Thirded,
what a load of ignorant shite. I'm very happy to do plenty of activities on my own, but when it comes to sport competitive games are where its at. If you asked me to run up a fucking hill by myself I get bored and don't push myself. If you ask me to put an oval ball under my arm and try and run past 15 other guys I'll leave my lungs on the field and get a sense of achievement out of it.

Lets throw another ignorant generalisation out there: those who enjoy solo sports are just anti-social wankers who can't interact meaningfully with others. Yup, easily done yet totally wrong.
(The man with the flan swashed his buckle on, Fri 20 Nov 2009, 14:23, 1 reply)

I don't do team games
I am a mountain biker, mountaineer, rock climber, Hill walker and former instructor for the above. I hated ball sports at school, I hated Gymnastics and I really hated trampoline. The first opportunity I got to do Adventure sports blew me away and I really got into it. However, I had to get my fitness up which meant going to the gym, running and actually doing stuff.

Working in a school environment allowed me to see first hand that some kids really are utterly wet, made so by over protective parents who will not allow them to grow up. The two lads I saw were both Year 8 and both got hurt, one seriously and one not so. The serious one had a Dad who was too hard and the wet lad had parents who were too soft.

The PE team I worked with would try to make a happy median, push but not bully. The parents do the rest. I think that you misunderstood my original post. PE is not bad for kids, it can be really positive, but parents who damage their kids have a lot to answer for and the ones who make their kids into big babies should be ashamed.

But it is only an opinion...
( Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Sun 22 Nov 2009, 10:22, closed)