Giving up your favourite competitive sport
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Maybe u used to represent your sch, participated in tournaments or even playing/competing regularly with other teams/individuals.
But at some point in your life, u were forced to or willingly decided to hang up your boots - due to Age, injuries, or some reasons, etc.
It can be any competitive sports.
Basketball, soccer , netball, volleyball, hockey, swimming, floorball, etc.
After which, did u pick up a new sport?
Care to share your experience -
i am not good in any sport...
But i am good in using revolver... Top in my school sia...
But couldn't get top 10 during the competition with other school...
haiz then i no chance to go again liao... -
Yeah, I used to love table tennis and I did play in competitions. I guess there were better players in school and I got knocked out.
It was so depressing, but ever since quitting the game, I got more into running and gymming..
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i din relli give it up
i had real intensive training for 4years in sec sch oredi.......
i felt tt it was enough.......
after tt, the institution i went to does not have this ECA, nor the facilities for this sport...........so i had to do something else.......something much less siong......
plus, getting old oredi.......
now im just proud to have been there, done that -
used to participate in bball tournaments but didnt continue to play it competitively anymore.. its liked i have been there and done that and achieved what realistically i can achieve.. now it back to just enjoying the game at a friendlier pace.
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Taekwondo.
I suffered a complete ACL tear. It's been almost 2 years since operation but I have no guts to go back to training.
Sometimes i feel that my knee is not ready yet. Occasionally my knee feels weak. Dunno why
(alamak. what's with this "New members must wait 5 minutes in between their first 20 posts."..non-sense ) -
hey, same injury.
I had my time too, but those days were short-lived.
Sometimes u wish to relive those days.
During those years i sustained some bad injuries.
But the particularly bad one was when I ruptured the ligaments in my right knee after i fell awkwardly.- it left me sidelined for almost 8 months
I knew that the rehabilitation was going to be long and hard, but i wasn't going to give up.
Even with all the intensive rehab and physio, it took me 2 years to recover completely.
After which, I thought i still had the potential to rediscover that form.
Only to realise how far i have fallen behind in the pecking order.
After so many self defeating frustrating years, i was forced to reconsider.
Till today, whenever i turn on the sports channel, whenever i watch a game of soccer, i get that nostalgic feeling.
For someone who was once offered the chance to play for Marine Castle youth team, a very bitter pill to swallow indeed. -
Injured nearly all parts of my body... but still alive, have not given up on any yet... although for some sports, the intensity is reduced greatly.
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I never really entered any competitive sports during my school days. However I never put them aside despite aging and having less time for it. (Imagine work, time with family, friends from diff groups, personal time, enrichment courses... Imagine having a partner wld take away even more time...)
In fact I am training myself physically to better equip and prepare myself! Standard Charted here I come! Registration started liao~~~
Football too! Wait till I get my knee to a better shape!
I am going to post another article in AA soon! Hopefully I can spend more time here...
*Hint: Its not just about crying in the heart... but its also smth about the human... or SG society in particular.