Love Those Sports! ~ Tuesday 4

Welcome to Tuesday 4 friends!  I am always happy to take part.  The Olympics are taking place and  we just had the Super Bowl for American football so perhaps we can talk about sports a bit.  Thank you to Diana of  Doodles and Daydreams for suggesting sports as a subject for this week! So, let's think about sports this week...........

1. Do you enjoy any of the sports from the Olympics either Summer or Winter? Would you tell us about it?  

Yes, I enjoy watching the sports from both the summer and Winter Olympics though I confess to not being a truly, avid fan. In summer I like watching swimming and we have a few wonderful medallists in Canada like Penny Oleksiak and Summer McIntosh.  I also enjoy watching Figure Skating and Skiing in the Winter Olympics.

2. What sports have you taken part in and what good did you get out of participating? If not, was there one you wish you had taken part in?Did sports help you in life?

I played all the sports throughout school, including junior and senior high school as part of the mandatory Physical Education (Ph. D.) program.  I don't think that PE is mandatory anymore but I'm not completely sure.  

When I was in high school I played on the girl's school basketball team.  We were really a rag tag team and weren't much good.  I'm still surprised I did it because there were some terrific girl's basketball athletes in the different schools around the area that we had to play against.  In my off-time, I played women's softball and was in the women's soft ball league.  I was always so nervous that I would flub things up for the rest of my team mates. I probably have what you'd call performance anxiety.

In university,  I played casual volleyball on Friday nights with my classmates and friends.  It was just whoever showed up in from the program I was in and we had a lot of fun getting together each Friday. I wish I had been a swimmer and would have liked to be on a swim team but I have a life long fear of deep water.  Try as I might, I've never gotten over it.

I can't say that sports helped me in life. I never was very good at any sport. I really don't like competition or more specifically competing against others. I don't mind competing against myself to try and meet goals.  I enjoyed sports more when playing baseball and track and field with the local neighbourhood kids and my siblings. I also enjoyed the casual volleyball gets togethers at university for the socializing aspect.

3.  Is there a sport you still engage in  or one you enjoy watching a lot?

I no longer play any sports.  I do like to watch some events now and then on television, especially figure skating. I find it so beautiful especially when combined with classical or dramatic music.

4. Have you any favorite teams you cheer on? Or perhaps a favorite sports figure? How about both??

Of course I cheer on any one from Canada who is participating in various sporting activities around the world. I also cheer for the Kenyan long distance runners.  My DH is from Kenya and they have world class runners from near where he lives.  Everyone needs a cheerleader.  

I'm not so familiar with the athletes in the various Olympic competitions but recently I was rooting for Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury who lost out on a gold medal to Australian, Cooper Woods.  After he lost that race, it was wonderful to see him win dual moguls gold medal on Sunday.  What a way to finish his career.

What's the most memorable comeback or turnaround you've ever seen in a sports game, and what made it so special?

I've seen some on television but I really cannot recall too many specifics at this moment.