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what sport did you play in highschool/college?

So it seems as if alot of lesbians played a sport at some point, or still do. I was a swimmer in highschool (I think I might be a rare breed).

What was/is your sport? What do you think is the most common sport for lesbians?


jojorockin's picture

Softball, Bowling and

Softball, Bowling and Basketball in High School and Soccer and Softball in College.I think lesbians play all kinds of sports but people(not really sure who) say somehow softball just goes with lesbians. Maybe it has to do with smacking big balls into the outfield. haha.
cowgirlumhum's picture

Sports lover

 

 

I played on the golf team all through high school.

Recreationally only, I played basketball with neighborhood kids, and was average-good.

For viewing, I love to watch football, the X games, golf, basketball, soccer and LaCrosse when I can.

oneeyedchicken's picture

another sports lover!

I used to play basketball, then soccer and voleyball. Then I had to stop doing that kind of sport and started playing table tennis. Then I could return to soccer.

and now... well i don't practice any sport any more..... :(

bringbackbeats's picture

Well I am still in

Well I am still in highschool, (last year).

Before I got sick I played soccer, netball and touch. I attended swimming training before school, and did long-distance running of an afternoon before my team sports. On Sundays I went to surf life saving, and occasionaly entered myself in triathlons on Saturdays. During recess at school I would train at the gym.

I really love sports, all sports really. I love it when my body aches. I dunno, I havent done anything for a while. Yeah, I am really quite scrawny now which is dissapointing.

pixieninja's picture

sporty girls

I did track and field (mostly sprints/relays), netball, basketball and a wee spot of swimming at school. I spent a lot of my time outside high school at t+f training or attending competitions - was on the national schools team and training squad for a while :o)

From upper high school through to the end of my undergrad studies I was a coach/team manager/vacation sports counsellor, which was soooo much fun! I realy love to be doing that again.

Nowadays I run for fun - need to do more!!! - rollerblade in summer and swim sometimes. I love watching sports especially crazy things like skijumping or the amazingly technical like gymnastics.  

I agree with edie above, the feeling after a hard circuit workout or a run is great - you can't beat it!

1cor13's picture

Volleyball


I was a jumper (high jump, long jump) and a runner (short and long distances) at elementary school and a volleyball player at Medical School. I was well known not for my academic performances, but as the leader of women's volleyball club at Med School to my parents' dismay. I self-taught this sport, because no one did, and stirred the otherwise peaceful fitness club of female medical students' volleyball club. I felt resistance to say the least, but thought, "what's wrong with aiming at winning?", then put this into practice. It's remarkable that no one quit. We were victorious in the end and I feel deep satisfaction to this day. I still play volleyball with people half my age for fun. Now I'm more skilled at looking as if I was trying hard! 
KeightieO's picture

Cheerleading... :/

I only did it for 9th grade for 1 semester. It was a total bust, I only joined to make some friends. They all ended up being boring shallow rednecks. I was in really good shape though.

KeightieO's picture

O wait! and Tennis & Golf & Basketball

I forgot to include what I do for fun. Like, I just hate serious competive team sports, it's too stressful for me. But I enjoy tennis, golf, & basketball every now and then for fun with family and friends.
Spice's picture

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I played football (soccer) in highschool :-)

 

 

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman" - Virginia Woolf

 

 

cplanethero's picture

Numerous

I played soccer, cricket, tennis, basketball and i was also into surfing, swimming, athletics, x-country, skiing and skateboarding.

rarticalsista's picture

sports

Cricket all throughout school, soccer, volleyball, handball, rugby union cos girls were not allowed to play rugby leage, Union is more dangerous so I don't get it. Indoor Hockey and have always played Golf ever since I can remember
The Emperor Has No Clothes's picture

None :(, I am the least

None :(, I am the least athletic person I've ever met.
Que9's picture

rugby!

In highschool I did soccer, alpine ski racing, and track (I threw the discus) Now in college, I play rugby and it is my absolute favorite.
Drowner605's picture

I played a bit of softball

I played a bit of softball in highschool. I sucked hardcore though. But my school didn't have a girls soccer team so it was the next best thing.
-Rin-'s picture

Softball and soccer.

As a kid I played softball, then started again in grade nine. I also played a bit of soccer. Still being in high school, I don't play any sports.. I am a lazy ass. :]
riely_franco's picture

basketball

even though i play basketball now im in college i did not join the varsity team.. and that's one of the biggest mistake in my life...
jthomasbojin's picture

Rowing

I rowed for four years of highschool. It was awesome actually. What was not awesome was the drama that came from tossing nine overtired girls into a boat at 5:30 every morning. Now that I'm in University I've said no to drama and taken up the noble sport of going to the gym (alone!)
JHB's picture

I played......

tennis......I been playing all my life.
sklouise82's picture

I played

Volleyball, softball and walked on to the Basketball team at the University of Wyoming.  State Champion in track in high school and played all of the above sports and golf and skiing.  Last two years of college I was on the ski team.
wwwhhhhhaaaattt's picture

I'm with you on the rare breed

I was on my high school swimming team for two years. I mostly did freestyle and backstroke. And i played water polo for four years,mostly center back on that one.I also played golf for 2 years. I love sports so i love to play basketball,softball,soccer, tennis and volleyball just for fun.
melissasue's picture

everything i could

i played on competative volleyball and basketball traveling teams since i was in like 4th grade.  and in high school i played volleyball, basketball and was a thrower on the track team.  i went to college on a volleyball scholarship, but that experience was cut short when i broke both legs and an arm in a car wreck the beginning of my sophomore year.  i now coach volleyball and basketball, so i occasionally get in on a game here and there.  it's hard to play against these young kids and not be able to be as competative as i was once was.
lonelily's picture

soccer, cross country, and

soccer, cross country, and tennis! 
Merinda's picture

everything!

i think i tried just about everyhting during high school...

i was never the best at anything, but was always on the swim team, the athletics team for middle distance, cross coiuntry team. I've played netball since the minute we were allowed to start at age 9, I tried tennis, gymnastics, indoor soccer, LOVED touch rugby during high school...

 and I've done jazz, tap, ballet and modern theatre dance since I was 5- but I still maintain dance isnt a sport :-)

brownsuga's picture

field hockey, squash

In high school I played field hockey, squash, track and field(sprints, hurdles, middle distance, high jump and long jump). I college I played squash and basketball.

Now I play squash, road running, swimming and weight lifting. I'd love to enter figure/physique competitions(not body building) but I'm not sure I have the discipline to carry off the strict training and diet regime that goes with that...

And I must confess, I just cannot picture myself with a partner who's not active. I love fit girls

Nanaki's picture

Tae kwon do...

I participated actively in badminton tournoments and also did track and field events (sprints and relays) throughout my school and college life.

Of all the sports I play, I am still a Taekwondo lover. I have been doing TKD since I was 13 before stopping for 2 years due to my busy scehdule. Anyway, I am getting back on track again and hopefully I will have my 2nd Dan by the end of 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

karimeidell's picture

handball!

handball!
campbellsj's picture

Another Swimmer!

Right on, that was my sport in high school. Ah, I don't miss the early morning practices a bit. I also played Water Polo in the off-season. Dad always called me a fish.
jackio's picture

Ancient sports

 Back in the prehistoric '70's--pre-Title IX--when you were pretty much considered a freak if you were female and wanted to run and play too, there were those of us who persisted anyway despite our lousy equipment, hand-me-down uniforms and crappy fields. I played field hockey in the fall, ice hockey in the winter and softball in the spring--summers I was just a lazy sod...
steph_'s picture

soccer! and i still manage

soccer! and i still manage to do it while studying architecture.
shakespeherianrag's picture

Also a swimmer in high

Also a swimmer in high school! (100 Butterfly, woot, woot). I suppose queer swimmers are a rare breed; I don't think anyone else on my team (in the four years I was there) was gay. Or out.

Played soccer for a bit too (like the giant closet case I was / am), but preferred to swim.

vicx's picture

Golf, Tennis, Soccer,

Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Rugby, Surfing, Windsurfing...

anything else that wouldn't mess with my Tennis grip :D

Que9's picture

windsufing

i loooove windsurfing. i rarely get to go though going to school where its quite cold most of the year.
steph_'s picture

i think i´ve tried

i think i´ve tried windsurfing once just before i discovered i´m not very good - not to say i SUCK - with water sports. It's all for the better, since i live in a city 2 hrs away from the sea.

I´d rather snowboard (which i do, not as often as i would like to though). ;)

Que9's picture

hah, when i first started i

hah, when i first started i dont think i was very good either. but ive been doing it since i was 10? i think, so yeah, ive gotten a little better since then. I actually team it in the summer, and what i always tell my kids is that once they accept theyre gona be in the water just as much if not more than theyre going to be on the board when they first start, then theyll do fine. :)

snowboardings fun, but i am a little bias toward skiing, have been doing it since i was 3 and raced all through highschool. I go to school up where its cold, but sadly not many mountains close by. all the snow is just a tease haha.

dt_tlw's picture

Sports...

i play competitive in swimming mostly freestyle and butterfly, badminton local tournaments, as well as tennis, and soccer

as for leisure, surfing, skateboarding, wakeboarding, golf, sailing platu, ultimate frisbee and eventually i would like to add snowbaording!!! it's the only sport that i really like to do however have no chance to do it. :(

audurem's picture

Good to see another

Good to see another badminton player! I played for years, and still miss it. People seem to always laugh when I tell them what sport I played!!

I also played volleyball for a while, as well as track and field, but never enough to become very good. I'm a good swimmer as a result of ten years of compulsory swim classes, but never joined a team because my mom tried to pressure me to do so!

dt_tlw's picture

Sports...

i play competitive in swimming mostly my events are freestyle, butterfly and medley, badminton just some local tournaments, as well as tennis, and soccer

as for leisure, surfing, skateboarding, wakeboarding, golf, sailing platu, ultimate frisbee, karting and eventually i would like to add snowbaording!!! it's one of the sport that i really like to do however have no chance to do it. :(

Ghost_Gamer's picture

Not many...

Track and Field girls here. I was in the weight event division. I threw discus and shotput in high school, cycled, and involved myself primarily in weight lifting. I swam alone at my grandmothers regularly. I thought about continuing in college, but my schedule simply won't allow for it.
Lil Drummer Girl's picture

Let's see....

I played basketball, soccer, and ran track...
Dana_Fairbanks's picture

Anything really..

I mostly play rugby, but in my spare time I usually play tennis, golf and football and recently our school started ultimate Frisbee so..Thats a new one for me!
spinaround's picture

basketball

I used to play on a basketball team about 6 years but had to stop when I got injured.I also played soccer,baseball,ultimate frisbee and some other sports with kids in my neighborhood when I was younger..just for fun though.
tasdj's picture

Another badminton player

I played tennis, softball, badminton, and rugby. I know, I know, you're not supposed to play both badminton and tennis because of the loose wrist vs. firm wrist thing, but I just played badminton with a firm wrist. I played fine : )
brockidybrock's picture

quite a few

I played volleyball for the majority of high school on both the school team and a club team, and also golf for a good portion. At different times throughout freshman through junior year, I also did track & field, soccer, and swimming, each for only a short time each. My senior year I tried lacrosse, and ended up just playing that.
banan-drea's picture

sports!

Cross country and distance track in high school - team sports intimidated the crap out of me. First two years of college I played on an ultimate frisbee team, which gave me a chuckle when I watched Cathy DeBuono's vlog this week and she started talking about the crazy competitiveness of the sport and how you don't really expect it to be this crazy, intense, entire subculture where people throw themselves at trees to catch little 18-gram flying plastic discs. It's true. I knew a guy who practically ripped his fingers apart laying out for a frisbee. I sprained an ankle. So many acls and flying bodies and crazy-scary screams! Intense! I was surprised. But temporarily enchanted.

Anywho, now I just dance and bike and occasionally go snow-boarding or windsurfing. Team sports are scary. Especially the ones with hard plastic objects that fly at your face and put you in trances that make you want to dive headfirst into the ground repeatedly (so fun!). Actually, I wish my knee wasn't crap so I could go back to diving in the mud. So fun, so slidy.

brockidybrock's picture

ULTIMATE!!!

My first week of college my friend and I met some new people and they invited us to play a game of ultimate frisbee. We agreed, and I was just overwhelmed in awe at the intensity of the game and how far some people took it - especially since it was just a pick up game in the park. I was addicted to it for a while after that though.
banan-drea's picture

ultimate ultimate ultimate!

I know - at first I was kind of dumbfounded - I was just like, "who ARE these crazy people?" But it hooks you! It just grabs you and pulls you in and then you're also one of those crazy people wearing day-glo leggings, sliding around in mud and and leaping like a dog because it's so exciting and everyone is so excited and the sport is FILLED with crazy people like you who need an excuse to yell their brains out and have weird dreams about running in fields (maybe that's just me) and bash their bodies trying to catch flying things. well. That my experience, anyways. I don't know....I guess I was on a team and in leagues and sacrificed my body and stuff. You have exclamation points so....was ultimate super intense for you too or just for the more freaky competitive people?

yay! I love finding people who have played this sport because it's such a funny surprise how big it is. 

alexc9's picture

ultimate frisbee!

ive been playing for 5 years now, and despite two torn acls, there's no way im giving it up. i love the rush, laying out for discs, getting ds...

plus, when i used to date guys, it was this insanely huge pool of smart, educated, athletic men. then i discovered women, and good lord, did my options expand. =)

alexc9's picture

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alexc9's picture

ultimate frisbee!

ive been playing for 5 years now, and despite two torn acls, there's no way im giving it up. i love the rush, laying out for discs, getting ds...

plus, when i used to date guys, it was this insanely huge pool of smart, educated, athletic men. then i discovered women, and good lord, did my options expand. seriously, gayest sport ever. last year my friends and i took a team to club nationals that was something like 80% gay / 20% just hadnt tried it yet =)

ilaejbbb's picture

ultimate!

ultimate is the best- I play for my college. Seriously, it is the only sport that keeps such an incredible spirit of the game while still having real competition. My favorite thing ever is to go deep for a huck in the endzone-yikes that sounds dirty and totally wasn't meant to be.


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