Who's Athletic?

[marcwagz]

Anyone here an athlete? It is a football forum so some of you must have played football I'm sure?
And what else do you do/play?
I won't discriminate, even if you aren't so athletic anymore what did you used to do? What do you like to do?

I am a martial artist I do Karate 3 or 4 times a week. Used to do wrestling and grappling as well, may do Jutsu in the future.
I also like to play football but there isn't much football around here, I'm looking for a flag football league to join but can't find one so I don't get to play much aside from the occasional pick up game.
I played hockey for like 8 years, it was fun, I was decent for a house league kid but gave up on it eventually.
I also like to do archery... I play tennis as well, although this forum seems to have it out against tennis, dunno why, fun game, good for reflexes.

I think that's pretty much it although I will try pretty much anything, I try to be as competitive as I can be, driven to win and all that stuff.

[ArgoGabe22]

Played football in highschool and in a summer league. Played rep soccer as well until I became too old. Now i help coach my highschool football team and also coach a U-15 rep soccer team.

[Will]

I am one of the least athletic people out there. The only sport I really participate in is downhill skiing, but not at any sort of competitive level. But, even that has taken a hit since I went away to university in 2005. What was ironic is that I went to school in Ottawa, which has access to much better ski hills than we do here in Toronto. You can only ski Mount St. Louis-Moonstone so many times and while I laud the effort of Interwest to turn Blue Mountain into a resort, it's vertical is still a strike against it.

[1argoholic]

I played hockey for years and baseball in the summers. I ran cross country and track in highschool. I went to OFSSAA in cross country. Not sure if I put those letters together right but that was a long time ago. Now I just landscape. I was very athletic but age and my career keep me from doing much now. Once we move back to Ontario I'll get out and skate on frozen ponds and lakes again as well as get into other outdoor stuff. Landscaping beats a body to hell but at 50 in Oct I'm still able to do it.

[ticatfan]

I think I might be the same type of situation as 1argoholic. Played basketball (with Paul Masotti) , track, volleyball etc in high school. Ended up with an award for athletic and academics for my graduating class. Continued playing basketball and volleyball for various leagues for another 15 years. But mostly softball since the early 90s with as many as three teams one summer. Still have one softball league that I continue to play in. Been with that team for 20+ years.

[ArgoGabe22]

Been with that team for 20+ years. I wish I had a team like that. Tried forming an adult league team last year and again this year with the guys on my soccer team who I played with for 5+ years. Trying to do the same for flag football with high school teammates. Now they're all lazy and lost interest. Some say they're too busy but that's just an excuse imo. Some even refuse to play because its "a girls sport". What a bunch of baloney.

[ticatfan]

I wish I had a team like that. Tried forming an adult league team last year and again this year with the guys on my soccer team who I played with for 5+ years. Trying to do the same for flag football with high school teammates. Now they're all lazy and lost interest. Some say they're too busy but that's just an excuse imo. Some even refuse to play because its "a girls sport". What a bunch of baloney.

Yes, we have managed to stick together. Had about 7 or 8 bars sponsor us over the years.

[1argoholic]

It's crazy athletic in these parts. You have guys my age still playing lacrosse and rugby. My body would hate me. I guess you need an office job and need to burn off steam. Closest I come to that was the price and plan I just did. I always find landscape plans to really work the mind.

[ArgoRavi]

I am one of the least athletic people out there.

I probably have you beat, Will. :)

[Will]

I probably have you beat, Will. :)

No I can almost guarantee you that you don't.

[matchuk]

i play mens league hockey twice a week all year round, and go to the gym 2-3 days a week

[Scottish_Argo]

I wouldnt say i am athletic but i do play 5 aside soccer .

[Argoscflguy]

I played baseball and soccer in a league, pretty competitive, played a lot of touch football in high school! And me and my buds were responsible for getting our high school in Pickering a football team! I still love to throw the ball around, especially with my 6yr old son!

[T-Bone]

although this forum seems to have it out against tennis, dunno why, fun game, good for reflexes.
If it were up to a few people here discussion about anything other than football wouldn't happen at all on this forum. I played mostly soccer growing up and some baseball. None of it was in organized leagues just pick up, but soccer was a weekly thing for many years. I played indoor soccer in a beer league up until this past winter, I'm thinking of going back this year. I'm out of shape though so I wouldn't call myself athletic.

[Will]

I used to do quite a bit of skiing when I was younger. This was despite the less than stellar slopes that we have to choose from in Southern Ontario. I learned to ski at Mount St. Louis-Moonstone, but we usually went to Blue Mountain, which isn't particularly great, but is the best we have and Intrawest has tried to create the illusion of a major ski centre. I always enjoyed some of the Double Black Diamonds on the one end of the mountain. Elevator Shaft is quite a tough run.

I've done a lot of skiing at Mont Tremblant visiting there twice a year sometimes (X-Mas and March break) from 1998 to 2003! It's expensive and a huge resort, but it's fun even if they do exaggerate the difficulty of some of their hills. Mont Ste-Anne and Le Massif east of Quebec City are also great ski hills and what they lack in the resort/apres-ski they make up for in the skiing.

[AngeloV]

Played a lot of football and baseball all my life (played both for my high school teams). After high school, I stuck to football and played 2 years of junior ball for the Oshawa Hawkeyes in 1988-89. I've played in at least 2 touch/flag leagues a year ever since. Not very athletic anymore, but still can read a defence and throw ok.