Sports you play

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Vone o' me teacherz uzed tae make uz run three lapz around ze track before lettin'uz play durin' Recezz. By ze time ye 'ad finizhed, Recezz vaz almozt over. Ach, zat vaz zae annoyin'!

[Dannflower Reguba]

You know, this topic is about PLAYING sports, not hating on them, so if you guys have rude comments, please keep them to yourselves.  And aside from that, keep Nationality out of it!

There's apparently a new system planned for schools in New Zealand to force every child to take part in an out-of-school sport to combat the supposed "obesity epidemic". 

Vhich zeemz tae appear more in America zen in anyvhere elze.

Gee, thanks for calling us fat. 


As far as Sports go, I Competitively play Basketball and run Cross-Country, aside, I play Req (spelling?) Soccer (just finished my 13th season of the game) I enjoy just about any Sport, but I'm not a big fan of Baseball or Football (Rugby if you're not American, don't ask me how it got the name). REALLY want to try Lacrosse!

As for the Sport vs. Machine debate, you need both. Exercise machines can help get you fit, but you need a team sport for interaction, learning how to work with people that you can't stand, and figure based ideas. The machines can give you a base, but the sport gives you the tone. 

[Rainshadow]

  Well, I don't know if hiking is considered a sport, but I enjoy hiking.  I went up a mountain (well, sort of.  I walked up a path that was already almost at the top, and it wasn't a mountain that was covered in snow or anything.  It was more like a giant hill with small patches of snow.  ) last Sunday, and I made a new friend, AKA a chipmunk who was looking for food at the frozen lake.  He was literally climbing into people's laps, hoping to get some food!

[Tam and Martin]

  Well, I don't know if hiking is considered a sport, but I enjoy hiking.  I went up a mountain (well, sort of.  I walked up a path that was already almost at the top, and it wasn't a mountain that was covered in snow or anything.  It was more like a giant hill with small patches of snow.  ) last Sunday, and I made a new friend, AKA a chipmunk who was looking for food at the frozen lake.  He was literally climbing into people's laps, hoping to get some food!

I think it would be considered a sport. i enjoy it also. We don't have many mountains here in Florida but I do enjoy walking in different trails.

[Maudie]

I like hiking when I have my dogs with me, cause they pull me up the trail.

[Tam and Martin]

I like hiking when I have my dogs with me, cause they pull me up the trail.

We have a dog but she is rather slow (cus she's old.)

[Maudie]

Mine are puppies, so they're pretty strong! They can pull all 107 pounds of me up a very steep trail.

Anyway, back on topic. I like basketball!

[MeadowR]

@MeadowRabbit: I would rather play sports than exercise on a stupid exercise machine. I hate jogging, running stairs, or anything that has no fun or game plan in it. I don't like things that seem like they are designed to make me healthy. I'd prefer something that is fun and makes me sweat. That's why I like tag nd basketball and frisbee and riding bikes. I didn't mean any offense by that. People who don't like sports would probably prefer exercise machines. But I don't.

That's fair enough! That's why I said there should be a choice. So those who want to play the team sports still actually can!

[Maudie]

@MeadowRabbit: I would rather play sports than exercise on a stupid exercise machine. I hate jogging, running stairs, or anything that has no fun or game plan in it. I don't like things that seem like they are designed to make me healthy. I'd prefer something that is fun and makes me sweat. That's why I like tag nd basketball and frisbee and riding bikes. I didn't mean any offense by that. People who don't like sports would probably prefer exercise machines. But I don't.

That's fair enough! That's why I said there should be a choice. So those who want to play the team sports still actually can!

Ok, I'm glad you're taking that post well, I was worried that I was a bit extreme in there.

[Dannflower Reguba]

  Well, I don't know if hiking is considered a sport, but I enjoy hiking.  I went up a mountain (well, sort of.  I walked up a path that was already almost at the top, and it wasn't a mountain that was covered in snow or anything.  It was more like a giant hill with small patches of snow.  ) last Sunday, and I made a new friend, AKA a chipmunk who was looking for food at the frozen lake.  He was literally climbing into people's laps, hoping to get some food!

Hiking is a Recreation, not Sport. 

[Mariel]

I WANT TO DO FENCING SO BADLY,but we don't have really any where I live and they cost to much for our family to afford I make do though. I have done some self-defence classes I "fought"fiercer than anyone else (we were doing it in the case that someone was trying to do something bad)and I was called a fighter by several people . I loved doing it, but I sometimes I got in a almost period of delirium(as much as possible without being in a true crisis) and, oh, I bit the instructors hand It was a bit embarrassing.  

[Buzz_Bumble]

There's apparently a new system planned for schools in New Zealand to force every child to take part in an out-of-school sport to combat the supposed "obesity epidemic". 

Vhich zeemz tae appear more in America zen in anyvhere elze.

The "obesity epidemic" is mostly just a myth, and it has almost nothing to do with "not enough exercise" or "how many kilojoules are in our food" ... it's really about most people simply eating too much and being too lazy to make proper dinners when McDonalds is quicker (and more expensive and less tasty). Coca Cola has just started a silly new advertising campaign here in New Zealand trying to prove how "socially responsible" they are at fighting this supposed epidemic - it's already annoying and likely to be entered in the annual Worst Ad Awards. 


Personally, I don't like pointless exercise in any "organised" form. I get enough "exercise" doing normal everyday things like walking around the shops, washing the car, getting printouts from the printer, etc.

A lot of the so-called "health and fitness" stuff is simply nonsense put into the public attention by those making money out of it. For example, for years there have been claims that people should take supplements like fish oil. Now there are claims that using such stuff doesn't help and may even be causing other problems (especially when over-used) like raising the risk of getting some forms of cancer.

[Dannflower Reguba]

There's apparently a new system planned for schools in New Zealand to force every child to take part in an out-of-school sport to combat the supposed "obesity epidemic". 

Vhich zeemz tae appear more in America zen in anyvhere elze.

The "obesity epidemic" is mostly just a myth, and it has almost nothing to do with "not enough exercise" or "how many kilojoules are in our food" ... it's really about most people simply eating too much and being too lazy to make proper dinners when McDonalds is quicker (and more expensive and less tasty). Coca Cola has just started a silly new advertising campaign here in New Zealand trying to prove how "socially responsible" they are at fighting this supposed epidemic - it's already annoying and likely to be entered in the annual Worst Ad Awards. 


Personally, I don't like pointless exercise in any "organised" form. I get enough "exercise" doing normal everyday things like walking around the shops, washing the car, getting printouts from the printer, etc.

A lot of the so-called "health and fitness" stuff is simply nonsense put into the public attention by those making money out of it. For example, for years there have been claims that people should take supplements like fish oil. Now there are claims that using such stuff doesn't help and may even be causing other problems (especially when over-used) like raising the risk of getting some forms of cancer.

That has literally nothing to do with you playing Sports, if you're going to hate, do it somewhere else!

[Russano the Wise]

Each school year I do a P.E. class at my local college with a bunch of other homeschoolers. We do it twice a week for an hour and a half each time. It is usually one of my favorite things to do each week. We play sports and sometimes do the exercise machines although I don't like that as much as the sports. I find I don't get tired as quickly if I'm focusing on a game and not focusing on just running on a treadmill.
     Some of the sports I really enjoy playing at P.E. are Basketball and Ultimate Frisbee. And I'm not to bad at them even though I'm usually playing with several boys that are twice my size and several years older than me. 

[Rusvul]

I sometimes enjoy playing sports, but only on my terms. When I want to, with who I want to, for as long/short as I want to, with no coach yelling at me to get myself hurt. What I really really don't like is practicing for sports. I hate pointlessly running in circles, or tripping over ropes and cones. And stretching. Ugh. I was forced to do a P.E. soccer class every other week last school year. Pretty much everybody else was fine, although nobody really liked it. Our coach, I suppose he would say, "Made the most of our time", aka, worked us for forty five minutes straight with no breaks and no water. I'm surprised that I managed to stay on my feet, I literally almost collapsed several times. I'm not exaggerating at all with that. Either I'm pretty darn unfit, or that P.E. class was really awful, or both. Honestly, I think it did me more harm than good. It gave me a 'worst case scenario' P.E. class, and as it was the first one I've been in since second grade, (As a homeschooler, I've done things like fencing and Tai Kwan Doe instead of P.E.) it's kinda the only one I remember. It kinda makes me think P.E. = Bad, although I know that's not always the case.