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Madtowntripper
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Hardest Sport to Play?
#5802922 - 06/29/06 11:31 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I would say baseball, probably. In no other sport does being able to successfully complete the main task of the sport 30% of the time make you EXCEPTIONAL. But in baseball, hitting .300 is considered the mark of a very good hitter. Imagine if Tiger only hit 6 fairways every round. Or if Lebron James went 10/30 for the night and was considered the MVP. It just doesnt happen.
Its easy to be a perfect QB in football. People finish games all the time with perfect QB ratings. But perfect games for a pitcher? Few and far between, enough that its a noteworthy event every few years when a pitcher pulls it off.
These are just random ramblings...
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Most people will answer football simply based on the physical beating most players receive while playing and the endurance required. Same with basketball as far as endurance is concerned.
But I'm with you on the baseball.
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It just depends on how you mean hardest. If you mean endurance wise, then I would say football. If you mean hardest by hardest to succeed in, then I agree with you on baseball. I envy the catchers man. Those fucking guys are tough, especially with having to wear all that gear in the middle of summer.
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Re: Hardest Sport to Play? [Re: Deadmaker]
#5802990 - 06/29/06 11:57 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah - but at the same time, they say catching is the easiest way to work your way into the major leagues.
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Probably because no one wants to freakin do it.
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Re: Hardest Sport to Play? [Re: Deadmaker]
#5803158 - 06/29/06 12:45 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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They say that because you don't have to be a great hitter to make it. My call for toughest is probably boxing. Mano a mano and no place to hide or get help from teammates. After that I'd say that hitting a baseball is probably the single hardest skill to master. Getting into the NBA is probably hardest because the rosters are so small and you have to be a genetic freak. You have to be a freak for most of football too but the rosters are huge and the turnover is swift.
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Fighting, MMA or UFC, not boxing.
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zappaisgod
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xDuckYouSuckerx said: Fighting, MMA or UFC, not boxing.
I thought about that but there's not enough people doing it. The truly elite athletes are doing other things, i.e., not enough money in it.
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Re: Hardest Sport to Play? [Re: zappaisgod]
#5803477 - 06/29/06 02:31 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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how is no one saying golf? golf is by far the single hardest sport to master and actually be good at. you can get a guy whos never played basketball to shoot and he will be alright, ive seen the mexicans do it. but give the same person a golf club and put him on the course and he will suck nuts. anybody who disagrees with this obviously hasnt played golf.
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Noetical
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Boxing is up there. Try just throwing punches at air for 3 minutes, now imagine doing that twelve times over with someone smakcing you in the brain.
Then Hockey, the fastest game in the world.
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Quote:
OneMoreRobot3021 said: Yeah - but at the same time, they say catching is the easiest way to work your way into the major leagues.
Or be a left handed pitcher
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Madtowntripper said: I would say baseball, probably. In no other sport does being able to successfully complete the main task of the sport 30% of the time make you EXCEPTIONAL. But in baseball, hitting .300 is considered the mark of a very good hitter. Imagine if Tiger only hit 6 fairways every round. Or if Lebron James went 10/30 for the night and was considered the MVP. It just doesnt happen.
Its easy to be a perfect QB in football. People finish games all the time with perfect QB ratings. But perfect games for a pitcher? Few and far between, enough that its a noteworthy event every few years when a pitcher pulls it off.
These are just random ramblings...
how does being able to screw up more make a sport more difficult?
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Re: Hardest Sport to Play? [Re: zappaisgod]
#5803777 - 06/29/06 03:53 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said:
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xDuckYouSuckerx said: Fighting, MMA or UFC, not boxing.
I thought about that but there's not enough people doing it. The truly elite athletes are doing other things, i.e., not enough money in it.
Zappa pretty much hit the nail on the head right there. The talent pool of boxing is infinitely larger than mma for many reasons. For example every young male in Russia does compulsory duty which includes boxing training and any which show promise go on to complete in the amateurs for the belt. One of the Russian's who won that belt was Nikolay and look at his career in pro boxing so far. Boxing is very big in many places, costs little to train, and offers big pay days. MMA on the other hand is unpopular, expensive, and does not pay above peanuts unless you are around top15 in your weight class.
I mean shit, look at Werdum, he got into BJJ because he was choked out by his GF's ex-boyfriend in front of her. Now a few years later hes in the top10 HWs. That kinda shit just wouldn't happen in boxing.
I think boxing is the hardest sport to play and one of the largest reasons is because your genetics determines how good you can be much more than in any other sport.
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Re: Hardest Sport to Play? [Re: d33p]
#5803810 - 06/29/06 04:02 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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d33p said:
I think boxing is the hardest sport to play and one of the largest reasons is because your genetics determines how good you can be much more than in any other sport.
Definitely boxing.
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paulie_walnuts1
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If you're talking about professional sports, I'd have to say nascar.
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surfing- you've gotta find the right conditions then paddle into it and then stand up. to get good and be consistent catching waves takes a lot of time to learn
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I know people who have been surfing for a year and can already do pretty damn good at it.
Definitely not surfing.
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There's no such thing as a "hardest" sport.
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Re: Hardest Sport to Play? [Re: Basilides]
#5809321 - 07/01/06 10:24 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I agree.
The hardest sport to play is the sport you suck most at. I didn't find baseball hard to play at all.....
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