So.. remember my thread about not wanting to join basketball

[remoteman]

Quit and do a real sport, like fencing or rifle shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantages for you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Teams are smaller, so it's easier to make friends.

 

 

 

- You have the option to participate in individual events.

 

 

 

- It's more fun to practice, and more rewarding to be good at.

 

 

 

- For fencing, matches are fast-paced. For rifle shooting, you don't have to move around too much.

 

 

 

- Playing with weapons is more manly than chasing a sweaty guy with a ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disadvantages?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- None. If football jocks want to make fun of you for doing either sport, you can always remind them that you are capable of killing them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You sound so much like my friend it's not funny rofl, and he fences and does ju jitz su (i have absolutly no idea how to spell that, it's a martial art). Everyone in my school has to do a sport until there in their final year, where they have to do just one semester. If u don't want to, then as said, sit your parents down. If you want a sport for picking up chicks (which is incredibly lame) surfing is the way to go, and you get a great tan :wink: Although depending on where u live it may be a bit hard lol.

[Mamong]

Personally, I love basketball, but no one plays it at school (Aussies don't really like b-ball.) I follow the Lakers in the NBA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for going off topic, find a sport you like, your parents will be happy as long as your playing some form of sport, find something you like.

[forsaken]

Personally, I love basketball, but no one plays it at school (Aussies don't really like b-ball.) I follow the Lakers in the NBA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry for going off topic, find a sport you like, your parents will be happy as long as your playing some form of sport, find something you like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT?!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, had to say that. I don't know where in Australia you live, but here I thought a substantial number of Aussies loved bball, myself included. In fact I'm in a school which is a part of the GPS [Greater Public Schools] competition, and we play against other schools on saturdays in a variety of sports - basketball being one of the favourites. Come to think of it, I played basketball Monday night, this afternoon [Wednesday] and I'm going early tomorrow morning to play with friends @ our school gym.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In fact, every school I know of plays basketball. X:

[leila]

 

Quit and do a real sport, like fencing or rifle shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantages for you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Teams are smaller, so it's easier to make friends.

 

 

 

- You have the option to participate in individual events.

 

 

 

- It's more fun to practice, and more rewarding to be good at.

 

 

 

- For fencing, matches are fast-paced. For rifle shooting, you don't have to move around too much.

 

 

 

- Playing with weapons is more manly than chasing a sweaty guy with a ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disadvantages?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- None. If football jocks want to make fun of you for doing either sport, you can always remind them that you are capable of killing them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You sound so much like my friend it's not funny rofl, and he fences and does ju jitz su (i have absolutly no idea how to spell that, it's a martial art). Everyone in my school has to do a sport until there in their final year, where they have to do just one semester. If u don't want to, then as said, sit your parents down. If you want a sport for picking up chicks (which is incredibly lame) surfing is the way to go, and you get a great tan :wink: Although depending on where u live it may be a bit hard lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jujitsu.

 

 

 

I am being taught Tae-Kwon-Do, I started three years ago and didn't like it, but now after how many times i've been there I realize, I still don't like it! :roll:

[Zorro]

So you mean you rather play runescape then be on the basketball team?

[cadburys_egg]

So you mean you rather play runescape then be on the basketball team?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where did he mention he wanted to play runescape than basketball?

[Fadfdfd]

 

So you mean you rather play runescape then be on the basketball team?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where did he mention he wanted to play runescape than basketball?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That was the exact same question I was thinking when I heard that :shock:

[runemetsa]

So you mean you rather play runescape then be on the basketball team?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runescape>sports = Geekism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just keep telling your parents that you hate playing B-ball. They might (seem to) have a fixation with their kid being a b-ball star, but keep telling them that it just isn't for you. If there's any understanding in them, they'll let you stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If they don't get you; pity - you're doomed.

[Fadfdfd]

Runescape>sports = Geekism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I totally agree. I have never played Runescape more than 4 hours straight and I find it more as a hobby than a 10 hours a day job. Your health and schoolwork are far more important than a game. Maybe you don't like basketball, that doesn't mean there aren't other ways to stay healthy and spend less time on the Computer! Ask your parents for a membership at your local gym and go and lift weights and run and bike there. It is a lot more fun than you may believe. It's fun and you know you are becoming healthy, oh and girls go for guys with good bodies : if that concerns you. Especially when you go to like, pool parties and stuff. :D

[nicrune007]

argh basketball is fun!

 

 

 

but i nvr got forced to a sport b4...

[edicius]

 

My mom forced me back in it and I absolutely cannot stand it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have no friends on that team.

 

 

 

I do everything wrong.

 

 

 

The games are sooo long...

 

 

 

I've lost all interest in playing, period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I can't quit, noooo. :(

 

 

 

My family thinks it's just a waste of talent. And if I do end up quitting, I'll just regret it all. I don't have much to do afterschool anyway, but basketball isn't exactly what I want to do.. :?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone else ever been forced into a sport?

 

 

 

If your so bad at it then it wouldn't be a waste of talent?

 

 

 

And would regretting quiting be worse than all the stuff you don't like about it?

 

 

 

I'm actually good at it. Not to be conceited, but I've been playing since I was 5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm just not as good as some of the other people on the team. And I forget some of the plays or do them wrong and the whole team has to pay by running or whatnot. I hate messing up. =/

[Sir_Alex85]

None. If football jocks want to make fun of you for doing either sport, you can always remind them that you are capable of killing them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XD Very nice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm with the other posters. Tell your mom you have no interest in playing, then quit.

[Fadfdfd]

 

 

 

Take up skateboarding. Skaters get more chicks than basketball players ANYDAY. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad advice.. If he takes up skateboarding he's just a poser. And it seems to me jocks get more girls than skaters since skaters tend to fall into the who emo scene. (No, we're not starting an emo bashing session here.). Most preppy girls are hot, it's harder to find an emo girl that's hot. If he wants to go skater, I'll support him just so long as he isn't just becoming a poser. Though he'd better not become emo all of a sudden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since when did having a girlfriend become all about being her being hot? I'd take an ugly girl with a great personality any day. For those of you who think otherwise, I think a good look at this book might change your mind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Stargirl" - Jerry Spinelli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Really did change my whole thought on stuff like that..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, thats all fun and good, but i dont see how you can have a good relationship unless youre actually attracted to eacher. Its not everything but it isnt trivial either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I leave it to you at this, and sorry for the late post, My ex-girlfriend, we had been friends for a full year last year. Always flirted during French, as our teacher lets us talk all we want \ , and talked and all that. She had liked me all along to my understanding. I started liking her Mid-May at the end. Since I had hung out with her so much, I began to think she was hot or cute. I never believed that at the beginning of the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at it this way, listen to a song you've never heard and listen to it a ton of times, not all in a row, but over a month or so. Guarenteed that if you listen to it enough, you will love that song. Happened to me,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autopilot Off - Clockwork

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's living proof. It works the same for everything else. :

[jackattack]

 

practice basketball and the sport would become fun for u

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

btw, if u said u do "everything" wrong, how did u make the team through tryouts? :?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practicing doesn't make a sport fun. Sure, it's fun to show off for the opposite sex, but no matter how good you are, it can still be boring as hell. And now all schools have tryouts for teams. In my school some sports have tryouts and others don't, but those that don't only let the best players actually play in games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

no, if your good it is more fun. whats more fun sitting on the bench half the game and when you play you arent good so you just pass it back to the good kids or playing the whole game and scoring a lot?

[mixand]

 

Take up skateboarding. Skaters get more chicks than basketball players ANYDAY. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad advice.. If he takes up skateboarding he's just a poser. And it seems to me jocks get more girls than skaters since skaters tend to fall into the who emo scene. (No, we're not starting an emo bashing session here.). Most preppy girls are hot, it's harder to find an emo girl that's hot. If he wants to go skater, I'll support him just so long as he isn't just becoming a poser. Though he'd better not become emo all of a sudden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so because i skate.. im a poser and an emo.. sorry but that seams the opposite of me, don't stereotype please.

[jackattack]

 

 

Quit and do a real sport, like fencing or rifle shooting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantages for you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Teams are smaller, so it's easier to make friends.

 

 

 

- You have the option to participate in individual events.

 

 

 

- It's more fun to practice, and more rewarding to be good at.

 

 

 

- For fencing, matches are fast-paced. For rifle shooting, you don't have to move around too much.

 

 

 

- Playing with weapons is more manly than chasing a sweaty guy with a ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disadvantages?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- None. If football jocks want to make fun of you for doing either sport, you can always remind them that you are capable of killing them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You sound so much like my friend it's not funny rofl, and he fences and does ju jitz su (i have absolutly no idea how to spell that, it's a martial art). Everyone in my school has to do a sport until there in their final year, where they have to do just one semester. If u don't want to, then as said, sit your parents down. If you want a sport for picking up chicks (which is incredibly lame) surfing is the way to go, and you get a great tan :wink: Although depending on where u live it may be a bit hard lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jujitsu.

 

 

 

I am being taught Tae-Kwon-Do, I started three years ago and didn't like it, but now after how many times i've been there I realize, I still don't like it! :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did he just say quit basketball to play a real sport like fencing or shooting?

 

 

 

is he kidding? really cause i cant tell. and howver said skaters get more girls than basketball players umm is he kidding too?

[deloriagod]

Runescape>sports = Geekism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm going to have to disagree. Life > sports. I live my life to its fullest without the use of video games (other than DDR) and sports. My life went from crap to great in just a few months of quitting video games and not going out of a sports team. I spend lots of time with my friends and it's so much better than what I used to do. I'd like everyone to go spend a few hours with your friends, but don't play video games. There are tons of things to do and you'll have so much fun. If not, I'm sorry I wasted your time. You might as well go back to playing your little games.. (Nad, don't start with me about this :P )

[iceman2222]

well several things, one its not bad parenting its good parenting... if the worst thing to come from doing this is failure then it should be an easy decision, PLAY, you will have much more difficult decisions in life than this. Also if looking back on this and knowing you played all you can say is well i coulda been sitting at home playing on the computer, then you made the right choice, but if you look back on this and say well if i woulda played what woulda happened then you made the wrong choice. If it was football it would be a different story, a child being afraid and not wanting to play football can get them very badly hurt while in the game but this is basketball much less physical the worst thing that could happen is not succeeding, you got it easy, Play.

[jackattack]

well several things, one its not bad parenting its good parenting... if the worst thing to come from doing this is failure then it should be an easy decision, PLAY, you will have much more difficult decisions in life than this. Also if looking back on this and knowing you played all you can say is well i coulda been sitting at home playing on the computer, then you made the right choice, but if you look back on this and say well if i woulda played what woulda happened then you made the wrong choice. If it was football it would be a different story, a child being afraid and not wanting to play football can get them very badly hurt while in the game but this is basketball much less physical the worst thing that could happen is not succeeding, you got it easy, Play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

basketball is just as physical as football. just not the whole point is hitting someone. ever heard of taking a charge? standing there and letting a guy who is going full speed run you down.

[Zonorhc]

Did he just say quit basketball to play a real sport like fencing or shooting?

 

 

 

Yes I did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's your point? I'd rather stab someone or shoot a target than chase a sweaty dude to get a ball, which I then need to put into a hole in some grandiose Freudian display of testosterone.

[jackattack]

 

Did he just say quit basketball to play a real sport like fencing or shooting?

 

 

 

Yes I did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's your point? I'd rather stab someone or shoot a target than chase a sweaty dude to get a ball, which I then need to put into a hole in some grandiose Freudian display of testosterone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

um id rather play a sport that reqiures skill then swing a a stick around.

 

 

 

and shooting isnt a sport it is an activity.

[rocketman089]

 

Did he just say quit basketball to play a real sport like fencing or shooting?

 

 

 

Yes I did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's your point? I'd rather stab someone or shoot a target than chase a sweaty dude to get a ball, which I then need to put into a hole in some grandiose Freudian display of testosterone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If im not mistaken, that post was a "Freudian display of testerone" too :?

[Zonorhc]

If im not mistaken, that post was a "Freudian display of testerone" too :?

 

 

 

I don't see the Freudian connotations. Care to point them out?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

um id rather play a sport that reqiures skill then swing a a stick around.

 

 

 

and shooting isnt a sport it is an activity.

 

 

 

When you can hit a 12cm wide target at 500m, you can talk about requiring skill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you can parry two attacks half a second apart while retreating and be able to switch to a lunging riposte within another half a second, you can talk about skill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I played football and basketball before taking up a foil and ep̮̩̉̉e. They have nothing on the skill and sheer speed of fencing.

[rocketman089]

 

If im not mistaken, that post was a "Freudian display of testerone" too :?

 

 

 

I don't see the Freudian connotations. Care to point them out?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was less about using outdated psychology than basically saying you should chill out. If basketball is too simpleton for you, so be it. To each their own

[Zonorhc]

It was less about using outdated psychology than basically saying you should chill out. If basketball is too simpleton for you, so be it. To each their own

 

 

 

I didn't say that. What I was saying is that if he doesn't want to play basketball, but his parents still want him to play a sport, he should try something that suits his particular needs more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He did imply that he would like to be able to make friends within a team and all that.