Were you picked first or last for the sports team?

[Kneel B4 Zod]

I don't remember all these sports being "picked".

we did it for kickball (where I ruled, hit the only recorded true home run at my elementary school, holla).

we did it for football, where I was picked in top third probably.

and we did it for basketball, I was an average-ish pick.

we never really played volleyball. we played "kill the man with the ball", but that was 1 vs. everyone. also a lot of fun, good practice for punt returning.

I went to a very athletic focused overnight camp from 8 YO on, but things tended to be very team focused - we didn't tend to form new teams every day, or the coaches/refs would do it to make sure the teams were balanced.

somewhat related, I was only an ok athlete in elementary school. I turned into a really good one in 7th grade or so (captains of various teams, etc).

now I'm 32 and about 25 pounds overweight and havent done anything in years. my buddy (who still runs 4 times a week, but was never much of anything except a good runner) bet me he could beat me in a 20 yard dash. I'm gonna smoke his ass.

[Guy Incognito]

First or near first in grammar school, last or near last in high school. I pretty much stopped growing in 6th grade, and didn't re-start until late high school.

[Vavavoom]

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I was always picked at the beginning, but that had alot more to do with being well-liked but helped that I was arguably one of the best all round sportsmen in my year @ school (fwiw, 180 Boys in my year as I went to an all boys school)

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Swam @ a club
Run 400m & X-Country
Football
Basketball (Picked as I was decent shooter, decent basic skills and lack of people who played)
Rugby (Speed and Kicking)
Badminton

Pretty much any sport I was in the top 4-5 pick....

etc etc

[Bulletproof Monk]

usually did the picking....

[MuresanForMVP]

captain or first what up now? I was sick at greek dodgeball

[MediaPA]

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we played "kill the man with the ball", but that was 1 vs. everyone. also a lot of fun, good practice for punt returning.


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Is this really what it was called? I'm hoping you are just being PC for the forum or maybe you are younger or grew up in a more tolerant community than I did.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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we played "kill the man with the ball", but that was 1 vs. everyone. also a lot of fun, good practice for punt returning.


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Is this really what it was called? I'm hoping you are just being PC for the forum or maybe you are younger or grew up in a more tolerant community than I did.

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yeah, what did you call it?

also, it sucked when John Burr got the ball, b/c he was faster than everyone else, and the game would basically end at that point.

[MediaPA]

We called it 'smear the queer' Here's a link showing that it's not completely isolated. Urban Dictionary

[NasEscobar]

I was generally picked in the top 10%-15% in everything except basketball (which I sucked at) but not picked first too often because most of the time there was one or two better then me at any particular sport. I’ve played sports since I was five so I was really good by comparison even though I was really just an above average athlete in class where a good 50% were either fat or bony people that rarely played sports at all.

Did you guys ever play handball? You play like this except in our class we played in the gym (with the three point line being the goalie box) and you didn’t have to dribble and you can run around with the ball as much as you want until someone tags you then you have to pass or shoot. I freakin’ loved that game.

[El Diablo]

M,

There have been threads on it before. The correct name is smear the queer.