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Answer the question, What is your favourite sport?
Give your opinions here!

Poll coming!

- Please Note you can make as many choices as you like on the poll.

- Also IF YOU LIKE AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLEASE CHOOSE 'RUGBY' AS IT APPLYS TO BOTH. My bad. Sorry

Baseball--MLB
Football--NFL, NCAA Division II, High School
Basketball--College Division I and II, High School
Soccer--High School (registered official)

What is my favorite sport to DO, or to WATCH?

I don't like doing a lot of sports, I've been sort of dabbling in bike-riding and tennis but I'm not great at either.

I don't like watching a lot of sports either, I guess I'll see things involving competitive dancing or ice skating if those can be called sports.

American Football, Rugby, Hockey, Boxing or any other fighting type of sport...

Played American Football...watched Rugby...Played Hockey...I do MMA events and Boxing

Baseball - to play and watch

Hockey! Woohoo!!!

Baseball - to play and watch

Dang! I forgot about the Americans and their love of Baseball and American Football.

Dang! I forgot about the Americans and their love of Baseball and American Football.

Smooth job with the poll. You left off Soccer as well. Alwell, there is the other option. I will just select that.

Skydiving

Skydiving? Woah! Awesome! How many times have you done it?

I wouldn't consider skydiving a sport for me since I just found out I've been accepted into airborne training program...

Smooth job with the poll. You left off Soccer as well. Alwell, there is the other option. I will just select that.

Oh **** Me! Soccer's my fav. Sport aswell! How on earth did I forget that!

Fencing. *nod*

Oh **** Me! Soccer's my fav. Sport aswell! How on earth did I forget that!

Because it's a crappy non-sport? :p It's deserving of falling under simply "other".

*gets into her protective chamber to avoid irate posters* Nyah! your sport sucks! ;)

Skydiving? Woah! Awesome! How many times have you done it?

112 jumps so far. I'm relatively new to the sport

Because it's a crappy non-sport? :p It's deserving of falling under simply "other".

*gets into her protective chamber to avoid irate posters* Nyah! your sport sucks! ;)

*Gives Kryozerkia a red card for insulting soccer*

*Gives Kryozerkia a red card for insulting soccer*

Woohoo!! I'm disqualified!

Because it's a crappy non-sport? :p It's deserving of falling under simply "other".

*gets into her protective chamber to avoid irate posters* Nyah! your sport sucks! ;)

Shut up! I don't just like that. I also like hockey, Athletics, Shooting and sometimes Archery if I feel angry.;)

112 jumps so far. I'm relatively new to the sport

New?! New?! What the hell are you on about! 112 Jumps is tons. I refused to do 1 for crying out loud!!!!

Well David Beckham is making it look like a sport for sissies here in the USA...he's getting paid how much now to sit the bench after playing how many games...and being hurt twice already...

New?! New?! What the hell are you on about! 112 Jumps is tons. I refused to do 1 for crying out loud!!!!

112 jumps doesn't take that long at all to rack up really. I'd recommend trying it definitely although try to do a static line of AFF course (if you have the cash) rather than a tandem jump. If it's a one off for you the tandem would be best since you get the feeling of freefall.

Football (soccer) and lacrosse.

Well David Beckham is making it look like a sport for sissies here in the USA...he's getting paid how much now to sit the bench after playing how many games...and being hurt twice already...

And now possibly out for the year with a sprained right knee.

112 jumps doesn't take that long at all to rack up really. I'd recommend trying it definitely although try to do a static line of AFF course (if you have the cash) rather than a tandem jump. If it's a one off for you the tandem would be best since you get the feeling of freefall.

*sigh*

I was offered to do it when I lived in England but now I live in the Isle of Man. We don't even have a bowling alley forget a sky diving thing.

*sigh*

I was offered to do it when I lived in England but now I live in the Isle of Man. We don't even have a bowling alley forget a sky diving thing.

Yup that is one of the big problems. There's only one in Northern Ireland (which I haven't visited yet since i've been doing it through uni in Dundee).

p.s. Skydiving thingy = DZ = Dropzone

Football (soccer) and lacrosse.

Lacrosse? My brother played that! He came back with a lot of bruses. Big Bruses...

And now possibly out for the year with a sprained right knee.

And getting payed $1,000,000 a week. ;)

Lacrosse? My brother played that! He came back with a lot of bruses. Big Bruses...

When I was a kid I was the only girl at my lacrosse club. It just felt like a way for huge boys to beat me up without feeling guilty :p

What's the difference between ice hockey and "normal" hockey? I've heard of field hockey, but never just plain "hockey," which I always thought was the same as "ice hockey."

Keep in mind I'm an American, and many Americans (and probably Canadians, AFAIK) would share that question.

What's the difference between ice hockey and "normal" hockey? I've heard of field hockey, but never just plain "hockey," which I always thought was the same as "ice hockey."

Keep in mind I'm an American, and many Americans (and probably Canadians, AFAIK) would share that question.

"Normal" hockey is known by its true name, Field Hockey.

When I was a kid I was the only girl at my lacrosse club. It just felt like a way for huge boys to beat me up without feeling guilty :p

Good God, you must be very athletic. If I played lacrosse, my bones would be broken repeatedly.

Also, nice link in your sig.

When I was a kid I was the only girl at my lacrosse club. It just felt like a way for huge boys to beat me up without feeling guilty :p

Hehe, Don't you mean 'you could beat up other boys without feeling guilty'?!

BASEBALL

also, I enjoy softball, the new fall season starts soon so I get to play, tons of fun.

"Normal" hockey is known by its true name, Field Hockey.

That would explain it. I wonder where field hockey is "normal" hockey.

Fencing - its almost the best thing in the world :)

Good God, you must be very athletic. If I played lacrosse, my bones would be broken repeatedly.
I haven't played in a while - going to uni and becoming lazy sorta got in the way :P I should really start again, I did enjoy it.

Also, nice link in your sig.
:D

Hehe, Don't you mean 'you could beat up other boys without feeling guilty'?!

It was probably more of a mutual beating :P

That would explain it. I wonder where field hockey is "normal" hockey.

In Ireland...lots of the Girls schools play hockey, and its definately in fields rether than on ice...

BASEBALL

also, I enjoy softball, the new fall season starts soon so I get to play, tons of fun.

What exactly is Softball?

In Ireland...lots of the Girls schools play hockey, and its definately in fields rether than on ice...

Not just the girls schools. I know plenty of mixed schools that play it

What exactly is Softball?

it's like baseball, but the ball is bigger and the field is smaller and yeah, a few rules are different.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball

It was probably more of a mutual beating :P

Haha, You better be pretty tough if you want to play it at Uni. A few of my mates did that and ouch... Scar for Life, Literally.

Haha, You better be pretty tough if you want to play it at Uni. A few of my mates did that and ouch... Scar for Life, Literally.
I stopped playing during uni in favour of lazing around playing music (far safer :p)

I stopped playing during uni in favour of lazing around playing music (far safer :p)

lol. Which one do you go to?

Fencing - its almost the best thing in the world :)

Fuck. Yes.

I haven't played in a while - going to uni and becoming lazy sorta got in the way :P I should really start again, I did enjoy it.

I'm sure it's quite a workout.

:D

:D

- Also IF YOU LIKE AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLEASE CHOOSE 'RUGBY' AS IT APPLYS TO BOTH. My bad. Sorry
Does not! American Football is a gazillion billion trillion million googolplex better! (No exaggeration.) How dare you suggest that they belong in the same poll option as something so lesser and inferior as rugby? Fie on you!

Anyway, I like cricket, hockey, and well... DUH. Look above.

lol. Which one do you go to?
Salford, graduated in July. I have enough free time now to take up sport again...I probably should, rather than becoming fat and lazy :P

i do kayaking but not in a while. i don't watch sport on tv anymore but i used to watch the world rally championships but i can't find it anymore.

I like female weight lifting and body building. I like a woman who's strong enough to clean and jerk me ;)

i do kayaking but not in a while. i don't watch sport on tv anymore but i used to watch the world rally championships but i can't find it anymore.

I tried kayaking with the uni last year before I hurt my back and I can honestly say it is one of the scariest things i've done when I was hurtling down rapids paddling my ass off

Does not! American Football is a gazillion billion trillion million googolplex better! (No exaggeration.) How dare you suggest that they belong in the same poll option as something so lesser and inferior as rugby? Fie on you!

Anyway, I like cricket, hockey, and well... DUH. Look above.

They aren' that different. Geez. Americans!

My favorite sports to do would be rowing and running. Rowing in particular is awesome. Works all the major muscle group and is one of the the best cardiovascular workouts. Its great for keeping fit.
In terms of watching, I like watching football/soccer and rugby (just the internationals though. I also love watching the olypmics.

They aren' that different. Geez. Americans!

They're very different no matter what you might like to think. Geez English ;)

Salford, graduated in July. I have enough free time now to take up sport again...I probably should, rather than becoming fat and lazy :P

My Brother goes to Stirling and I don't know where I'm gonna go.

They're very different no matter what you might like to think. Geez English ;)

Correction! 'Geez English' --> 'Geez Manx'!!!

Correction! 'Geez English' --> 'Geez Manx'!!!

Ah the previously living in England thing threw me. I assumed you were born and bred there. Fairy nuff

Ah the previously living in England thing threw me. I assumed you were born and bred there. Fairy nuff

Well, just to make it even more confusing. My Mum is Manx and my Gran and Grandad are Welsh.;)

Also Shlarg you're message is.... Interesting!

-American Football
-Ice Hockey
-Kendo/Iaido

Now, I know I selected Rugby, but I did read that as far as the poll was concerned, they were the same.
Rugby differs from American Football in at least one major way, to my discernment, and that is as follows:

I can watch American Football and know exactly what is going on at all times. I know the formations, the defenses, the routes and the blocking schemes.

I have watched two full games of rugby, and I asked myself through the whole scrum..."What the hell are they doing?"

-American Football
-Ice Hockey
-Kendo/Iaido

Now, I know I selected Rugby, but I did read that as far as the poll was concerned, they were the same.
Rugby differs from American Football in at least one major way, to my discernment, and that is as follows:

I can watch American Football and know exactly what is going on at all times. I know the formations, the defenses, the routes and the blocking schemes.

I have watched two full games of rugby, and I asked myself through the whole scrum..."What the hell are they doing?"

What's Kendo?

IPSC shooting. Rifle, pistol, shotgun. Real firearms, not Air.

Like this:

http://myoutdoortv.com/pdk/web/shooting.html?feedPID=vdVm7vpu7Wwhw_r0Lu85cQQt0fFcjTQ_

IPSC shooting. Rifle, pistol, shotgun. Real firearms, not Air.

Like this:

http://myoutdoortv.com/pdk/web/shooting.html?feedPID=vdVm7vpu7Wwhw_r0Lu85cQQt0fFcjTQ_

Impressive

sport I enjoy watching? I can stand to watch a little extreeme sports like - mostly snowboarding. Everything else is complete crap to watch as far as I am concerned. I don't mind violent outtakes of different boring sports though.

I like to snowboard as well and play tennis, badminton, volleyball and bowling.

Impressive

Yes, I do air but that. I can imagine that!:mp5:

What the hell is "Athletics"? :p

To watch: American football, soccer, ice hockey.

To play: American football, soccer, Ultimate frisbee, skiing, fencing.

Australian Rules Football and Cricket

What the hell is "Athletics"? :p


100 meters , 200 meters , Long jump , Hurdles , etc

What's Kendo?

Japanese fencing with a ratan 'sword' and much bulkier armor.

Looks like this (http://www.northeastaikikai.com/media/images/kendo.jpg).

I'd tell you what my favorite sport but it would start a dumb ass side track argument and I'm already arguing with enough dumbasses at the moment.

Fencing, as in sword fighting. I love that. I'm not bad either, it just it a national level in England.


http://www.fencingphotos.com/FencingPicts/040821_timacheff_AthensOlympicFencing_4686.jpg

Kendo~ and archery, and batminton, and anything on a horse ^_^

100 meters , 200 meters , Long jump , Hurdles , etc

Ah, we call that "track and field" here.

Ah, we call that "track and field" here.

You can go faster if you use your wallet or a comb to slide back and forth between the butto-...

What?


Oh...real track and field...

You can go faster if you use your wallet or a comb to slide back and forth between the butto-...

What?


Oh...real track and field...

hehe

I was gunna mention Wii Sports... :D

That would explain it. I wonder where field hockey is "normal" hockey.

Europe

hehe

I was gunna mention Wii Sports... :D

I'm old school ;p

Football -- NCAA (college) first, then NFL
- Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
- Green Bay Packers (NFL)

Basketball -- NCAA, then NBA
- Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
- Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers (NBA)

Baseball -- MLB
- Milwaukee Brewers

Soccer: Serie A, EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, internationals
- Favorite clubs (from those leagues) are AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, Deportivo, Dortmund, Marseille, Ajax
- Favorite international sides are USA & Italia
- Favorite player (at any level) is Andrea Pirlo

Hockey -- NHL & NCAA
- Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
- Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Football -- NCAA (college) first, then NFL
- Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
- Green Bay Packers (NFL)

Basketball -- NCAA, then NBA
- Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
- Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers (NBA)

Baseball -- MLB
- Milwaukee Brewers

Soccer: Serie A, EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, internationals
- Favorite clubs (from those leagues) are AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, Deportivo, Dortmund, Marseille, Ajax
- Favorite international sides are USA & Italia
- Favorite player (at any level) is Andrea Pirlo

Hockey -- NHL & NCAA
- Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
- Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Somebody from the state of Wisconsin? Naturally..all of these teams suck ass :D

Football(non-American) and Rugby. Cricket is ok at times.

Football(non-American) and Rugby. Cricket is ok at times.

Yeah, I like Footy even though I'm crap at it. I like watching Rugby. Criket I love playing but can't stand watching it. So boring!

What the hell is "Athletics"? :p

To watch: American football, soccer, ice hockey.

To play: American football, soccer, Ultimate frisbee, skiing, fencing.

Also, What the hell is 'Ultimate Frisbee'?! :p

Also, What the hell is 'Ultimate Frisbee'?! :p

Two teams throw a frisbee and attempt to get it into their opponets goal area for a score.

Also, What the hell is 'Ultimate Frisbee'?! :p

It's where hippies who wish they were jocks and jocks who wish they were hippies are able to converge...

It's where hippies who wish they were jocks and jocks who wish they were hippies are able to converge...

Um....I love playing ultimate frisbee and I do not wish to be a hippie.

Baseball.Just went up to the Hall of Fame a few days ago.

Cricket, football, rugby(both forms), tennis, athletics and tennis.

Strangely, I don't mind watching cricket; I can appreciate why people find it boring, amd do so myself on the TV, but watching the cricket at Lords or the Oval is a tremendous experiance.

Also, What the hell is 'Ultimate Frisbee'?! :p

The favorite physical activity of American college students. See Corneliu's post for the mechanics of the game, and Cannot think of a name's post for the spirit of the game. Ultimate is a sport for slackers, stoners, and "retired" former high school athletes. ;)

The favorite physical activity of American college students. See Corneliu's post for the mechanics of the game, and Cannot think of a name's post for the spirit of the game. Ultimate is a sport for slackers, stoners, and "retired" former high school athletes. ;)

I know several people who would disagree with you. Several of the people I know who played Ultimate Frisbee during the Intramural season were not slackers or stoners. As to retired athletes, that one I could grant you :D

Baseball, American football and soccer all jockey for top spot in my book. Also, I have recently begun to fall in love with watching tennis, surprisingly.

I know several people who would disagree with you. Several of the people I know who played Ultimate Frisbee during the Intramural season were not slackers or stoners. As to retired athletes, that one I could grant you :D

Hey, I only said they had to be one of the three. I only fit two of those categories myself. ;)

FIGHTING!!!!

oops. Not supposed to say anything about that. First two rules of my league are that I can't talk about it.

FIGHTING!!!!

oops. Not supposed to say anything about that. First two rules of my league are that I can't talk about it.

Someone has been watching to much Fight Club.

Never really watch anything except baseball and American football. Watched soccer a few times during the World Cup and got bored. Tried watching a rugby game i found on the internet and couldn't understand what the hell was going on. Hockey is alright but it really seems to be a more violent version of soccer so again, rarely watch.

Someone has been watching to much Fight Club.

The movie was just a starting point. After finding that there really was no local Fight Club, a buddy of mine rectified that. We take the first two rules a little jokingly, mostly as a guideline to not mention it around the water cooler so that some of the guys aren't mistakenly labeled violent or anti-social.

Cricket & Aussie Rules Football.

Go Pies!

I'm assuming you mean to participate in.

Rugby, Football(american) and paintball are my three favorite recreational sports. I also used to wrestle competitively in High School and for a year in college.

Cricket & Aussie Rules Football.

Go Pies!

'Aussie Rules Football' Don't really want to know how you play that...

Answer the question, What is your favourite sport?
Give your opinions here!

Poll coming!

- Please Note you can make as many choices as you like on the poll.

- Also IF YOU LIKE AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLEASE CHOOSE 'RUGBY' AS IT APPLYS TO BOTH. My bad. Sorry

To do, bowling. I don't watch much sports.

What's Kendo?

Ken = Sword
Do = Way

Kendo = The Way of the Sword.

Kendo is traditional, tounament-rules style Samurai swordfighting. It is very straightforward, very precise, and very fast. It is much like fencing, but quite a bit more manly and tough in so much that you actually take quite a beating if you're not careful in sparring.

Matches are three minutes or to two points. Points are awarded for extremely clean blows that two of the three referees agree would have killed the opponent.

Equipment: Shinai (a bamboo practice sword, not rattan, that is bound with leather.)
Bogu (Leather and lacquer armor)
Kote (Leather gloves that cover the top of the wrist to about the middle of the forearm)
Men (sturdy cloth and leather helmet with a steel facemask)
Keiko-gi (practice shirt)
Hakama (traditional Japanese pants)

Aside from the tournament sparring, there are also several katas that teach precision and fluidity in movement.

Ken = Sword
Do = Way

Kendo = The Way of the Sword.

Kendo is traditional, tounament-rules style Samurai swordfighting. It is very straightforward, very precise, and very fast. It is much like fencing, but quite a bit more manly and tough in so much that you actually take quite a beating if you're not careful in sparring.

Matches are three minutes or to two points. Points are awarded for extremely clean blows that two of the three referees agree would have killed the opponent.

Equipment: Shinai (a bamboo practice sword, not rattan, that is bound with leather.)
Bogu (Leather and lacquer armor)
Kote (Leather gloves that cover the top of the wrist to about the middle of the forearm)
Men (sturdy cloth and leather helmet with a steel facemask)
Keiko-gi (practice shirt)
Hakama (traditional Japanese pants)

Aside from the tournament sparring, there are also several katas that teach precision and fluidity in movement.

Woah! Awesome! Too bad they don't have Kendo lessons in the Isle of Man...

I haven't read the thread, but I'd guess that a lot of people would not be satisfied with these poll options, as they include neither Association Football nor American Football.

And don't try to tell me that Rugby and Football are the same. They're not, they share a few common things (running with an oval shaped ball and tackling, but even the exact way in which you do the latter is different) but are otherwise very different.

Of course, growing up mainly with football, I did not know much about rugby until my sis started playing it. It's a very different sport, it turns out.

Baseball and Cricket are somewhat similar, but still different sports.

Anyway, in order, my favorite sports are:

Football
Baseball
Crew
Rugby

The most popular sport in the world isn't included in the poll? GG.

Japanese fencing with a ratan 'sword' and much bulkier armor.

Looks like this (http://www.northeastaikikai.com/media/images/kendo.jpg).

I'd tell you what my favorite sport but it would start a dumb ass side track argument and I'm already arguing with enough dumbasses at the moment.

Curling?

The most popular sport in the world isn't included in the poll? GG.

No, actually, it's better with this one:

Curling?

Gaelic Football

No Ultimate Frisbee or Disc Golf? Sad day, indeed. :(

In this order:
Martial Arts, in general (as of right now, it's Tae Kwon Do and Capoeira)
Ultimate Frisbee
Disc Golf

flying lizzards

=^^=
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Football (soccer), by miles. The two popular sports in Australia, Australian rules and rugby league, are crap.

It is much like fencing, but quite a bit more manly and tough in so much that you actually take quite a beating if you're not careful in sparring.

I'm sure the man who died from fencing would take offense, as would I.

Sheep shearing.

Love Australian Rugby, but have to go with Wrestling(not the sanitized WWE crap), Sparring, and Hockey. ME LIKE HOCKEY!

I play rugby and cricket (mainly school) and I go to Anfield every week to watch Liverpool.

I play rugby and cricket (mainly school) and I go to Anfield every week to watch Liverpool.

Good on you mate. I wish I could go and see United more than once or twice a season, but meh.:)

Justice.

College hockey a la Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The kind where you can check people into the boards (though not from behind) and they don't go crying to mommy. The kind where you still have decent hockey fights.

Before you ask, no, I'm not from Minnesota. Close, though.

That's a pretty dud poll I have to say. Mine's there (cricket - truly the sport of kings) but "rugby" shouldn't really cover rugby union, rugby league and American football. Lots of Aussies like AFL/Aussie Rules football too.

And I'm pretty sure soccer, or "football" for everybody except Americans and Australians, is by far the most popular sport in the world. (It's kind of like leaving China and India out of a "biggest populations in the world" poll.)

Baseball, biking, tennis, and shooting.

There is only one sport and hockey be thy name. All else is for p*ssies as, if they had the cojones for it, they'd be trying to do their sports at a higher rate of speed while balanced on two razor-sharp blades of steel.

Of course, for intellectual adults the ultimate blood sport will always be politics ;)

Fencing (not the kendo, the lame European kind).

Although I am also interested in the Scottish sport that involves throwing the equivalent of a small tree in weight and shape (to watch, not play). Anybody remember what that's called? Caber, maybe?