At what sport(s) are you a natural? (Read 2014 times)

For shame.

What, that I had comments, or that I didn't post them?

I'm a water girl, too. I grew up wakeboarding and kneeboarding on the river. I've recently discovered I'm fearless under water, too. I might be afraid of the ball in volleyball and softball, but I'm not afraid of diving with reef sharks above and below me. Let's just say I'll stick to running for a while. Not that I'm fast, but it's good for me, and cheaper than diving. Scout, you've really missed Claire, huh?!

I don't think they'd scare me, either...I'd really love to try SCUBA diving, but recently read that those with inner ear issues usually have a very difficult time diving without problems. *sigh*

You're right about that, I think. That stinks It's a different world under there.

Oh, yeah, kirsten, you don't want to try it, then. What about snorkeling? There are tons of places where snorkeling is nearly as good as diving. There's one island in Thailand where people would snorkel rather than dive to see sharks. It's not the same, but in certain places it's not too different.

I'm not sure if it's because they are my 2 favorite things to do or if I'm really a natural but I'd have to say running and karate.

I'd like to learn karate! .

I did it for several years. I was a brown belt working towards my black belt when I got pregnant with #4 and at the same time, got really tired of dojo politics and sorta blew that bridge to high heaven. So, I haven't trained in almost 4 years! I was training 5-7 days a week and now I fill that void with running. The really fun part? We used to run as a group and always had to stay behind the jerk Sensei. Now, he enters many of the same races I do and I love standing at the end waiting the 15+ minutes for him to cross the finish line. hahahahaha. I love that he can see my results online...it gives me a certain amount of satisfaction.

I never found anything that i'm natural at but i have a great desire to improve... any sports that I like i have had to work to get to a certain comfort level... i have awful balance, so surfing was tough to learn but i've gotten comfortable enough doing it that might qualify as being fairly good (at least I have great style ). As far as organized sports, I played baseball, soccer and basketball, volleyball in high school, but being one of the more non-athletic member of the teams i've had to work on being good at the fundamentals of the game and the little things, like hustling for the ball, good passing, , etc. Just like running now, its pretty unnatural for me but i'm into it so i'm putting in the hard work to hopefully someday will pass as a decent runner.