This is a great story. On my part, I enjoyed playing soccer with my friends when I was a kid: We didn't have to perform or run fast, but we just did our best, a

This is a great story. On my part, I enjoyed playing soccer with my friends when I was a kid: We didn't have to perform or run fast, but we just did our best, and it was fun and fulfilling. On the other hand, our PE classes were often bland and not very fun: running, pull ups, push ups, occasionally basketball, which I struggled with a lot. (It was not in the US, so no one was getting much social benefits from being good at sports. But I see why your experience with school PE and sports feels so devastating.)