Why are we good at sports?

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I think some people must have their niche!

I have formally quit sports nowadays. I'm not inactive. Just prefer not to endure the embarrassment!

Although periodically it can be kinda fun to disrupt entire aerobics classes by my ineptness! Recently this Italian Salsacise Instructor at my sister's gym got so angry with me that he actually stopped the class and started shouting at me. It was fun

I have never been good at copying moves off other people. I prefer to make my own moves.

And besides, my Jelly Baby dance rivals the Moon Walk hehe

I find quite astonishing, the large percentage of people here who consider team sports as the quintessential definition of "sport". Why do sohh many of you not recognise solitary sports? Running, skating, bicycling, climbing, swimming, golf, some forms of dance, all track & field disciplines (other than the relay)...the list goes on and on - are all legitimate sports (not that the relay isn't legit as well).

By the way, my dictionary defines "dyspraxia" as "another term for apraxia", meaning "the inability to perform particular purposive actions, as a result of brain damage". It seems odd to hear someone purport that aspies typically have experienced brain damage, yet I see the term "dyspraxia" claimed fairly often on WP.

I like to play basketball and football on my own...

Thank you, kiwi.

As a lock-forward, I have specialties that don't require a lot of fast real-time decision-making based on multiple streaming inputs. I'm strong, powerful, and have good stamina. Once a skill becomes a 'muscle memory' response, I'm as quick and coordinated as anyone. I'm usually the first forward to reach my little backward brothers and ruck-over.

Touch and sevens have been a challenge, but I just taught myself some new brain tricks that doubled my effectiveness passing in traffic.

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when i was like 9 i played alot of soccar and baseball quit at ten fro bmx biking and skateboarding quit those at 13 started tehm again at 17 have been doin both for a year starting to get my mojo in both back on skateboard i can ollie, manuel,boardslide, 50/50 slide/ 5/0 slide, tailslide, powerslide and 180 powerslide i can almost 180, kickflip and casper flip working on heelflips, shove its and 360's on a bmx can wheelie, bunny hop and leap frog i can almsot 180 spin and bunny hop on to curbs and ride. i also started downhill biking on rode hills up in countrty and field hills near the vallley i also started longboarding and can carve while goin sick speeds and can almost kick flip i am learning these things and i don't quit. i also surf in calli once in a while i am not bad my freinds that are girls go get other girls to cheer me on it is pretty sick and i love the beach swiming but pools are good too better if outdoors but not bad indoors i run alot places i am pretty fast and can go long periods of time with out getting tired i dance to most of my aspie freinds do break dance / urban hip hop freestyle and disco funkey mj style i also incorpatate skate moves in my dance some which i can't do i a deck so yeah asipes choose how they wanna live and what they wanna do anyone cna do anything if they put enough effort into it oh and my freind who has devlopmental delay ( the new name for mentally ret*d) i told him to grow his hair long he did taught him how to ollie manueal and boardslide on my skateboard ma in the process of getting trucks and wheels on the board i have for him than i will give him all sorts of skateclothes oh just relzied gonna have to get him skate shoes too.

I can say, I would probably be an awesome scorekeeper.

As far as actually playing and being involved on the field, I would do very little to help.

But I could call fouls and tell exactly why and all that all day long probably because I like to stick to the rules.

I compete in Ironman triathlons, so very athletic. My running and biking skills are excellent. My swimming is not so much, but I'll get it there eventually.

I'm terrible at any team sports that require me to chase after some sort of ball. I'm agile and my hand-eye coordination is excellent. So I think my aversion to these kinds of sports has to do with socializing with other players. I just feel unmotivated to learn the sport due to the social aspect.

Speaking of hand-eye coordination. How many of you play fast twitch video games? Quake etc? Are your reflexes poor at sports but good at video gaming. And if so, why?!

I think running is probably one sport people with AS can do well, because it is something a person can do alone. I am not at all athletic. I was very high energy as a child, but never engaged in any sports. I was more academically oriented. The only physical activity I perform on a regular basis is walking.

Im quite good at playing sports particularly cricket although im quite handy in tennis aswell.

No worries duke

yeah.. "muscle memory" interesting terminology?

the words explain it 'muscle memory' explain it yeah.. muscle twitch, reactions etc. memory.
practiced in reflexes, routine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_memory

Read this part from above wikipedia link:



"As one speaks, one usually does not consciously think about the complex tongue movements"

Reminds me of my brother playing counterstrike and I guess myself If in that moment of concentration in cricket bowling etc..
How the tongue goes wild during this concentration. its interesting.. to watch.. yeah??

Yeah Good Question..

"book" worthy.. yeah its good..

Yeah and sport takes some vision too.. as in games like chess etc.. visualizing the next move..
If you can do that.....

Well, being hypermobile, I'm pretty good at yoga. Not so good at the balance poses though.

And, enjoying the sensory feel of water, I have learnt to swim - it took a long time! And so I like to go swimming.

And having a dislike of public transport, I will walk several miles to where I want to get, so I keep fit that way.

But in general, I wouldn't describe myself as sporty.

I don't play such games, but I'd imagine people are good at those because they require fine motor skills rather than gross motor skills, so it's a different sort of coordination from the kind required to play ball games. My fine motor skills are a lot better than my gross motor skills.

Uuh.. OH. I've got one. When I played kickball in grade school, I would always get WAY into it and run AS FAST AS I POSSIBLY COULD. Other kids didn't really give it all their effort, I think.
But I can only speak for myself, of course.

ok that made me lol. and im terrible at sports, especially baseball but suprisingly enough im almost decent at baskettball. i must practice though to home in on my unbelievable skills

Personally, I use the word 'sport' to describe team games, because of the associated words 'sportsmanship' and the idea of being a sport. They are all to do with team playing. So I describe things like yoga and swimming as exercise.




Nah, in medical terms, they are two different things. Apraxia tend to be acquired - it happens as the result of, say, a stroke. Dyspraxia tends to be developmental. A general dictionary won't necessarily give the definitions that are used in the medical world. And 'a' means lack of, whereas 'dys' means disordered. They are not the same thing. Dyspraxia commonly co occurs with ASDs and with dyslexia. There are also several different kinds of apraxia and dyspraxia. Wikipedia, although not perfect, will give more details than a regular dictionary.

But even if it was the result of brain damage, that doesn't mean it can't also be developmental. Prosopagnosia happens as the result of brain damage, but that doesn't mean it can't also be developmental as a result of different neurological wiring. I have prosopagnosia and have never experienced brain damage. Similarly, executive dysfunction is commonly the result of brain damage. But it is also part of ASDs. Some things we have also happen to people with brain damage, although it will present differently in them.