Giving up your favourite competitive sport

royale9 SG

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

popikachu SG

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...

UrPwned SG

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.. Smile

FireIce SG

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

alan- SG

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.

array0 SG

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 )

royale9 SG

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.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

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.

Bontakun SG

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.

Razz