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Why do so many aspies have an intense hatred for sports (excepting martial arts and brainy games)?

Even though I'm generally not interested in sports, I actually did watch some of the winter Olympics. The Olympics actually kind of interest me for some reason.

I also kind of enjoy bowling (playing, not watching), I just wish I had friends to play with.
 
My observations we are loners, so tend to like individual sports, including martial arts which tend to require more celebial activity. Sports I watch include golf, weight lifting.
 
For me, it is mostly poor motor skills/ coordination and not being taught how to actually throw the ball etc. at PE class.

Also the fact that i was wearing glasses made me actually scared of PE class.
 
The reasons a lot of us hate sports are basically the same reasons we strongly hate a lot of things due to sensory overload, motor coordination difficulties and how much pressure there is to socialize. Loud noise, bright lights, uncomfortable uniforms, a coach that yells at you and insults you in front of everybody. Being bullied by both kids and adults in the past. If you're a girl, people will probably think it's "normal" for you to not like sports, but all the other girls seemed be able to skip rope, go skating, play hopscotch, and ride a two wheel bike. About the only activity I was good at was swimming. I can't really even remember not being able to swim. Too bad I could mostly only go swimming in the summer.
I don't get why society makes such a big deal about sports. You bring home a sliver medal in the Olympics and people say you suck for not getting a gold medal. It's like punishing a kid for getting a 99 on a test because they think there's no reason why you shouldn't have gotten a 100. They tell us our interests are not normal or healthy and then they spend the next 6 months tearing each other apart for not agreeing who the better hockey team is. And then there are the riots at stadiums where people are literally killed. I thought it was "just a game", but apparently that's another lie adults tell you when you're a kid you get frustrated and upset because you lose all the time.
 
I never had really good hand to eye coordination or athletic skills. Martial arts was really the only thing I was good at because I was able to make it my thing and the one thing that I could do where I had no one in my family that others could compare to like I did with school.
 
I think the reason I like sports is that I started when I was 4. Like so many others here, gotta start early to become good and it's never too early. And when you are that young, things are different. And you get used to doing new things you learn. You think less about it compared to an adult, you just do it. If I had never skied before and tried to do that when I was 14, I might have hated it. 🤔

As soon as the kids can walk, get them to do some sports. That's always good for them. That guy in the winter olympics recently, Johannes Klæbo, who won everything and took home 6 gold medals started skiing when he was 2.

These days I enjoy watching American football and I just wish we had that here when I was a kid. We didn't have that here, never saw it. It's a great sport, very intense and fast, I would have enjoyed trying that.
 
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If I had never skied before and tried to do that when I was 14, I might have hated it. 🤔
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I was 20 years old before I ever saw snow but I tried skiing and loved it. Ended up destroying a knee but no regrets, it was worth it. You only get to live once.

I was very active when I was young, not that you'd know it these days, but always individual pursuits. Swimming, surfing, skiing, bike riding, golf. I never considered martial arts though and trying to work out in a gym bored me out of my skull so I hated that style of thing. I prefer to be outside.
 
I have, at various times, competed in soccer, rugby league, aussie rules, basketball, volleyball, squash, swimming, cricket, yachting, orienteering and lawn bowls. I have participated recreationally in tennis, badminton, cycling, hiking, field archery, table tennis, darts, snooker, billiards, pool, rowing, cross country skiing, canoeing, 10 pin bowls, and tai chi.
 
I think the imagine of someone with a crowd cheering the following of a ball does not sit well with autistics.
idk, i don't like football (soccer) but when there is a world cup i would watch some matches especially interested if my country is playing, i used to like watching F1 races, but they got super greedy with the races transmissions and everything is paid now to watch.
Watching onboard Rally runs thrills me.
 
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