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Just curious as to who in dakka plays sports in their free time. I'm talking the main branch of sports (football, basketball, soccer, hockey, baseball etc.)

Only thing I love more than a game of 40k is an even better game of soccer Been playing for 12 years!

I lift weights and compete in about 3 shooting competitions a month. if the wife hadn't decided lines were merely guidelines for her van when parking I'd have the money for a quality shotgun, and that would be 4 shooting competitions a month.

I've played hockey since I was four or five. People generally don't believe me though, I really don't look like much of a hockey player.

My team also won the state tournament this year.

 Coolyo294 wrote:
I've played hockey since I was four or five. People generally don't believe me though, I really don't look like much of a hockey player.

My team also won the state tournament this year.

I have this bad image of you scating along shouting "Blood for the Blood God" right before high sticking someone...

I played both baseball and football at an SEC school back in the day.

I played hockey in college, been about 2-3 years since i last skated though :/

 Tigerone wrote:
I played both baseball and football at an SEC school back in the day.

LSU?

Also played Baseball and basketball until I was 10 or 11, and then dropped out due to lack of skill (basketball), and injury (I goofing around and took a bat to the skull). I would have liked to played football, but that was a no go by my parents... I'd like to learn to play hockey, but equipment is too much :(

Alfndrate that is a fast way to get on the ignore list!

I play tennis and vollyball on occasion (when I can get my friends to go with me).

Other than that, I used to play airsoft 2-3 times a month, but due to changes in the local players and the local field gradually going downhill, I barely play anymore. I'll rather spend my money on shotgun shells, clay birds, and a 12 pack of beer.

 Tigerone wrote:
Alfndrate that is a fast way to get on the ignore list!

Not if the only SEC schools I know are LSU, Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Georgia.... Out of those schools, I only know of 1 of them having a "tiger" as their mascot (assuming you pulled your username from your alma mater), which is why I said LSU... surprisingly there are several "tigers" in the SEC... Ya think ya'll would have come up with more varied names than the Tigers, Fighting Tigers, and the... Tigers. So that means you either went to Auburn or University of Missouri.

War Eagle my friend!

I used to play gaelic football, soccer and rugby. Now I exercise with a Jillian Michaels DVD in the morning before work, or after work depending on the shift.

Although I would like to get into target shooting, even just as a casual thing. I've only been to a range once but I had a blast

 Frazzled wrote:

 Coolyo294 wrote:
I've played hockey since I was four or five. People generally don't believe me though, I really don't look like much of a hockey player.

My team also won the state tournament this year.

I have this bad image of you scating along shouting "Blood for the Blood God" right before high sticking someone...

That would be me! (I actually still have the little painted Mark of Khorne + Blood for the Blood God on the back of my helmet)

Although high sticking was never my preferred penalty of choice, but rather I was renown for my slue-footing abilitiy, can-openers & body-checks. (which are sadly illegal in all levels of girls hockey)
At 5'1" though, hip checks tended to work a lot better for me and meant my scrawny little 100lbs @$$ wouldn't just bounce back three feet off of whoever I'd tried to hit!



Congrats Coolyo on winning the state tournament!

The final year I played competitive my team won the Senior BB Gold at the Provincials...
Our team scored 13 goals over the 5 tourney games, which included three 1-0 victories. Of those, I had 1 goal (in our 1-0 championship win) and 7 assists. Finished the tourney at a +8 rating!

Then I got cut from the team the following year for some reason.

Sword fighting (including axes, daggers, shields) for 13 years now...and counting =)

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
...Jillian Michaels DVD

I'm an avid weightlifter, and I used to make fun of that stuff all the time. Well, my (then) girlfriend talked me into doing a Pilates video with her, and jeez...it was intense! I have a new found respect for people doing those on the daily

 mega_bassist wrote:
I'm an avid weightlifter, and I used to make fun of that stuff all the time. Well, my (then) girlfriend talked me into doing a Pilates video with her, and jeez...it was intense! I have a new found respect for people doing those on the daily

I used to mock people for it too.... until my wife suggested we try it. I do like the mix of strength, cardio and abs.
It is intense, but after a week I did see and feel a difference. It's nice to finish a set and feel energised for the day, and not feel the need to lie down somewhere

I used to play organized soccer (I wish America called it football) in high school, disorganized basketball every day with friends at lunch or in a driveway after school, still go skiing when I have time, and I've been trying to get back into archery and weight lifting recently. I'd also like to pick racquetball back up, and maybe tennis as well. I also wish laser tag was a sport, as 4 hrs of a crouched fast walk will make your legs feel like they're on fire the next day. If you stand the whole time, it's not exercise. A crouched run definitely counts! Man, that hurts. Can't wait to do it again.

Cycling, racquet ball, and beach volleyball. I played rugby in high school, but gave it up once I realized that, while I loved the game, I lacked the inherent talent for violence necessary to be really good at it.

Experiment 626 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 Coolyo294 wrote:
I've played hockey since I was four or five. People generally don't believe me though, I really don't look like much of a hockey player.

My team also won the state tournament this year.

I have this bad image of you scating along shouting "Blood for the Blood God" right before high sticking someone...

That would be me! (I actually still have the little painted Mark of Khorne + Blood for the Blood God on the back of my helmet)

Although high sticking was never my preferred penalty of choice, but rather I was renown for my slue-footing abilitiy, can-openers & body-checks. (which are sadly illegal in all levels of girls hockey)
At 5'1" though, hip checks tended to work a lot better for me and meant my scrawny little 100lbs @$$ wouldn't just bounce back three feet off of whoever I'd tried to hit!



Congrats Coolyo on winning the state tournament!

The final year I played competitive my team won the Senior BB Gold at the Provincials...
Our team scored 13 goals over the 5 tourney games, which included three 1-0 victories. Of those, I had 1 goal (in our 1-0 championship win) and 7 assists. Finished the tourney at a +8 rating!

Then I got cut from the team the following year for some reason.

I'm a Texan. You'll have to explain what all those checks mean. Sounds like you played good although I don't understand it much.


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 Sigvatr wrote:
Sword fighting (including axes, daggers, shields) for 13 years now...and counting =)

Sigvatr is personally experienced in telling Death, 'not today. '

OT anything reappear with that guy in the books?

Used to play rugby as a kid but messed up my knee 2 weeks into the season I made the first team. Since then I have had recurrent knee issues and been stopped from all contact sport. I can barely run 50m without being in pain. Still like to play the odd game of golf or if I am feeling really risky tennis-non competitive. Even kicking a ball causes pain.

Though I do wish I had known about ice hockey and learnt to skate before my knee issues. Looks like I would have loved it.

It truly is the sport of gentlemen, Azza.

 Coolyo294 wrote:
It truly is the sport of gentlemen*, Azza.

*Frozen, toothless, Canadian gentlemen.

Used to play soccer nad rugby
Now play American football (1 flag team, 1 contact) and on occasion field hockey

I play Darts for a local team but i aint no Phil Taylor! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wvnP2VwQb6E

 dazblackhawk wrote:
I play Darts for a local team but i aint no Phil Taylor!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wvnP2VwQb6E

Would darts be considered a sport, though? It seems like it's more of a skill.

I played footbal, soccer, volleyball, wrestling, and tennis. But then I started kickboxing and stopped all the others. Then I went in the military and was a sniper for awhile. Ever since then its been martial arts and shooting.

Took up Curling last year and enjoying that a bunch.

If I wasn't fat and out of shape I wouldn't mind some soccer.

Used to play a bit of baseball when I was younger, it even reversed the ol' weight gain while I did it.

 d-usa wrote:
Took up Curling last year and enjoying that a bunch.

If I wasn't fat and out of shape I wouldn't mind some soccer.

yes but if you weren't fat and out of shape you wouldn't be a good curler. In that sort of tradeoff, beer must be considered!

Once upon a time. I played cricket for 12 years, field hockey for 4 years rugby union for 2 years and I boxed for 5 years. Haven't played sport competitively though since I left school.