Ice Breaker – Childhood Sports

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Question:  What sports did you play as a child?  Which one was your favorite?  (If you didn’t play any sports, what activity or activities were you involved in as a child?)

My Answer:  I played “T-Ball” for a couple of seasons when I lived in Wheaton, Illinois.  I also did gymnastics for a year or two when I was young.  I don’t remember it being competitive gymnastics, but it was pretty fun to jump off the springboard onto the mats.  I played four seasons of soccer when I lived in Mt. Holly, NJ.  And I played basketball in junior high for the school team (the Lumberton Wildcats).  If you extend my childhood into high school, I ran cross-country for a season, and I ran winter track for a season.

My favorite of all these sports was probably basketball.  I wasn’t very tall in junior high, but I enjoyed learning the game.  The first two years, I played guard, and I played small forward in eighth grade.  I wish I had kept up with the sport.  I didn’t play in high school as the competition was too steep, but I picked it up again in college playing for several intramural teams.  My senior year at Grove City College, I actually dunked the ball in a game (which was definitely one of my all-time sports highlights).

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