Amateur Sports Teams

[lonelyheart]

I am pretty awful at most sports even though I enjoy watching them. I've always wanted to play but am worried that I am too crap for a team. Have any of you joined a team sport (ie. Soccer) where you were not that good?

[pansy]

i never joined an official team, but i used to play pickup volleyball alot. it was fun. and i'm not that good at it, believe me.

[bert]

yea i nver joined a proper team i just like messing around

[traveler]

i played some ice hockey for a team.

[allen]

I've joined sports leagues a few times. I suck at just about any sport and the last time, I warned the people that asked me to play that I sucked. They assured me that it was just for fun....well, by mid-season, I received so much harassment, I couldn't take it anymore and just quit going. I haven't been able to get the courage to join any other teams since.

[Buzzz]

I've fenced before, it was very fun.

[traveler]

i am pretty good at most sports. just have not joined a leage.

[zaab]

Oh yeah, softball, I really sucked. But it was fun regardless and the whole team was pretty bad so I didn't stick out too much.

[em]

ive joined a few sports teams. in my local area there are different divisions for soccer and i played in the lowest where it isnt taken too seriously and would have been fun if the girls in my team would have talked about something other than how they were too hungover from the night before to play

[tennischick]

lol I joined basketball in middle school. no idea why. I pretty much ran up and down the court during games. lame. I've never played soccer on an actual team, but I'm sure I'd suck at that too. but watching's fun.

I hate team sports.

that's why I prefer tennis.

[lonelyheart]

I'll just stick to working out and DDR then.

[tennischick]

^what's wrong with working out and DDR??

DDR is awesome.

[urbanspaceman]

Don't be too discouraged LonelyHeart. If you really want to join a team, don't let your own perceptions of your skills get in the way.

I used to play a few sports just for the sheer enjoyment, I wasn't particularly good at any team sports, and only marginally better at individual sports.

Try and find out if there are any events, leagues, or even just practice sessions around where you live. Am I right in thinking your still at uni? Should be plenty of potential to join a club there?

Again, don't feel too down about how good/bad you perceive yourself to be. At the moment I'm considering joining a footy club which has just opened close to where I live. It's a purpose-built football 'village', where you can get a team together, or join one that hasn't enough players and organise a casual kick-about, or join an actual weekly league. Is there anything like that where you are?

Like Allen said, I guess a big worry is the whole harassment issue by other 'teammates', but once again, don't let the thought of this happening put you off. Give as good as you get

If there's a team short of players (football, basketball, rugby, whatever), I'm sure they'd be glad to have an enthusiastic person on board.

[nameless]

i used to play for a football team when i was 13/14, and i hated it as the majority of peoples attitude was win at all cost! i played a few games for another team a few years ago when i was 19 and peoples attitude still hadnt changed!i enjoy playing, but i doubt i will ever join another team!

[Paulinus]

I've been playing at a badminton club for a few months which I rejoined after a long while away from it. Just tonight I played for our clubs team for the first time in years. We got annihilated but I don't really care about that I still enjoyed playing it.