The sports you actually DO thread...

[Vladimir]

Watching sport isn't actually sport. It's watching the telly.

How about a sports you DO thread - be it footie games you play in (far more interesting than how well Arsenal did in 2003, etc, etc), martial arts you do, running (already well covered), watersports (the clean kind), skiing, motorsports you compete in, whatever.

I watch virtually no sport at all but DO running, MTBing, lots of surfing, weights, used to compete a bit in kickboxing and other stuff. Very little interest in watching sport.

I may be in the extreme minority but any else of a similar mindset?! If you are, here's the place to be unless in the threads that are already here for those that DO the sport like the running one.

Edited by Vladimir on Monday 11th April 19:59

[escort90]

Ive played saturday/sunday league footie since I was 8, looking for a team in the west cheshire league at the moment.

I do alot of mountain biking the moment, either down in bristol or in wales.

I try to go surfing, but don't get to go that often living in ellesmere port/bristol.

Looking at buying a car to modify so that it can race in stock hatch, just need to save some money first...

[dmulally]

I played rugby league for 9 years but now play weekend footy. I am 32 now and I went my entire 20's without so much as a niggle but it is getting harder to bounce back. Doesnt help that the pitches we play on are rough as guts after summer. (Sydney)

This is after a rather decent slide tackle a week ago. I had to play on Sunday with it wrapped up with bandages and cut down beer coasters.

[Egg Chaser]

I play rugby (probably obvious from my username ), have done for about 7 years now (I'm 18). It's the only sport I've ever really been interested in, or been any good at. It's horrible playing this time of year though because the ground is so hard. I'm covered in cuts from saturday's game, it would've been softer to play on the car park! Only a couples of games left in the season now though, then I'll be playing in a touch rugby tournament through the summer just to keep my fitness up.

[minky monkey]

Darts and pool.

How good depends on how many pints I've consumed..

[Bing o]

minky monkey said:

Darts and pool.

How good depends on how many pints I've consumed..

The OP said sports, not hobbies.

Anyway, I run, play golf (11 handicap), and play mid-week 11 a side. WOuld like to play cricket but it's hard to get into a team out here if you aren't Indian...

[Google [bot]]

dmulally said:

now play weekend footy.

A bloke in a Melbourne pub threatened to shoot me for asking 'what footy, I know you call several sports footy'.

With hindsight he likely meant AFL, but you can never be sure.

[oxford drinker]

A bit of cricket is all I play. Used to dabble in lower league cricket here in Oxford, but was never very good, so now just a bit of Sunday friendly stuff for these guys here

[BigJonMcQuimm]

Skydive every weekend, in the indoor air tunnel every fortnight, yoga two times a week and snowboarding at least twice a month.

Keeps me busy :-)

[DJC]

Traditionally its been footy and cricket. Unfortunately cricket isnt really big in Switzerland, so I have lost that, but there is footy during lunch and some after work, so I am looking to get into that. Will have to be careful though, my ankles are trashed.

[Motown Junk]

Bing o said:

The OP said sports, not hobbies.

Anyway, I run, play golf (11 handicap), and play mid-week 11 a side.

11 a side!

Christ, it's bad enough getting stuck behind a 4 ball....

[RemainAllHoof]

I think climbing and sailing are the only sports you actually do thread because of the use of rope.

[Stevenj214]

Previously:

Karate: As a youngster. Got to yellow belt or something.

Chess: School team

Basketball: School team, local team

Badminton: School team

Muay Thai: Training only

Australian Rules Footy: Local team, international team


Currently:

Football: School team, boys club team, pro youth, regional squads. Currently training/playing with 2 local amateur teams.

Future:

Would love to snow board, scuba and rock climb.

[tractorguy]

I used to be involved in a fair bit of sport a while back.

I was a rally navigator, darts player on the local pub team and a goalkeeper for the same pubs 5 a side team. I also used to be a competative clay pigeon shooter.

[RemainAllHoof]

Stevenj214 said:

Would love to ... rock climb.

Given your proximity to real rock, you ought to get this done yesterday!

http://www.scottishclimbs.com/wiki/Main_Page

[ExChrispy Porker]

I retired from Rugby this year at the age of 51. ( 40 years in the front row)
I am a qualified field judge in Athletics and I help to coach my son, who is a thrower.

[Vladimir]

Interesting stuff!

Dmul - ouch! Picked up a fair few knocks and slices from MTBing and surfing (fin sliced my entire upper lip to my nose once, dislocated shoulder many times in biggish waves) and had a few serious batterings kickboxing but somehow never broken anything.

Anyone do triathlons? Done a couple - one all off road/in the sea, one with a sea swim then road ride and run - really enjoyed both in a "complete f**king knackered" kind of way. Do a few 10k trail running races too - again "fun" but completely exhausting.

Bit of waterskiing too - wife used to be an instructor and we have a wee boat that is just enough to tow a mono-er.

Quite keen on starting rock climbing - a mate is an instructor. Would love to try rallying but there's nowhere around here. Do a bit of greenlaning but that's not really sport.

[Highway Star]

I swim competitively. Swam to national standard as a youngster, gave up for 15 years and then started again at the age of 30. Won my first national medal for 20 years last year at the British Masters.

[minky monkey]

Bing o said:

minky monkey said:

Darts and pool.

How good depends on how many pints I've consumed..

The OP said sports, not hobbies.

Don't be such a snob... lol. They have world championships in both....

Anyway, I play for league teams. So, not just a knock about down the pub. Well, not always!

[ewenm]

I run a bit and have dabbled in road and offroad cycling and rock-climbing.


For me, sport = something where it is of large benefit to be physically fit, not just very skillful; game = something where physical fitness has very little bearing on the outcome compared to the skill levels.