How many of you were into playing sports but gave it up because of...

[Emma Jean]

Smoking
Drinking
Injury
Too old
Too fat
No time
OR All of the above.

I know I miss it but a Skiing accident gave me in.

 

[Sabeena]

Gave it up when I become bald, sorry meant Fat. :slap:

 

[nirvana]

Still work out at the gym with some regularity but had give up teams sports (hockey, basketball) since it no longer fit my schedule.

 

[trent.]

Non of the above was always fat and remain fat. :frown:

 

[Uncle Tom]

I always said that I wan't OLD until my body couldn't keep up with my mind any more. After a couple of surgeries related to sports injuries...I got old at 34. I can still play golf and low impact stuff but my days of dunking over the college kids on the open courts are way way gone.

Prim0

 

[M.3]

Stopped playing organized Hockey when I was younger because the family just couldn't afford it. Play like a bastard now though!! 2 nights a week during the season.

 

[ashleyradburn]

I still stay active, but I have not been able to play football, lacrosse, rugby or box due to a shoulder injury that happened some years ago. Not to mention that as I am getting older, I'd be crushed by the kids now.

 

[norski]

I have not given up my sports, but I am careful not to reinjure (again) a hamstring injury.

 

[MykellG]

Anyone of you ever gone through the pain of rupturing your Achilles tendon?. If so then you will know why I had to give up sports.

 

[Jazmine N]

A round from an AK47 took out part of my right hip in '70's

A fall fractured two vertebrae in the '80's (L1, L2 - I am indeed the luckiest man on earth to be walking).

The bottom three spinal discs (L5,L6,S1) were shredded after being beaten with a steel rod across the back. That took seven months at NMCSD to get walking again and pretty much ended sports.

No wonder I drink upon occasion; but that's another story.

Now I'm just old.

 

[TonyWithLove]

I don't see too small on the list. I just didn't have the genes to go any further in sports than I did.

I gave up the "serious" rec hockey when I had kids and a real job. Too many 21 year olds who still think there's something serious to play for and don't mind knocking your teeth out to win.

I still play "light" rec hockey, though. Twice a week in the summer and 3 times in the winter.

 

[Mercedes]

I gave up sports 'cause a gay midget raped me in the locker room once.




I really miss all the ringette tournaments every weekend. :shock:

 

[Orlaigh]

Bullshit...

Wayne Gretzky.

 

[StyncKeyncBot]

Still play... just different sports... Bad knees required me to try different activities. I used to run a lot and ski, play organized baseball etc... Now I ride a bike and canoe, kayak etc. I still toss a football and baseball around with my kids, but organized ball etc is out for me. :frown:

 

[joe]

Asthma was the leading excuse for me not to be involved in sports....Although funds, and "you'd just loose interest" were also dragged out in front of me. (and at the time, no effort was made to control my asthma, like it is today) So excluding bowling, athleticism eluded me.

 

[Mallory]

I was never very active in sports.

I was on the curling team in high school, but I only joined because the coach was really cute. Fast forward five years later, and I was dirty dancing with him in the bar after running into him. Scratch that off of the bucket list...

I played badminton at the YMCA for a while, every Tuesday and Thursday. Some of the guys there were provincial level good, and I had fun, learned a lot. I quit when the YMCA moved to a new location, and the twice weekly badminton never came back.

Now, I have an active dog that I walk, and I use weights on my legs and arms while I do that to get more resistance. I watch my diet and generally try to keep healthy. Walking is my bag.

Sports were never my thing.

 

[No Lie]

lmao, I knew that would get a response! lol

 

[Pompal 09.]

I hated gym. :grrrrrr:

That five minutes of choosing teams and usually being the last guy chosen really worked to drive out any competitive spark and self esteem I might have had.
Didn't get into fitness until much later in life and it's probably a solitary activity because of those asshole gym teachers.

Do they still do this in gym class today to make some people feel like shit?

 

[L91]

I hated gym too. I was just never good at it. The only thing I might have been good at was gymnastics, but my parents forbade me to take that for some reason. I was forced to take karate with my siblings, and I was still there long after they had dropped out.

I believe that you need at least one, if not more, gym credits to graduate high school. I did not take any more gym than what was needed.

 

[ezra]

Gave up Basketball 2 yrs. ago due to recurring injuries (knees and ankles). Injuries would take too long to heal and in the interim I'd get badly out of shape. Still play hockey 3 times a week , some Tennis, and Tread Mill running...oh yeah...oyster shucking too.LOL. But even that has been curtailed significantly.