RememberSchiff Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Baseball in summer (troop did not meet in summer), fair at bat, lousy with glove. Small bore target shooting year round. In high school played football - lineman second/third string. Played volleyball too but it was not an official team sport. My coaches and SM were fairly flexible about my participation decisions. Great to have a variety of experiences growing up. Also, how to balance your life needs to be learned then, before college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeattlePioneer Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I think this thread proves it: People are different! My personal favorite was sbemis's post--- "1 hit in 4 years of Little League (walked a lot as I was too short to pitch to)"! I admire his persevereance and determination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertrat77 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 - Little league baseball 1 year (I stunk), youth football two years (loved it) - High school shooting team (small bore) for three years - For high school PE, rotated each semester between water polo and football - As a scout lots of hiking and camping; earned Red Cross Advanced Lifesaving and Lifeguard BSA - In the Air Force 25+ years, played intramural flag football approx 13 seasons and softball for 2 I'm not a great athlete but competent enough. Regardless, I've found sports to be a good bridge when building rapport with young people. The competitive spirit, perseverance, teamwork, you name it--folks of any age can relate to these ideals, even if they've long hung up their cleats. I've played intramural flag football the last two seasons (perhaps against better judgment)--though I'm a certified old guy. Huge bond with the troops. Amazing how young you feel when you are winning...and how sore you are next morning, win or lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisabob Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I love(d) playing pick-up games of whatever was happening at the moment. I played league softball & various intermural sports through 7th or 8th grade. Also skiing, running, horseback riding, and more. I can't say I was real good at some of these, but I almost always enjoyed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJCubScouter Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Eamonn, you were volunteered to be a hooker?? I have a feeling this is yet another example of "two peoples separated by a common language." I was pretty bad in sports as a youth. I tried. During my Little League-age years I was in a league for kids who couldn't make the little league. In what would now be called "middle school" I tried an after-school basketball league and it took awhile before I became convinced of what was obvious to everybody else, which is that I wasn't very good. By high school I had pretty much given up on the whole thing and stuck to the debating team. I did go to Philmont though. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemlaw Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I was also totally uninterested in sports, and I still am. I really don't care how many home runs the football team makes. It's only because of Scouts that there are a few vaguely athletic activities that I'm good at. I'm a good swimmer (slightly better than average) and a good canoeist (slightly above average for Boy Scouts, meaning that I'm a world-class expert compared to most people I see trying to paddle one.) I can also do a few other activites thanks to Scouting (such as haul a bunch of junque on my back), but I really don't think of them as being particularly athletic. If it weren't for Scouts, I'd probably be a fat person, as opposed to a typical out-of-shape adult.(This message has been edited by clemlaw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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