Were you popular and sporty in school?

I was reasonably popular but not sporty at all! Definitely a bit of a swot and I was a prefect etc, but my school didn’t seem to have cliques the way some did.

I was sporty but gobby hence I was never a prefect or anything. I loved wearing my sports colours in the form of a tie, only time I was acknowledged. I left school just before my 16th birthday , went to technical college, worked for a year then went to the City of Leeds and Carnegie teacher training college to be a PE teacher. Taught for 36 years, did a social studies degree at uni part time, got a 1st class honours . So in spite of it all, did ok !!

NO, NO, NO!! I was shy, sad and short, so when being 'picked' for teams, it was always me and the fat girl (there was only one in those days!) that were left. For netball, (which I hated) I was begrudgingly told 'you can be centre' ... and I can't hit a ball with a bat so tennis was out of the question too! I usually came top in all my classes except maths, which I had missed out on in infants school because I could read well before I started and the teacher put me outside with a 'big girls book' so I missed out on my arithmetic... I used to get beaten up by the other girls in secondary school for coming top in the end of term tests .. At secondary school I often got my Mum to write a note to excuse me from games. I hated every minute of being at school. Oh, and, what was the point of being made to climb up the wall bars?? it frightened me to death!!

I wasn't very good at sport, except Tennis & rounders, which I liked, I hated Hockey, & Cricket, & as it was a boarding school, I was always being picked on for pranks, like apple pie beds & hiding my bath towel on bath nights (which were compulsory),
I hated boarding school, had very few friends, & wasn't good at anything except Drama & dancing, (Ballet & Tap, which I loved). Couldn't wait to leave.

Wasn’t mad keen on sport played Netball, Rounders n Hockey. Didn’t like Hockey but forced on us. Detested the PE teacher who wasn’t particularly nice. Think a few teachers just post war were like that. I was as at all girls school quite strict.

I was never sporty at school and was even worse at secondary as we had to do PE in bottle green pants as part of our uniform..I always asked my mum to write me a not to get out of PE... I imagine I was quite popular as I had lots of friends both boys and girls.. We were always up to some nonsense and had loads of laughs...Those were the days..!!!!

I loved sport and Pe with the exception of Netball and Tennis although given my dislike of netball it was bizarre I liked Basketball and was team Captain. I hated studying and was terrible at cookery however I was good at Art so I planned to go to Art School and managed to get a place at a fairly prestigious one to do a foundation course?.
Don’t really know what happened but after training to be a (Norland) Nanny I went on to have a fantastic career as a Nurse and retired after 40 years.
I am also a passionate cook and although I still love doing bits of art and craft cooking and baking are my hobbies

In my secondary school (all girls comprehensive) I loved tennis
thats the only sport and English, reading hated maths especially as it was before metric. Left school at 15 never regretted it. Much happier working.
Most of the girls were ok but some were just downright dreadful?

I was hopeless at PE and did not have my growth spurt until later on so netball was disastrous although I didn't mind playing it. I liked swimming though. Hockey was the worst because not only was I totally uncoordinated but I am very mixed handed using my right hand for some tasks and my left hand for others. Hockey sticks are made for right handed people and l could not play hockey this way. I well remember the ignominy of being picked last for teams. I preferred more academic pursuits, obviously music being top of the list. The other problem l had was lifelong asthma. In those days there were no real preventative medications and the treatment was rudimentary. It meant that l physically could not do cross country or most athletics. I was not worried about it, though. I do think that it is far harder to hide being being bad at PE and games than any other subject.

It is interesting how sporty and popular are linked, as if being sporty must mean you are popular - sporty and musical? - why not?

No I wasn’t good at sport, didn’t enjoy it and always got picked last, but I was v good at art and that made up for it ?

I wasn't particularly popular or sporty, but I've no enemies, have had a good working life, and still playing tennis twice a week at 77 years old.

The only sport I enjoyed was netball and being in the team in primary school that took part in tournaments. At secondary school, there was no netball only hockey which I hated. I'd have loved to play tennis but we were never taught despite there being a tennis court!

I was picked about 3rd for Sports and yep quite popular, and I was a House captain.
My all Girls School in a City was not too big about 28 in my class x4 classes in the year group until 5th year then only about 15 in total doing the 5th form.
I had a great time at school, loved the sports, and we had some really nice teachers. As a class we were quite a rowdy bunch, but academically we all did well in exams. One teacher actually said, she didn't know how we did it?

In my first couple of years at senior school I was very sporty ... I played for my school, in tennis and netball. I wouldn't say I was popular - I was too weird. However, puberty meant I quickly developed big breasts - and there were no bras to support big breasts. By the time I was 14 I had a figure like Marilyn Monroe - tiny waist, big breasts - I went from flat to 36C in weeks,with a 22 inch waist. I was embarassed and ashamed. My mum had given me a leaflet about periods but that was it for any information about how my body was changing. It was uncomfortable and embarassing to still do any sort of sport, so I gave up - like many women I have spoken to over the years. Maybe I should have become a porn star!!

Loathed sport and still do. My passions were art, anything to do with books and languages. However, I loved dancing and ice skating and still do. Found all sports boring especially hockey and tennis and totally lacked the competitive urge in those areas and couldn't understand the need to win in team sports.

I was the tiny ginger kid, got picked in a bit because of my 'Duracell head', but thankfully had plenty of friends and some of them are still great friends today. I was in the school hockey team, I played wing as I could dart up and down it, but the rest of sports I despised, netball, athletics, cross country, etc.
I was all into my art classes and reading. I adored my O level arts teacher, he was such a lovely man.

I never liked PE, couldn't do handstands, forward and backwards rolls, hated being upside down. Eventually diagnosed with vertigo. Got banned from hockey for breaking my friends nose - win win for both of us - she wanted her nose fixed and I just hated team games. I couldn't see the ball when the sun was in my eyes playing tennis. I would have loved to have done archery. I was always in the top class, not allowed to do art O and A levels as I was 'too clever'. Left school at 16 and went into a drawing office, later qualifying in Building Technology. My parents couldn't have afforded to send me to Uni, I wanted to be an architect I found out later.

When I did my teacher training we were told never to allow children to pick teams. So used to go along the line saying red blue yellow or whatever. Children would line up in those teams and woe betide any smart a**e who tried to fiddle the system. How I wish they’d done that when I was a “last to be picked” child?

I was never sporty, I did like playing tennis thats all, hated gym at School.
I dont think Iwas remembered after School, we were a few friends, but I was definately not a favourite, not prefect or anything, just plodded on, then got on well in life.

No good at sport. Bullied at primary school relentlessly, less so at high school where I was put in top form and too sets for all subjects; none of my bullies were with me so could make new friends. Very swotty and keen to do well in all subjects, which I did. My bullies were keen to be my friend when they realised I had ability. Sport however has always alluded me. I love watching lots of sports but am useless at participating.

I hated sports and teams would sooner play with a man down than pick me! I avoided it at all costs by leaving my PE kit behind, having a permanent period and having various ailments which would get me out of it. My body wasn't really designed for it either. Being flat footed, my legs hurt at anything that needed me to run. I'm dyspraxic so spacial awareness was awful and I was a danger on the hockey field wielding a stick. I have the attention span of a gnat and would go off in a day dream so that didn't help. The one time I played tennis, I slipped a disc and never did sport again.
One thing I really excelled at was "avoidance" strategies! It stood me in good stead for avoiding sports, PE and Prep time.
I hated the Boarding House and made no attempt to hide it in my early days there so I made myself quite unpopular as I was very negative. Looking back, I can see I was actually depressed and I had shut down so the unpopularity just added to that. It isn't a time I'd like to go through again.

Oh God! No to both. Plump and round of body I could not run very fast. and needed glasses to see a ball, and my eye/hand co-ordination was poor. I loathed that selection process and think it cruel. On Wednesdays we had double games, double maths and double cookery. Going to school on Wednesdays felt like going to my execution.
In the gym classes I tried to make myself as quiet and inconspicuous as possible and would keep sliding to the end of the line up for the vaulting horse or rope climbing. I don't think the gym teacher knew who I was.
I had friends enough, but school was never a pleasure. My particular year was quite rebellious and spent a lot of its time in detention - the whole class.

I was quite overweight and hated sport. Can remember being made fun of because of my size. I enjoyed most other subjects and was near the top in all. I remember one particular friend but always felt awkward and the odd one out with the other girls.

I hated team sports at school, to such an extent in the 6 th form
sports took place on a Wednesday afternoon and I never attended for the full two years! I decided that if I never went none of the sports teachers would ever know. The idea was that you signed in for the sport of your choice every week. It could be gym or hockey, tennis etc. Well I went home at lunchtime on a Wednesday. Parents knew and sometimes my mother would pick me up from school. The whole family looked forward to reading my school report comments from the sports teachers! They would write D is working hard at her tennis etc Ha Ha!
I still have the last laugh! Friends from school who were sporty now have bad knees etc.
I do a lot of walking as I have always done. I belong to rambling clubs. I am a size 10/12 and in excellent health.
Popularity in my case was not about being good at sports. I was always good fun and hopefully good company.
Still hate watching sports!