Like, can you ride a bike?

Yes, I even own one at the moment. I love cycling. It's like the faster I go the more behind I leave all the tsuris in my life.

Do a cartwheel?

Never learned how.

Catch, throw, hit a ball?

Lousy depth perception and hand-eye co-ordination. I can't do anything related to hitting, catching, or throwing a ball. Not even tennis.

Jump rope?

All the time as a kid. Probably still could with a little warmup.

Skate?

Roller. If I'd had access to an ice rink I would have been in heaven.

Any other skill I didn't mention?

I was never good at team efforts, and had no opportunities to excel, or even to make an effort, at individual sports. I've always been exceedingly loose-jointed, so sprains (ankles, elbows, fingers) and dislocations (both knees, both shoulders) were the consequence of most physical efforts. If there had been gymnastics or tumbling opportunities for me, it would have strengthened my joints, and given me a way to participate on an individual level. I think it would have helped me gain self-confidence-- maybe even enough to try to participate in team sports.

I had access to a municipal pool in summer, and one set of swimming lessons when I was 7. I learned to put my face in the water, and not to be afraid of water. I didn't learn adequate propulsion technique, and being in the water was always more about fun than performance. If I could perfect breathing, I'd never come out of the water.

I can jump rope, ride a bike, all the ball-related stuff (although hitting is not my speciality, and I throw like a girl, but I can toss a football much better than a baseball, with a good spiral and everything!), but cartwheels were beyond me even as a kid. As for skating, ice--definitely not; roller--old-fashioned wheel layout only (no rollerblading for me), forward motion, and I prefer being within a yard or two of the rail at the rink, or a good span of grass to fall onto when I do trip, which I will sooner or later.

Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope?

Bike, yes. Cartwheel, no - to my eternal regret. Catch and throw a baseball/softball, yes (not so great with a football). Hitting, not so much. And I can swim well enough, but I can't dive. Just could never make my body do that. Don't know why. Could ice and roller skate as a kid, but the last time I was on skates as an adult... did not go well. Jump rope, yes.

Climbing things and swinging. Those were the most fun. Oh, and hanging upsidedown from the knees on the jungle gym. And flipping around one of the bars in a complete loop - so proud when I learned how to do that.

Can you play any instrument? Hold a tune when singing?

Learned piano, haven't played in years. Singing I'm good at, and I need to get my voice back in shape.

I grew up on the ocean, and I really like swimming, though I'm not particularly skilled at it; my best stroke is the sidestroke, and I can muddle through a few others. However, I can no longer swim in the ocean, due to a full-blown terror of sharks.

Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope?

I can ride a bike, and would like to start doing so again more regularly; I used to do cartwheels with the greatest of ease, and can now do them with significantly less ease; I can occasionally catch a ball (I'm much better with a Frisbee); I can throw a ball poorly; I can't hit a ball at all; and I haven't jumped rope in a few years, but I was really good at it as a kid.

A new question: how many people can dance, and what styles do you do well? I've just started taking salsa and swing lessons, and I think I'm picking them up pretty well. And it's so much fun!

I can't officially dance, although I enjoy shaking my ass, and can follow basic stuff OK in any style I've come across with a partner who knows what he's doing.

I can skate, both roller and ice, as long as I don't need to stop. I can move and keep my balance under my own power, but stopping has generally involved steering myself towards a wall and grabbing hold. If I have a lot of room I can stop using the dragging one foot method. Never was able to do the hockey stop on ice skates and I haven't rollerskated since I was a kid. Never tried rollerblading.

Tried to learn how to skateboard as a teenager and best I managed was staying on while the dog pulled me when I took him for a walk (which he absolutely loved since he could run. Without the skateboard it was me constantly fighting to keep him reined in.)

Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope? Skate?

I can bike. I can skate a little, but only forwards, and no fancy footwork. I used to be a kickass softball player, but my throwing arm is for shit these days. I've never been able to do a cartwheel.

I wanna learn how to skateboard. Dancing? I'm like Jesse, I like to dance, I'm okay at it, but I don't do any formal stuff. Alibelle is a ballroom dancer though and I'd love to learn.

The formal lessons I had as a kid were ballet, tap and jazz. I took ballet FOREVER and was decent. I sucked at jazz because I had a hard time with not being turned out. Tap was too noisy and not enough arm stuff.

Heh. All the skills I learned as a child were, for the most part, because I saw someone else either do them, or do them poorly.

For example- I was a little too young for my waterbabies class, but mom needed one time convienient, so we took that one. The first day I screamed so loud and so much, even after being dunked that people were asking mom how long I could do that.

Next day, some other little kid was scared and I told him it was easy, held my breath and went under.

Getting my training wheels off my bike was pretty much the same. I screamed bloody murder until some little boy down the street was riding two wheeled, so I told dad to take mine off.

I can't hit with anything smaller than a tennis racket, and I can't throw anything other than a football. I have no depth perception. I can however drive a tackling dummy a considerable distance for my size.