baj32161

I started playing baseball when I was 8 and played and coached until 1987, when I was 26. I would still love to coach kids. I began bowling when I was 8. I played volleyball in High School and college. I was elected to our local Bowling Hall of Fame in 2003....hey, with the way I ride, I need to be good at SOMETHING!

Cheers,

Brian J.

RLRider

I ran track, played basketball, and softball, but it was really all just done to keep me busy when I wasn't playing soccer. Once I found out about club and indoor soccer I played it all year round.

FR4NCH1SE

I played allot of sports growing up, I rode my toys r us mtn. bike, I played football in snow or spring with my friends, I played baseball with my friends, I played basketball with friends, soccer, video games, went swimming at our pool. Those days are long gone, I could do this today but it is different without my childhood friends. Now I ride my bike, because I dont need someone for the activity to be fun, every time I ride my bike it gives me a rush of adrenaline, I think that is why I love sports, because of the adrenaline.

JoshTheSkier

I played Soccer from age 4-12, baseball until I was about 13-14, and then Football and Lacrosse in High school. I'm a life-long skier and a Ski Patroller, I took up telemark skiing 5-6 years ago.

Now outside of Skiing and Cycling, I play rugby every Saturday during the spring/summer/fall.

MuddyMo

As a kid I played Soccer and Baseball from the time I was able to do so.... = D Began basketball in Jr. High, and played baseball, basketball, and soccer all through school. thats about it... one season of flag football as a kid. I didn't dig it to much and never wanted to play again.

DuraAce

Dodgeball. :-)

stapfam

My father was a middle distance runner and we used to go and watch a few of his Previous training partners racing. Early 50's and wherever they were running- we would go and watch. Good mentors for me though as Roger Bannister and Chris Chataway were the two. I was at the track meet watching them when the first 4 minute mile was run. So Athletics was my first love. 100- 220- 880 yards- triple jump and long jump. They were my events till I stopped growing at 16 and became too short- Then I went onto crosscountry running and 7 miles was my distance. That was a summer sport and the winter one was Rugby. Played for School- the County and a local club. Went into the Marines and played in the Marines team but also took up Boxing. Had 4 years of that rising to Corps Champion in the Featherweight class (Less than 126lbs) Came out of the marines and kept the crosscountry running up and found my real distance of 15 miles and was competitive on a regional scale. Gave up running at age 32 when the family came along and the knees got too bad. 10 years later and took up cycling and still pedalling along 20 years later.

I was a fit active youngster- but the best rider I knew had no sporting aspirations when he was young. He played Cricket badly and the most active thing he ever did was running for a bus. But when he took up cycling he found strength. He was my Enduro partner on XC mountain biking. 100 miles offroad and he used to carry me for the last 15. He was 170 lbs of Muscle and had stamina to go with it.

So to say that all of us were active when young is not quite correct.

RomeRider

Marbles. I rode my bicycle. I explored the woods. I slid down hills and climbed back up. I swam in the lake and pool for hours. No organized sports.

BarracksSi

Warball!

Okay, here's how it goes --

On a basketball court, line up a bunch of balls at half court, then have all the players start from a pushup position with their feet against their respective walls. The fundamental premise of Dodgeball still applies -- get hit, you're "out"; catch a thrown ball, the thrower is "out". But that's where the similarities end.

When you're "out", you don't just go sit on the bench. Instead, you lay down right were you are, because you're now a "casualty", and you need to be rescued by a Medic.

Yes, a Medic. Each team has two Medics. They save casualties by dummy-dragging them to the back wall, where the players touch the wall and are back in the game. In the interest of safety, a Medic cannot carry a casualty -- he must be dragged. A Medic, however, can NOT be saved by other players, and not even by the other Medic -- in other words, if a Medic is hit, he's out of the game, period. PROTECT YOUR MEDICS.

Adding to the fun are Snipers. One Sniper per team. Just like real snipers, they are in forward positions, "behind enemy lines" -- they roam the between the sideline and wall, on the far side of the half-court line. The only player that can take out a Sniper with a direct shot is the opposing team's Sniper -- but a Sniper can be "caught out" if any opponent catches his shot. Medics can NOT save Snipers, either.

The territorial boundaries are flexible, too. Upon the referee's signal, the teams' boundaries can change to the basketball free throw lines, or go full-court, whatever. It can be done to give one team an advantage (such as, Team 1 can travel to Team 2's free throw line, but not vice versa) or unilaterally.

You can blow a good hour playing Warball. Start with just having Medics, then add the other aspects for each new game.

hairnet

I played tennis a lot when I was about 12-14 but I was never totally excited about it. Then when I was 17 a friend pushed me into trying out crew, and that's when I fell in love with something athletic and dodged the fat path. I did that for a year, but I couldn't continue because I chose to go to a community college, so no collegiate rowing for me

Afterward, I picked up body building with the same guy that got me to row crew. My strength was increasing rapidly and I was really into it until I bought a road bike.

Body building + cycling = tendinitis so I eased off the lifting and continued to ride for fun and commuting. Now I'm 19 and ready to start racing

rnorris

I didn't play any team sports competetively as a kid.... was too small and uncoordinated to do well until high school, and by that time I'd had too many bad experiences with team sports to have much interest in them. It's unfortunate, because I grew to be a pretty reasonable cross country runner and wrestler later and it would have been a good experience. I "discovered" bicycling in high school and it finally showed me I could be good at something athletic.

jks84

Wrestling through HS and some college. I actually coach my former HS team now. Cycling has been a great way to stay in shape without trashing my body.

HAMMER MAN

surfing, hawaii, north carolina, virigina beach
S. california

woodduck

Like my father, I played soccer, he would get paid to play for local squads when he was younger, but not a pro. I was not actually really any good at it although I do still love to play.

I did ski racing from a young age and actually did race and train in the USA with a winter sports club for a while from 1990-95, back and forth from Europe to the USA and Australia in the southern hemisphere winter.

Always loved bikes the most and raced bmx when I could. I prefered cycling, but got better at skiing so I would go to Colorado and buy a bike, ride it either end of the ski season and as much in between I could, take it home and sell it on for what it cost me, early 90's I guess the exhange rate was in our favour and I could not belive how inexpensive bikes (everything) in general was in the USA.

spry

pocket pool?
Someone should have repaired your pants pockets.

spry

Olympic champion swimmer(and some track) Johnny Weismuller was from Manhasset Long Island.
Seems the thing to do around those parts.

spry

Is that you Marty McSorley?

grafik1979

Cross-country, tennis, track and field, swimming, rowing, and now cycling. Discovered my build is pretty ideal for cycling out of all the sports I've tried.