DId you dislike playing sports when younger?

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I hated it. Nothing to this day has done more damage to my self-esteem and body image.

I was fine in primary school when PE was just "games" and running around and having fun. At secondary school things changed and people started becoming very competitive and taking things very seriously. I lacked co-ordination (and interest to be honest) so I got a lot of jeering and abuse. Because of my build I was forced to play rugby which I hated - if I wriggled my way out of this I got abuse for shirking and if I turned up I got abuse for being no good. We were expected to somehow already know all the rules and terminology without being taught them.

I could go on.

Awful, just awful.

I loved playing sports. Unfortunately I wasn't any good at any team sports mainly because of my physique which was small and thin. But I love watching sports.

According to the PE teacher I wasn't tall enough to make it onto any of the team sports in secondary school, so I didn't attend that class. In all fairness I am fairly uncoordinated too, I've often wondered if this could have been improved through the practical experience of playing team sports when younger.

My sports were individual ones, like competitive horse back riding, swimming and some water sports, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed.

No I liked it, especially basketball and volleyball. But unfortunately I suck at all sports, so I didn't really get to do too much of it.

Is the bottom of the Marianna's Trench (the deepest point in the ocean) wet?

Absolutely I hated playing sports when younger.

I hated gym class, I could never catch a ball and I was very uncoordinated. The only two forms of exercise I have found I enjoy are badminton and weightlifting, neither which was really an option in school growing up.

I took dance (ballet jazz etc) for 13 years, and I was OK at it, never that good or talented though. I sucked super hard at other sports, mostly because I hate team sports. I cant skate, swim, or ride a bike. I am not clumsy though. Its funny, I always almost fall but i am good at catching myself.

Never cared for sports all that much, still don't.

I played soccer when I was little, but I mostly ran around after the people while daydreaming. Same thing when we played sports at school. Sometimes I liked playing sports, but I was never good at them.

I still do. Except for running, I have beast cardio compared to the others.