Yes, for kids...it's okay.
What Sports Are We Fans Of?
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When I was a teenager the one my dads younger colleagues road in the TT and the North West 200 in Ireland (plus a few other similar events and various track races); but he would never ride a bike on the public roads (except for those races) - he considered it far too dangerous and always drove a car!
I forgot to mention that I also used to watch women's tennis back in the 1990's. Only when Anna Kournikova was playing though. Can't think why.... ?
Women’s sand volleyball is a good watch too ?
Participating in Sports:
School
At school (in England) we did a range of sports on Wednesday afternoons (soccer, rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball, athletics and swimming) so I did all of those. I actually played Rugby (generally as Number 8 - i.e. the safe place at the back of the scrum or occasionally as a second row forward - once as a prop but it nearly broke my back) and hockey for the school in various competitions. I couldn't play football (soccer) for toffee and have never really watched it other than the World Cup.
After School
After school I took up rowing (4s and 8s) as the company I worked for - a large insurance company - had fantastic sports facilities in West London (sadly all sold off in the 1990s). I also did a lot of cycle touring (never racing) and have cycled all through the UK and Europe (over the Pyrenees twice and the Alps four times), down the coast from San Francisco to LA, around New England (in the fall - breathtaking); and around Cuba. I also alpine skied for many years.
Watching sports; well pretty much the same really:
F1 (as kids we used to go to Silverstone as it was close to where we lived for a few years); various ralley events and Le Mans.
Rugby. At club level I support London Irish, the NSW Waratahs and Manly Marlins (at various times I've had season tickets for all teams concurrently).
At international level: Ireland, Australia (when they're not playing Ireland) and Japan (when they're not playing Ireland or Australia). (As a good Irishman I of course support whoever is playing against England - especially the French - and as a good Aussie I'll support whoever is playing NZ (except England...). (My wife who is Brazilian always supports England...).
Cycling. Tour de France but if any road cycling is on I'll watch it (and six day events too).
Athletics. Olympics and the Diamond League.
Rowing. I love watching it - though not as much as taking part - but I'll admit it's not really a spectator sport.
Beach Volleyball (it was a major sport in Manly NSW when I lived there).
Surfing (which lets be honest is even less of a spectator sport than rowing but it's always a good excuse to be on a beach doing nothing much for a few days).
As for cricket; oddly I like watching village/pub teams play but not really interested in the professional game (except of course for the time I was in Bangalore when Ireland beat England in a World Cup game - great night in the hotel bar (unless you were English of course).
School
At school (in England) we did a range of sports on Wednesday afternoons (soccer, rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball, athletics and swimming) so I did all of those. I actually played Rugby (generally as Number 8 - i.e. the safe place at the back of the scrum or occasionally as a second row forward - once as a prop but it nearly broke my back) and hockey for the school in various competitions. I couldn't play football (soccer) for toffee and have never really watched it other than the World Cup.
After School
After school I took up rowing (4s and 8s) as the company I worked for - a large insurance company - had fantastic sports facilities in West London (sadly all sold off in the 1990s). I also did a lot of cycle touring (never racing) and have cycled all through the UK and Europe (over the Pyrenees twice and the Alps four times), down the coast from San Francisco to LA, around New England (in the fall - breathtaking); and around Cuba. I also alpine skied for many years.
Watching sports; well pretty much the same really:
F1 (as kids we used to go to Silverstone as it was close to where we lived for a few years); various ralley events and Le Mans.
Rugby. At club level I support London Irish, the NSW Waratahs and Manly Marlins (at various times I've had season tickets for all teams concurrently).
At international level: Ireland, Australia (when they're not playing Ireland) and Japan (when they're not playing Ireland or Australia). (As a good Irishman I of course support whoever is playing against England - especially the French - and as a good Aussie I'll support whoever is playing NZ (except England...). (My wife who is Brazilian always supports England...).
Cycling. Tour de France but if any road cycling is on I'll watch it (and six day events too).
Athletics. Olympics and the Diamond League.
Rowing. I love watching it - though not as much as taking part - but I'll admit it's not really a spectator sport.
Beach Volleyball (it was a major sport in Manly NSW when I lived there).
Surfing (which lets be honest is even less of a spectator sport than rowing but it's always a good excuse to be on a beach doing nothing much for a few days).
As for cricket; oddly I like watching village/pub teams play but not really interested in the professional game (except of course for the time I was in Bangalore when Ireland beat England in a World Cup game - great night in the hotel bar (unless you were English of course).
Really closely followed the NFL during high school. Reading scores in the papers or on the internet quickly became more than enough for me, I don't know why. I don't understand why people get SO wrapped up in sports. Someone once told me that the word sports "fan" comes from the word sports "fanatic." I don't know if that's true. I know players wouldn't be paid a bazillion dollars if the franchise wasn't making two bazillion or more dollars, and the franchise wouldn't make two bazillion dollars if people weren't pouring their money into it. I don't think the huge sports industry creates social values, I think that the industry growing so large and dominant is just a reflection of social values.
Baseball is the best sport.
The business of baseball sucks, but the game itself is the best.
Men of all sizes can play it.
The strategy is complex and the skills are various and difficult.
There’s no clock and the team that’s ahead can’t just sit on its lead, they have to give the other team all of its out.
The business of baseball sucks, but the game itself is the best.
Men of all sizes can play it.
The strategy is complex and the skills are various and difficult.
There’s no clock and the team that’s ahead can’t just sit on its lead, they have to give the other team all of its out.
Used to be baseball...now though...with cardboard cutouts of people in the stands...maybe not a sports fan anymore.
Haha My dad and I drove 2 hours to watch her play.. I was probably 12.
+1 on the volleyball... I'll add the women's long jump.
My teams are the Auburn Tigers (football), and the Atlanta Braves (baseball).
If it had been a 2 day drive to go see her it would've been worth it?.
She was really something to look at. So-so player.
IMO, sports have been mostly ruined (like almost everything else) by being politicized and used as social engineering tools.
And this has been going on for a long time, but it has increased dramatically in recent years, and is reaching new heights of absurdity by the day now it seems.
And this has been going on for a long time, but it has increased dramatically in recent years, and is reaching new heights of absurdity by the day now it seems.
"I get it when the kids wear tops with with their favourite player on but not adults."
It's rather like those who wear tracksuit bottoms with white stripes running up the legs, these are usually worn by two types of people over here, those who want everyone to know (think?) they go to the gym and those involved in some form of criminal activity. The latter can often be spotted by their preponderance to saying at the end of every sentence "janartamean" or "innit".
As for the cost of those named & numbered sport shirts, well one could fit out an entire kid's wardrobe for the price of a Liverpool or Manchester football shirt.....incredible greed on the part of the teams who are basically being paid for free advertisement.
Regards,
Jay.?
It's rather like those who wear tracksuit bottoms with white stripes running up the legs, these are usually worn by two types of people over here, those who want everyone to know (think?) they go to the gym and those involved in some form of criminal activity. The latter can often be spotted by their preponderance to saying at the end of every sentence "janartamean" or "innit".
As for the cost of those named & numbered sport shirts, well one could fit out an entire kid's wardrobe for the price of a Liverpool or Manchester football shirt.....incredible greed on the part of the teams who are basically being paid for free advertisement.
Regards,
Jay.?
This is great! Thanks so much, I love Senna & Prost.
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