What sport are you best at?
Dokis
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I have tried most of them. A lot of hard work got me to be an enthusiastic but less than average hoops player (despite being 6'2 and in pretty good shape. In golf, I rarely got the ball airborne. Bowling, I had a respectable 160 or so average. At distance running I could cover 12 miles comfortably, but at an 8 minute pace, I didn't bother booking a ticket to the Olympics. I enjoyed weightlifting the most, but being one of the few roid free fellows in the gym, I never excelled.
As I write this, it occurs to me that though I never approached the upper echelon of any sport, I have enjoyed each immensely.
As I write this, it occurs to me that though I never approached the upper echelon of any sport, I have enjoyed each immensely.
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Fast forward to today and the only thing I can dunk well is a donut or a cookie
Not a Div I prospect, but competitive for a guy under 150.
<< <i>Back in high school (1971-74) and in college (1974-78) I played hoops and could jump very well. I could touch above 11'6" and thus could dunk a basketball with ease.
Fast forward to today and the only thing I can dunk well is a donut or a cookie
Holy smokes. 11 and a half feet. Are you particularly tall, Sanction?
6'6" and standing flat footed I can reach to 8'5". Thus my vertical leap in high school and as a freshman in college was 37". I had a knee problem in my sophmore year in college and it reduced my vertical leap somewhat. 37" is pretty good, but not that good. Some guys I played with could jump 42" or more.
I grew up in Denver and remember during the 60's and early 70's a guy who played football for the Denver Broncos and basketball for the ABA Denver Rockets. His name is Lonnie Wright. He was 6'2" or 6'3". He had thighs the size of tree trunks and could jump out of the gym. He could literally jump up and take quarters off of the top of a basketball backboard. He would make money that way by betting people he could do it. The top of a backboard is 13' off of the ground. If, at 6'3" tall and with extremely long arms, he could reach to 8'6" tall flat footed, his veritical leap would have been at least 54" (4.5 feet) to be able to tound the top of a back board.
He was unbelievable in his jumping ability. Similar to Spudd Webb (5'7") and a guy (whose name I do not recall) for the New Your Knicks at 5'3", both of whom won the NBA All Star Game Slam Dunk competition.
My vertical leap was the thickness of a credit card.
i still play basketball/softball on a limited basis to try to stay in shape
getting old sucks!!!
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Back in high school I enjoyed basketball a lot and started playing golf. However, I have not played golf in almost ten years.
Five years ago I started distance running at the age of 46, something I had never done. Since then I have run six Marathons and am currently training for my 7th ... The Vancouver Marathon on May 2. I have also raced quite a few Triathlons including a half Ironman in August 2007. If these old knees hold up, my goal is to compete in the Lake Placid Ironman in July 2011. Yeah, 140.6 miles is a LONG way, but HOPEFULLY I will be able to accomplish my goal.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
I could break 80 on just about any course given a few rounds to learn the course. I have broken 80 on all of the RTJ golf courses except for the new ones in Muscle Shoals.
Basketball was/is my best sport, even though I like it second best. I averaged 25 points per game over my four years of high school (26 as a freshman, 25 as a senior). I was 5'11" with shorter than average arms (believe me, that makes a difference), but I dunked it as a senior. I can consistently (every time) hit 90 out of 100 free throws today (I'm 34). I can hit roughly 40% from behind the 3 point line (practicing, not in game situations because I'm short and can't create shots like I used to).
Shane
Baseball
Football
Weightlifting
Bowling
Tennis
Billiards
Handball
The one I was best at is billiards, but the one I probably enjoyed the most and found the most challenging is handball. Tough sport using both hands trying to hit a little hard rubber ball with your palm or fingers in strategic points against the wall to try to get your opponent to "miss" after it bounces off the wall. Tough game, very tough, but once ya get the hang of it, and get through the break-in period of your hands in pain and swelling up to like twice their size everytime ya play, it's an intense experience when played competitively, and quite rewarding when ya win.
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I played baseball for about 25 years , then transitioned over to softball ( fastpitch==easy , slowpitch==HARD ). I lettered in all the above sports. I sorta made the college team , but our team was the 3rd ranked team in the nation that year , so the bench was my friend , for the first time ever. We did have 3 players drafted off that squad.
As someone has stated, getting old has not been kind.
In high school, made the newspaper most weeks for volleyball mostly because it just wasn't very popular for boys in the northeast so all the good athletes were doing other sports
In college, by senior year won all the small track-and-field meets and finished at the bottom for all the major ones. Only able to even qualify because Americans just don't care about the hammer throw so there was much less competition than the other events
Post-college used those lessons to reach national level in some niche sports that few people really care about
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<< <i>+1 for bowling. By far my best sport, unless you count something like poker (which I don't). >>
For those that don't know, I was a PBA member briefly in the early 90's. Five tourney's, five cashes. Four were regionals but finsihed in top 24 of all 4. Then life got in the way. Few years later, picked up a sponsor. Bowled in numerous high $$ amateur tourneys, most in San Antonio (Track Masters Tour). Immaturity got in the way this time. Got drunk the day before a $25000 to win tournament. Got in a fight over a $10 game of pool. Broke my hand. Didn't help that I was at the bar with my sponsor's wife. He dropped me a few days later then she dropped him
Quit right after that. At the time I had the high average record for our association at 229. A friend beat it 3 years later. I came back with the only intention of beating him. I averaged 231. Quit again for 4 years. Someone finally beat my record again with a 233. Came back a few years ago and beat him with 234. Current average is 230 despite bowling the first 2 months of the fall season with.......yet another broken hand from a fight in a friggin bar.
Any of your bowlers think you can beat me, name the time and place. If the money's right, I will be there.
Quit right after that. At the time I had the high average record for our association at 229. A friend beat it 3 years later. I came back with the only intention of beating him. I averaged 231. Quit again for 4 years. Someone finally beat my record again with a 233. Came back a few years ago and beat him with 234. Current average is 230 despite bowling the first 2 months of the fall season with.......yet another broken hand from a fight in a friggin bar.
Any of your bowlers think you can beat me, name the time and place. If the money's right, I will be there.
LSU-
I really think this could make an interesting movie story line! Of course, the U-haul truck to get the baseball cards would be included!
Happy new year!
<< <i>LSU-
I really think this could make an interesting movie story line! Of course, the U-haul truck to get the baseball cards would be included! >>
My wife reminds me every time Chris Barnes is on TV, that could have been me. My first 2 tourneys that she was with me, I bowled against Barnes in match play. One was a team event and the other a regional. I beat him both times.
I live life to the fullest but my body and finances have paid the consequences. Oh well, you only live once.
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<< <i>+1 for bowling. By far my best sport, unless you count something like poker (which I don't). >>
For those that don't know, I was a PBA member briefly in the early 90's. Five tourney's, five cashes. Four were regionals but finsihed in top 24 of all 4. Then life got in the way. Few years later, picked up a sponsor. Bowled in numerous high $$ amateur tourneys, most in San Antonio (Track Masters Tour). Immaturity got in the way this time. Got drunk the day before a $25000 to win tournament. Got in a fight over a $10 game of pool. Broke my hand. Didn't help that I was at the bar with my sponsor's wife. He dropped me a few days later then she dropped him
Quit right after that. At the time I had the high average record for our association at 229. A friend beat it 3 years later. I came back with the only intention of beating him. I averaged 231. Quit again for 4 years. Someone finally beat my record again with a 233. Came back a few years ago and beat him with 234. Current average is 230 despite bowling the first 2 months of the fall season with.......yet another broken hand from a fight in a friggin bar.
Any of your bowlers think you can beat me, name the time and place. If the money's right, I will be there. >>
The moral of the story is when ya hit someone, don't use the hand ya bowl with...only use the other hand.
....or the pool cue.