I have always loved but sucked at sports which I think is why I have such appreciation for those who play well. My sole accomplishment other than as a member of a team was a ship on a stick I won at a HORSE competition on a Carnival cruise. There were probably 25 people in the competition, any one of which would have beat me like a rented mule in an actual game, but there was about a 30 mph cross wind and their net set shots from behind the arc would get blown well off course. My combination of trick shots (one footed underhand bank shot, granny, etc.) a little good luck and an ability to factor in the wind that I gathered by playing outdoors as a boy actually made it a pretty easy situation for me. I think I had two letters to spare on the last guy when I put him away with the flat handed pizza delivery man. I would have probably done better, but the disallowed my hook shot because they said it was too similar to a layup. I was over 50 at the time (still am for that matter). Pissed my 18 year old athlete son (who also did pretty well) off pretty badly that I got the trophy which I still keep in my baseball card room.
|