play or do sports?

[bluepinky]

Which ones are correct?

play or do sports?
on the weekend or at the weekend?
in the summer or in summer?

Thanks.

[Soup]

1. do sports
2. play [an individual sport]
3. on the weekend (USA)
4. at the weekend (UK)
5. in the summer/in summer

[beascarpetta]

for individual sports you should use
play
with football, tennis, rugby, baseball, golf, table tennis, squash, volleyball, basketball,cricket, hockey, badminton and ice hockey. (Rule: they all involve a ball of some kind.)
go
together with sailing, skiing, rowing, swimming, and fishing. (Rule: go + -ing.)
and
do
for athletics, aerobics, gymnastics, and boxing. (Rule: do + exercise/do + -ics.)
Note: boxing is an exception, as are wrestling, weight lifting.

hope this helps

[bluepinky]

Thanks.

So, we say, "What sports do you do?" and "I do boxing."? or "I play golf." or "I go horseriding."?

[Soup]

"What sports do you do?"
"I do boxing (on the weekends)." <colloquially> But more so "I box."
"I play golf."
"I go horseback riding."

[bluepinky]

Thanks again.