tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post4867376013758602513..comments2024-03-12T00:36:02.830-07:00Comments on sweatpantsmom: A Not-So-Sporting Life.sweatpantsmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501471972355692992noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-12671015082491080442007-05-03T20:45:00.000-07:002007-05-03T20:45:00.000-07:00I'm all for team jumprope competitions. Sign me up...I'm all for team jumprope competitions. Sign me up.<BR/><BR/>I'll trip, of course. But it would be fun for the first 45 seconds.Jaelithehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-75486167946219397782007-05-02T00:59:00.000-07:002007-05-02T00:59:00.000-07:00If your girls had a freeze tag tourney, it'd be ha...If your girls had a freeze tag tourney, it'd be hard to keep my boys (and girl) away.<BR/><BR/>Team sports are too much work these days (only 33 days to go until baseball is over) and those competitive parents are killing me.<BR/><BR/>Carriecarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-60021611192075509302007-05-01T09:37:00.000-07:002007-05-01T09:37:00.000-07:00I signed my 3.5 y/o to basketball with through out...I signed my 3.5 y/o to basketball with through out town and he sat on my lap for 45 minutes and played for 15. Needless to say, that was the last time. He's doing soccer and seems to enjoy it but who knows...he'd rather be playing tag with his siblings any day.wayabettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993697296070707945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-17876813555334607032007-05-01T09:07:00.000-07:002007-05-01T09:07:00.000-07:00I didn't play many team sports. Well, volleyball ...I didn't play many team sports. Well, volleyball and softball, but I only did that in the summer.<BR/><BR/>I think it's a good experience though. Especially for kids!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-15512374842174764252007-04-28T17:35:00.000-07:002007-04-28T17:35:00.000-07:00I hate team sports or any competetive sports becau...I hate team sports or any competetive sports because I am a SORE LOSER. Seriously. I like to swim because I can do it alone and I'm not racing anyone. I finish and I tell myself, "Damn! You're GOOD." Then I give myself a first place ribbon and go home.OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-70444125696226873472007-04-28T07:09:00.000-07:002007-04-28T07:09:00.000-07:00I love to hear the birdie from a wild game of badm...I love to hear the birdie from a wild game of badmitton wizz past my ear. The plastic ping gets my blood going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-91248242602662723362007-04-28T03:58:00.000-07:002007-04-28T03:58:00.000-07:00Kira's on the cutting edge. Jumping rope is hottt!...Kira's on the cutting edge. Jumping rope is hottt! (Have you seen the Disneyfied double-dutch movie Jump In?) Lately I've been watching in shock as my daughter and her friends jump rope and sing, "A is for Alice my husband's name is Albert we live in Arizona and we sell Apples B is for..."Ruth Dynamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161626814106717754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-3444648882097797322007-04-27T18:05:00.000-07:002007-04-27T18:05:00.000-07:00Word.I think alot of parents enroll their kids in ...Word.<BR/><BR/>I think alot of parents enroll their kids in sports in order to live vicariously through them. (I said ALOT, not ALL. Parents of kids who actually LIKE sports, please don't attack me.)<BR/><BR/>I speak through experience - my parents pretty much forced me to play softball through my childhood - my dad was a semi-pro player. It totally turned me off to any kind of team sports and athletics as an adult.<BR/><BR/>-annieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-42524204728257884342007-04-27T13:50:00.000-07:002007-04-27T13:50:00.000-07:00You know... My son was too busy chatting up the gi...You know... My son was too busy chatting up the girls on the other team to actually PLAY soccer last year. Sigh... So, yeah, I know what you mean. But if there's ever a "ride your bike with training wheels at less than 5 miles per hour for a half an hour" sort of game, I think grandma (uh, Seth) would be totally into it.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08527762200993175239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-67957548308349952692007-04-27T09:04:00.000-07:002007-04-27T09:04:00.000-07:00ummm.. TOTALLY OFF TOPIC here, but um.. how the h...ummm.. TOTALLY OFF TOPIC here, but um.. how the heck do you have 5 because i said so dvd's to donate dammit?!?!?!! i looked at that whole list of prizes and those 5 dvd's are ALL i want! LOL.. i had been planning on buying a few when it came out as gifts for my mom and sister... and now you! you! have 5 to give away??!?!!! *dies*j.sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07704830625784773198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-82780227594105446652007-04-27T07:50:00.000-07:002007-04-27T07:50:00.000-07:00I love hopscotch. Love it!And jumprope. Redlight g...I love hopscotch. Love it!<BR/>And jumprope. Redlight greenlight, what time is it mr wolf.<BR/><BR/>How about who can fly the highest in the swing? <BR/>These all bring back great memories.crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-72741536657359904802007-04-26T23:14:00.000-07:002007-04-26T23:14:00.000-07:00Jump-rope! That's great.I wish more parents were l...Jump-rope! That's great.<BR/><BR/>I wish more parents were like this (I am).<BR/><BR/>Kids in organized sports are under so much pressure, it sure takes the fun out of being a kid.Creative-Type Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13594687030412942701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-53656857469179641552007-04-26T21:27:00.000-07:002007-04-26T21:27:00.000-07:00The thing I seem to remember about team sports as ...The thing I seem to remember about team sports as a kid is I asked to do the activities (swimming, volleyball, and track). My 7 yr. old daughter has asked for specific things (dance, tennis and now basketball and horseback riding). I figure if she's interested in it she's definitely going to enjoy it more than if I signed her up because she needs the extra ciricular crap for college appliciation. <BR/><BR/>She was in soccer at two and a half which was hilarious. These little guys would kick the ball and then run in the opposite direction to the monkey bars- which had me howling with laughter- but some parents took it really seriously. They scare me,urban-urchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001320142893492171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-60033014339618602922007-04-26T21:26:00.000-07:002007-04-26T21:26:00.000-07:00Thanks. Now I don't feel so alone. What's worse, ...Thanks. Now I don't feel so alone. What's worse, I have boys who have no interest in team sports. They do love their bikes, though, and their skateboards. <BR/><BR/>But you're right - there's alot of pressure to put them on the baseball team. They refuse, though, so I won't force them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-35444162626034443112007-04-26T17:46:00.000-07:002007-04-26T17:46:00.000-07:00I never played team sports.. only tennis. My husba...I never played team sports.. only tennis. My husband's genes are obviously stronger.. My girls tried netball (which I know you don't have over there but it's a team sport mainly played by women - popular in Australia and other Commonwealth countries) only because it was held at the one venue and I didn't have to drive them all over the countryside every Saturday like they did with soccer. Unfortunately they loved it, and are good at it, and have ended up playing at (regional level)rep level, and me, the non-netball-playing/never-played-team-sports mother has been sucked into the committee, and driving them around to training and carnivals. What can you do when they've tried a team sport and love it? <BR/><BR/>My middle daughter in particular has been a natural at running and swimming and dancing even, but absolutely hates the limelight that individual success brings, yet she loves sharing the limelight that team success brings. *shrugs*<BR/><BR/>So <I>please</I> don't tar us all with the same brush. Not all parents of kids who play team sports are obsessive about it. Some of us are just supporting their kids doing something they enjoy. (At the same time we also do other non-team active stuff with them. Like camping, and bushwalking, and riding bikes - tandems and a triplet actually! - on long rides. But believe me, our kids also know how to sloth!!<BR/><BR/>[Sorry this is long.. but I get a bit peturbed about being categorized!]Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906909599853950560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-34103602916843058302007-04-26T17:27:00.000-07:002007-04-26T17:27:00.000-07:00We tried our first attempt at a t-ball clinic for ...We tried our first attempt at a t-ball clinic for 4 & 5 yr olds last fall...our son would sit out in the field with his glove off & his finger up his nose. He obviously has the skillz of his dad & I. None (yet).FENICLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933260775407897696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-50923714477592233752007-04-26T12:46:00.000-07:002007-04-26T12:46:00.000-07:00I LOVE this. I was a sports nerd, too growing up. ...I LOVE this. I was a sports nerd, too growing up. Now I'm afraid my daughter takes after me - can't run or throw a ball to save her life. So no teams in her future, only skateboarding.<BR/><BR/>But I have my weekends free!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-77967238376536347142007-04-26T12:25:00.000-07:002007-04-26T12:25:00.000-07:00I was never involved in sports when I was a kid so...I was never involved in sports when I was a kid so it's not something I really think of for mine, you know? We signed J up for soccer last summer and we probably will again this year, but it's less her wanting to play and more feeding the Italian Stallion and the whole MUST REPRESENT ITALY thing lurking deep within my husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-25162056813243165982007-04-26T12:12:00.000-07:002007-04-26T12:12:00.000-07:00I know that look! The look of suspicion when I rev...I know that look! The look of suspicion when I reveal that my every waking moment is not spent at a practice or game. When scheduling a dinner date is just not that hard because we are never out of town for tournaments. They're just jealous that they don't have the willpower to just say no to a life ruled by sports events.Pieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848165705000588114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-2881790819165608632007-04-26T10:05:00.000-07:002007-04-26T10:05:00.000-07:00Oh, this post/comments make me feel so much better...Oh, this post/comments make me feel so much better! I have 3 kids under nine and except for a basketball clinic and a season of ballet, we're not involved in sports. If/when they want to, fine, but for now I'm letting them just be. I'm always hearing mothers tell of the Friday to Sunday packed weekend they have, soccer this, drama that, while I'm thinking, "Hmm, Saturday morning we piled on my bed and ate doughnuts." From 8 to 18 my whole life was tennis and I hated it. No one will even broach the topic with me lest they incur my wrath. So thanks for an awesome post and for reinforcing that there is life, a fabulous life, beyond team sports. Mmmwah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-1589641779510653582007-04-26T08:38:00.000-07:002007-04-26T08:38:00.000-07:00I really, really like this post and have another b...I really, really like this post and have another backyard game suggestion for you. Like croquet, you walk short distances, but unlike croquet you can hang onto your grappa or vino without having to share your hands with a mallet. Bocci ball. Fantastico!<BR/><BR/>Loved Kira's jumprope answer, as well. When our son Colin was the same age, he was having his passport picture taken and the photographer, trying to relax him and get a less weird smile, asked him where he went to school and his favorite subject. Colin thought long and hard and sincerely said, "Needlework." (we lived in England). It wasn't too much longer when his dad had him playing soccer, cricket and asking a coach if his boy was old enough for rugby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-68129891684056908232007-04-26T08:35:00.000-07:002007-04-26T08:35:00.000-07:00OK we are so you. Roy just set up the badminton s...OK we are so you. Roy just set up the badminton set. My kids just want to play sports for fun, so that keeps us from team sports. <BR/>I'm sending this post to Roy, he won't believe that their truly are others like us.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427175530813402719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-50267422146791003162007-04-26T06:54:00.000-07:002007-04-26T06:54:00.000-07:00we've yet to encounter the whole sports thing...bu...we've yet to encounter the whole sports thing...but i hope when we do...our kids will be interested. For me however, it's not that I don't want to play sports, i do i do,...but instead I don't want them to take over their life and to overwhelm them with TOOOO MANY activities.<BR/><BR/>- Jon<BR/>- Daddy Detective<BR/>- www.daddydetective.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-63364780876686323522007-04-26T06:07:00.000-07:002007-04-26T06:07:00.000-07:00Love this post. My daughter is seven, and she has ...<B>Love</B> this post. My daughter is seven, and she has yet to participate in a team sport. Glad to know we're not the only weird ones.landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841971.post-84766374188170345072007-04-26T05:45:00.000-07:002007-04-26T05:45:00.000-07:00You need to move in next door. My kids consider ju...You need to move in next door. My kids consider jumping on the trampoline and playing marco-polo in the pool the height of sporting activities. <BR/><BR/>Last time Rory was on a basketball team she wore a skort, brightly colored tights and hi-tops. She interrupted a team pow-wow by suggesting that they all tie their little over jerseys at the waist to make them fit better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com