I like the colour blue 'cos my football (soccer)team play in shirts of that colour.
Man have they caused me some pain over the years 
Are you engaging in sex for procreation, or for recreation?
If the latter, can you explain why you do not see this as an inherently risky act that serves absolutely no purpose other than the fleeting enjoyment of a few hormones surging through the brain.
Oh please, now you’re just bullshitting. I asked what you did for FUN, not what you do to make sure you get your vitamins.
Seems to me that recreational sex, if performed well, is at least as dangerous as tennis.
Nothing Special, why do you watch NFL games?
So you have no interest in sports whatsoever, you’re into yoga, taking weird run/hikes and eating your vegetables…are you sure about the statement above?
I think one thing the OP is forgetting is that contact sports gives you the oportunity to damage OTHER people!
Can you clarify what you mean by this? I’m not sure how else one can characterize the process by which the bowler propels the ball toward the batman (other than “bowling”).
And for my personal anecdote: I was fairly athletic when younger; I played a number of sports, and I was very fast. Probably not headed toward an athletic career, but pretty athletic nonetheless. My participation in athletics ended when I sprained my ankle–running down the stairs to go to the bathroom during a break from rehearsing A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Clearly I should never do Sondheim again.
That was the inspiration for my OP. Well, not the entire inspiration, but it was a moment of change. I started to think: what are these grown men doing but destroying themselves and each other? What is it, exactly, that I, or anyone, could be interested in?
fachverwirrt Years ago I broke my wrist rehearsing Henry V
Clearly the theatre is a very dangerous place
Bowling is specifically not throwing, which was chowder’s point. See here for a diagram!
You have grasped the nub of my gist!
Why is damaging other people enjoyable?
Healthy practices are fun in their own right. In fact, they’re the funnest.
Cool and all. Every sport has its own nomenclature. But I can’t see any difference between what the guy in your link is doing and throwing. 
Depends on how you do it. If you find it “dangerous,” refine your technique.
I totally agree. My last prostate exam was a blast!
I was hurt. Now I’m healing. Notice I said am still not back on the court.
That being said, yes, the risk of getting hurt again will always be there, but for me, the rewards I get from playing vastly outweigh the rather unlikely possibility that I’ll get hurt. I say “unlikely” because although I’ve suffered many injuries in my years of practicing sports, I’d guesstimate that 98%+ of the time I engage in them, nothing happens – other than the feeling of enjoyment/self-fulfillment from the corresponding endorphin release.
Your need for a prostate exam was due, in large part, to the way you have abused your body over the years.
A prostate exam isn’t a “healthy” practice. It’s a need that is a reflection of how you’ve treated yourself over the years.
Eat a little kelp every day. You’ll absolve yourself of ever needing to have someone stick his finger up your ass.
It really is. Seriously. I was very nearly seriously injured a couple of years ago when I misjudged a step from one stage level to another and fell flat on my face, sword in hand. Sets fall, people fall, stunts go wrong. I’ve seen more people injured in theatre than I ever did in years of playing sports.
No. A prostate exam is a sign that a male has taken sufficiently good care of his body throughout the first fifty years of his life that he has actually survived to the point where he should take the precaution of having the exam. A person who treated himself so poorly that he did not need a prostate exam would be one who had died before the age of fifty.
Stop making stuff up in order to play your little game, doc.
It has already gotten tiresome and is doing nothing to permit you to continue posting, here.
Actually, that was a joke. I’m still in my 30’s and haven’t had one yet.
At least not from a medical professional, wink wink.