Favourite Sports for the Types?

[nolla]

Inspired by the exercise color thread. I'd like to know what kind of exercise you do and how do you see it connected to the personality, or to your type.

The stuff I have done: Footbag, snowboarding, freediving, wall climbing, jogging. None of these were "exercise" for me , but some nice ways to pass time.

Stuff I would like to do: Rock climbing, diving with the equipment, shaolin boxing, parcour.

I would never have the patience to exercise for muscles or for health. I do it only if it is fun and has some (interesting) objective. Many of the stuff I like are sports you need good balance.

[dnivera]

Lap swimming. Swim, swim, swim, WALL (turn), swim, swim, swim, WALL, turn, repeat.

[Silently Honest]

I'm not really one for sports, but if I had to chose, it'd be basketball.

[Mort Belfry]

I heard somewhere (don't know how true it is) that eating celery requires more energy to eat and digest than the energy that comes out of it.

So the only exercise I really do is eat celery.

[ajblaise]

Soccer is my favorite sport, or favorite "exercise". I like how it's all about angles and speed judgment. I like having to calculate what direction to move in and how fast in relation to where the ball is and where all the players are. Very satisfying when you judge things perfectly and the risks you take work out just how you envisioned them.

[Randomnity]

Soccer and volleyball for me, plus kung fu if you consider that a sport. I enjoy squash as well but I'm so bad at it that I often get frustrated.

[sassafrassquatch]

This might surprise some of you but I love bowling.

[Trinity]

Whatever you've got I'll take. Mostly team sports, extreme sports or gym work. How does it relate to my type? Dunno, I guess trying new things, searching for a non-aggressive social environment, finding what works best for fitness *shrug*

Maybe it's just about INTJs finding passions and this is something I find easy to become obsessed with.

[Aimahn]

Soccer is my favorite sport, or favorite "exercise". I like how it's all about angles and speed judgment. I like having to calculate what direction to move in and how fast in relation to where the ball is and where all the players are. Very satisfying when you judge things perfectly and the risks you take work out just how you envisioned them.


I agree. I also like how you can be sort of isolated and pick and chose your moves. Execution is key, so it is really handy to be thinking of many moves and options even when idle so that when the situation arises it will be second nature. That was actually one of the things I loved most about soccer, how much it engaged your mind.

[disregard]

Basketball.

[Jack Flak]

My irl nickname is "Scuba," but I've never had a tank on my back.

[Beat]

Ice hockey, swimming, weight lifting.

[Beat]

Soccer is my favorite sport, or favorite "exercise". I like how it's all about angles and speed judgment. I like having to calculate what direction to move in and how fast in relation to where the ball is and where all the players are. Very satisfying when you judge things perfectly and the risks you take work out just how you envisioned them.
This is a cool and fun aspect to soccer, I agree.

I forgot to mention volleyball. Lots of fun if you know how to play and when those you're playing with know as well (just chasing the ball when it goes out of bounds gets old).

[6sticks]

I've played basically all of them. My favorite's soccer though.

My irl nickname is "Scuba," but I've never had a tank on my back.
move to china lol

[LadyJaye]

I used to play soccer barefoot in the afternoons after school when I was a child. That and swimming. Pink and I also had horses, so we used to go horseback riding a lot, western trail riding at home, and huntseat at the stable.

[Thursday]

Basketball, Tennis or table tennis

[Jeffster]

My favorite sports to play are probably tennis and soccer. I also like basketball, football and baseball, i just suck at them.

I was really good at archery when I was a kid, but I haven't done it in so long, I'm way out of practice and would probably be terrible. I've been decent at volleyball, racquetball, bowling, kickball, broomball (kinda like hockey), and miniature golf, but I haven't done any of those besides bowling in a long time either.

[Negative_]

I played soccer for 9 or 10 years, but I like pretty much anything.

Except Baseball.

[LadyJaye]

My irl nickname is "Scuba," but I've never had a tank on my back.

Is it because you have a hunchback? :D

[Jack Flak]

Is it because you have a hunchback? :D
No, it was a drunken brainstorming session. I would give you the transcript, but you would die laughing. Also, it's far too incriminating.

[FDG]

I like every kind of sport that requires gross motor units involvment, dislike those that are centered upon fine motor unit involvment.

[HomeSlice]

My favorite sports to play are probably tennis and soccer.
zomg!?! congruence of the typezs!!!
Owning people at these sports is soooo.... EXHILARATING.
Really boring to watch though, whats the point of watching sports when you can get up and actually experience it?? MADNESS!!! :o

[millerm277]

ISTP- Ski, Bike/Mountain Bike, Swim, Hike, and Racquetball. I don't watch sports often at all.

[Jeffster]

zomg!?! congruence of the typezs!!!
Owning people at these sports is soooo.... EXHILARATING.
Really boring to watch though, whats the point of watching sports when you can get up and actually experience it?? MADNESS!!! :o

When I was a kid, I would watch about a quarter or so of a game, basketball, football, baseball, whatever, and then I would get up and go in my bedroom (or outside) and start acting out my own game by myself. I would always get pissed because one of my brothers or my parents would take over the tv and I couldn't come back to the real game after I had worn myself out playing my version of it. It's called intervals, people! ;)

Nowadays rather than act out the game (although I still do occasionally), I usually get on the internet on a forum that is discussing that game or chatroom and focus on that more than the game and then go back to the game. Just sitting and watching a game straight through without taking breaks to do other related activities? Never done it. Ever. :D

[PinkPiranha]

Hockey, ACC basketball, most any Olympic sport. I just like to watch. :) I was a competitive swimmer years ago but no more.

[Littlelostnf]

beach volleyball, snowboarding, roller skating (ok not a sport but I do enjoy it) basketball, soccer

[rhinosaur]

I heard somewhere (don't know how true it is) that eating celery requires more energy to eat and digest than the energy that comes out of it.

So the only exercise I really do is eat celery.

This statement combined with the avatar is very fitting. :)

[Kanamori]

Skiing and badminton.

[Dansker]

I enjoy watching sport (participating is an entirely different matter!). Favourites are the cricket, rugby union, swimming, polo, and athletics.

[Grayscale]

adolescent years - baseball, football, tennis

as an adult - ice hockey, paintball, snowboarding

sports i plan to get into in the near future are rally racing and skydiving/BASE

[murkrow]

I love to watch NFL football.

I like to play hockey.

I want to pick up curling.

[Didums]

Soccer
and Frisbee if it counts... lol

[Snail]

I like hiking through the woods, cycling, and I would have probably also enjoyed wrestling if it had been offered for little girls when I was in school. Unfortunately, it was only offered for boys. I would have loved to have writhed around with sweaty, muscular teenaged boys in skin-tight spandex when I was that age. It's not that I like the idea of competition, but being allowed to experience human contact in a socially acceptable way would have been nice. As it was at that time, I didn't even hug my best male friend until the day before he had to move, and when I did, I started shaking. I was touch-starved, and wrestling would have been the perfect outlet. I'd like to learn defensive martial arts, but I have never had the opportunity. Does anyone here have any recommendations about what kind would be most useful for self-protection without involving seriously damaging the other person?

[Anja]

I don't enjoy spectator sports unless someone I know is playing.

In high school I played baskeball and was good at it but team sports are difficult for me. Distracting. And I confess to the INFP clumsiness.

I prefer one-on-one sports like billiards and ping pong. And solitary sports like hiking, motorcycling, swimming that I can do alone or with others. Don't know if you could call what I do with those three "sports" at all.

Don't like sports much at all actually - that win/lose stuff was never my focus. Keeping score is an aggravation. I'm all about, "Hey! Lookit! We're all having fun together."

[mlittrell]

gym, soccer, golf, bowling, swimming, sprining/track

[mippus]

I have a history of karate, squash, badminton, chess and bridge. And now I do a lot of cycling.
Any correlation with type? They all fit my I side... that's all...

Fascinated by athletics, all kinds. Love the purity of it. No idea what it means :)

[Insidious 3]

AFL football and tennis

[The Third Rider]

American Football. Patriots baby!;) fallowed by baseball. Red Sox all the way.:heart:

[colmena]

Walking (probably hiking)
Solitary long distance running
Kayaking (haven't done it in ages, but on calm water)
Swimming
Weight training

I'd like to try climbing, I think I'd be good at that.

I don't really see them as sports. More hobbies. A kickabout with friends is always fun, too.

[Beat]

Soccer
and Frisbee if it counts... lol
Frisbee rocks haha. I went out with my little bro and a friend recently to a Target store parking lot, late in the evening and threw some frisbee. :nice:

[Viv]

I know this sounds silly, but.. (ideally, if it could be popularized as a sport..) I'd choose:

1. Handball (I LOVE handball- slicees, splicees)
2. Tether ball
3. Nation Ball
4. Old school rollerskating (at the rink w/disco balls!)
... I know, they're all literally elementary.

Other than that:
5. Badminton
6. Indoor Rock Climbing
7. Boogie Boarding

Although I workout I'm not as athletic. #6 would be something I'd love to learn! #7? The water quality in my area's questionable (due to offshore drilling); it was a past-time favorite.

[ajblaise]

I know this sounds silly, but.. (ideally, if it could be popularized as a sport..) I'd choose:

1. Handball (I LOVE handball- slicees, splicees)
2. Tether ball
3. Nation Ball
4. Old school rollerskating (at the rink w/disco balls!)
... I know, they're all literally elementary.

Other than that:
5. Badminton
6. Indoor Rock Climbing
7. Boogie Boarding

Although I workout I'm not as athletic. #6 would be something I'd love to learn! #7? The water quality in my area's questionable (due to offshore drilling); it was a past-time favorite.

someone wishes they were back in high school gym class.

[Viv]

Great guess! ;P Actually, the first 4 were my favorites sports in elementary school.

[yugyug]

Many of my favorite sports were in high school gym class, too. ;) I liked floor hockey, field hockey, soccer and flag football the best. "Extracurricularly," I played golf.

Now, I enjoy individual sports/exercise best; I've read that's typical for introverts. I do aerobic dance and other dances, bicycling, dirtbiking (though I sold my bike when I moved), hiking, yoga and tai chi. If there was an adult soccer group around here, I'd consider joining. I think I'd enjoy racquetball, but need to find some other beginner to start with rather than bore a regular player while s/he waits for me to get to their skill level. I hope to try hang-gliding someday. I haven't gone golfing for a few years now, but do enjoy it. I'm pretty competitive in most games/sports now. Back in school, I held that back. Not sure why.

[kuranes]

I enjoy certain positions in American football, which, on a professional team, would be called "special teams" or "safety". Being Quarterback was fun, too. I didn't like going out for passes I needed to catch and I hated being a Cornerback and having to prevent passes. There's no feeling like running down a field and faking out an entire team of people who are trying to knock you down. I loved watching Payton do his stutter step and was originally inspired by another Bear, Gale Sayers. Barry Sanders was great, too.

I'm not sure how to relate that to type. OK - here goes....These guys were fast enough and "big picture" enough that they could change intentions on a dime, when conditions warranted that, and even break the "J" rules sometimes, to winning effect, such as "don't ever run backwards". How's that ? :)

[Ishida]

INTJ - Passion for Martial Arts!

[Lucifer]

ENTJ = Hockey and Football,
we love the team sports

[wolfy]

Powerlifting.

I like it's autonomy. I also liked martial arts for the same reason.

[MuraKoji]

Dancing.

Does that count? I only excel at dancing. Poor me TT___TT

[Gish]

I liked playing American football a lot in highschool when I actually got to play, bad grades kept me out. The Red Bull Air Races are probably my favorite sport to watch right now, amazing stuff.

[OneWithSoul]

Cross Country, and that's it..well I mean, I guess playing a few with friends is ok, but overall, I like to run!

[chattegris]

Ice skating

[Orangey]

Field Hockey and Running.

[Sinister Scribe]

INTJ - former competitive swimmer, karate, I enjoy ice skating (whenever I can) and I walk almost everywhere. I really prefer solo sports.

[animenagai]

i like watching the nfl. the strategic element is great. i'm not all that sporty though. eczema + being chubby as a kid really didn't help.

[mlittrell]

Lap swimming. Swim, swim, swim, WALL (turn), swim, swim, swim, WALL, turn, repeat.
lol typical (and i mean that in the absolute best way possible)

sprinting, biking, soccer, running-around-the-back-room-of-wegmans-like-a-chicken-with-its-head-cut-off, weight lifting...oodles of other stuff

[Synarch]

I am not surprised to see zero ENTP's here. If I had to play a sport it would be something lazy, like frisbee golf.