What's the most obscure sport you ever played and how did it go?

[Eja117]

Educate us. DId anyone here eve play shinty?

I fenced and played some rugby. I didn't play rugby enough to educate anyone other than one or two basics

[Eja117]

I thought this thread would be more like the "what strange foods have you eaten thread".

[Roy H.]

I played something called "pickle ball", which is essentially tennis played with a wiffle ball and ping pong paddles.  I dominated at that sport, which is crazy, because I suck at both tennis and ping pong.  Put me on a pickle ball court, though, and I turn into Roger Federer.

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I played something called "pickle ball", which is essentially tennis played with a wiffle ball and ping pong paddles.  I dominated at that sport, which is crazy, because I suck at both tennis and ping pong.  Put me on a pickle ball court, though, and I turn into Roger Federer.

Wouldn't the ball just curve and move all over the place - or dive directly into the ground?

Sounds interesting and fun though!

[Roy H.]

I played something called "pickle ball", which is essentially tennis played with a wiffle ball and ping pong paddles.  I dominated at that sport, which is crazy, because I suck at both tennis and ping pong.  Put me on a pickle ball court, though, and I turn into Roger Federer.

Wouldn't the ball just curve and move all over the place - or dive directly into the ground?

Sounds interesting and fun though!

You definitely don't get much distance on it; the sport is played on a badminton court, with the nets lowered.  You can get some wicked backspin on the ball; if you hit it right, you can get the ball to bounce backward once it clears the net.  It's rare, but pretty awesome.  But yeah, the ball is flying around in all kinds of crazy directions.

It is a whacky game, for sure, but definitely fun.

[Finkelskyhook]

Frisbee Golf....
Barrels around a park as the "holes".  Actually the pars the people who built the course posted were pretty close. 


It'd have gone a lot better under the influence of something...lol

[Greenbean]

I played something called "pickle ball", which is essentially tennis played with a wiffle ball and ping pong paddles.  I dominated at that sport, which is crazy, because I suck at both tennis and ping pong.  Put me on a pickle ball court, though, and I turn into Roger Federer.

Wouldn't the ball just curve and move all over the place - or dive directly into the ground?

Sounds interesting and fun though!

You definitely don't get much distance on it; the sport is played on a badminton court, with the nets lowered.  You can get some wicked backspin on the ball; if you hit it right, you can get the ball to bounce backward once it clears the net.  It's rare, but pretty awesome.  But yeah, the ball is flying around in all kinds of crazy directions.

It is a whacky game, for sure, but definitely fun.

Count me as intrigued...

http://store.pickleballcentral.com/default.asp

[bdm860]

I think Bocce ball is a great game that not a lot of people play.

Simple, fun, and cheap, and as long as you have somebody to play with it can be an awesome game that anybody can play.

Basically it's just this:

First you throw a golf ball sized ball.

Then you and your opponent take turns throwing 4 softball sized balls each trying to get the closest to the golf ball sized ball.

And you can play this anywhere, though if you play on a legit court (which is about the size of a horseshoe pit) there's a couple of extra rules to consider.

[clover]

Curling.  Surprisingly compelling.  Friendly, social sport with lots of ritualized drinking.

[Roy H.]

Curling.  Surprisingly compelling.  Friendly, social sport with lots of ritualized drinking.

The only place I've ever seen it is in the Olympics.  I see the appeal, though.

[Eja117]

Curling.  Surprisingly compelling.  Friendly, social sport with lots of ritualized drinking.

What makes someone a better or worse curler?  How do they communicate?

[fairweatherfan]

Lawn darts, before they banned it for being ridiculously unsafe.  No casualties on our end, though.

[Eja117]

Lawn darts, before they banned it for being ridiculously unsafe.  No casualties on our end, though.

Do u use darts or javelins?

[thirstyboots18]

Duck pin Bowling...I thought candlepin was pretty limited as far as areas found (New England and eastern Canada) duckpin seems to be a R.I. sport.

[fairweatherfan]

Lawn darts, before they banned it for being ridiculously unsafe.  No casualties on our end, though.

Do u use darts or javelins?

Kind of in between - these aren't the exact ones we had but same idea.