How your score adds up
Use the chart below to find sports that fit your personality. Many sports appear in multiple places on the chart because they can be played in different ways, such as downhill skiing on a pristine powder day with friends versus ski racing at a competition. Keep the variations in mind when heading out. For example, if you want to play noncompetitive volleyball, be sure your teammates aren't cut-throat about winning the game. In the chart below, the solo, partner and group activities are listed together because you can choose to do most of these sports in all three ways. Each box in the chart does not contain every possible sport that fits in the category but, rather, the best choices for the personality type from among the sports covered in this book.
| | Not competitive | Compete with myself | Compete with others | | Enjoy the experience | Solo/partner/group: • cross-country skiing • cycling • downhill skiing • hiking • ice skating • in-line skating • kayaking • snowshoeing • swimming • yogaTeam: • baseball/softball • basketball • soccer • volleyball | Solo/partner/group: • cycling • golf • hiking • ice skating • in-line skating • kayaking • rock climbing • snowshoeing • swimming • trail runningTeam: • baseball/softball • basketball • soccer • volleyball | Solo/partner/group: • cycling • fencing • golf • ice skating • in-line skating • kayaking • rowing • snowshoeing • tennis • trail runningTeam: • baseball/softball • basketball • rowing • soccer • swimming • tennis • volleyball | | Need for speed | Solo/partner/group: • cycling • downhill skiing • ice skating • in-line skating • kayaking • rowing • snowboarding • trail runningTeam: • basketball • soccer | Solo/partner/group: • boxing • cycling • downhill skiing • ice skating • in-line skating • kayaking • rowing • snowboarding • trail runningTeam: • basketball • soccer | Solo/partner/group: • boxing • cycling • downhill skiing • fencing • ice skating • in-line skating • kayaking • rowing • snowboarding • trail runningTeam: • basketball • hockey • rowing • soccer • volleyball | | Love adventure and learning skills | Solo/partner/group: • cross-country skiing • downhill skiing • gymnastics • hiking • ice skating • kayaking • pilates • snowboarding • snowshoeing • trail running • yogaTeam: • basketball • tennis | Solo/partner/group: • boxing • cycling • downhill skiing • fencing • gymnastics • ice skating • kayaking • martial arts • rock climbing • trail runningTeam: • basketball • hockey | Solo/partner/group: • boxing • cross-country skiing • cycling • downhill skiing • fencing • ice skating • kayaking • martial arts • trail runningTeam: • basketball • hockey |
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Check out the following articles for more on different sports and activities:
• Yoga or Pilates?
• 5 team sports women love
• My healthy life: Judo mom
• Online family golf guide
• Fitness quiz: How does your family rate?
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 | Excerpted from The Chelsea Piers Fitness Solution by Elena Rover. Copyright 2007 ASAP Media LLC. Reprinted with permission of Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher. |
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