There are joys in finding an activity you’re drawn to but not necessarily naturally good at, and sticking with it anywayTell us: have you fallen in love this year?All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports day and had a standing note from my equally averse mother to excuse me from physical education classes due to my “bad foot”. Even after I started exercising regularly in my mid-20s, I never joined my friends’ social netball or football teams.“Hating sports” was core to my identity. Then, last year, a friend invited me to her birthday “kickabout” – a casual game of football, I gathered. (I believe some call it soccer.) Had we been less close, I might have made my excuses. Instead I turned up to the park, determined to keep as far away from the ball as possible. Continue reading...
Thursday 30 October 2025
theguardian - 16 hours ago
I’m the worst player on my social sports team. Why does it feel so good to be bad at something?
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