quit and never looked back. After that, i found i had a whole lot of free time. I started going skiing again with my dad, and I absolutely fell in love with it. everything about it was so different from playing volleyball, I didnt have to worry about my team, my coach, losing my spot on the team, anything. I could just enjoy myself, find my own limits to push, it was exactly what I needed. and now my life very litterally revolves around skiing __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

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franscar Honky Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Birmingham Posts: 665	Had I not been on the receiving end of a pretty horrific tackle at the age of 15 I could have made a fairly unremarkable career for myself as a professional footballer. But I got nailed, couldn't play properly for two years and now can only manage to enjoy a Sunday kickabout. __________________ Franscar is metal. You are not.

01-24-2006, 07:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
SeaShells taking it all in Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: I come from a land down under... Posts: 63	I played hockey and basketball most of my life. I represented my region in both sports at state championships. My parents both played these sports too so I guess that's where the influnce came from. I would not consider myself ultra-competative, I mostly played because I loved these sports. Winning was of course enjoyable but it wasn't everything to me. The social side of playing a team sport is definitely a great thing. I also enjoy watching sport - rugby league, rugby union, basketball, tennis and yes, even boring cricket. It is most enjoyable being at a live match but thanks to Fox, we get it beamed daily into our living rooms. Bring on the Olympics!! __________________ "Some music conquers me, it lives in my soul." - Simple Minds

01-24-2006, 07:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shooting Star Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: I live in a house. Posts: 186	I used to play hockey... Unfortunately my ankles went gimp or something and I couldn't play anymore. The end.