For hand-eye co-ordination i'd say cricket

For strength i'd say rugby

i don't see how you can go past hockey. You've got to hit the little puck whilst skating fast and getting hit by big, mean guys.standing still and hitting a ball like baseball doesn't come close.
now if you want to get into the toughest event, it's a close one between the marathon-type triathalons and the iditarod.

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Originally posted by OurManFlint OK, if anybody has ever wrestled before, I mean in a tough wrestling program or camp, or actually been in some matches, they would agree that wrestling is much tougher than fuckin basketball and football for shits sake. And don't get me started on baseball. I have competed in most of the top 10, and wrestling is by far the toughest. Who the fuck rated these, christ.

I got to agree with this guy, Wrestling is probably the 2nd toughest sport to Boxing. No joke.

I did high school wrestling for 4 years, my winter months were my most grueling athletics times of my life. triathalons and marathons are just as tough, but the whole conditioning, mental aspect, training, and the match itself is sooooooo physically tough.

Wrestlers go through hell and back. This is how my day was at a normal practice during season -

For 1 1/2 - 2 hrs : 2-3 mile distance run with a good amount of time dedicated to sprints, stair climbing and short distance runs. Or 1 mile distance run and alot of sprints and stair climbing.

15 minute break. Get wrestling gear on. Head to the wrestling room.

Warm ups, then 2-3 hr session consisting of takedown, situation, and technique drills. Technique practice, then conditioning practice. More indoor running, constant movement training. Then practice matches, Situation matches, etc. low stress conditioning, some yoga crap to practice mental fatigue, and then thats the end of practice.

Keep in mind, we only got 5-10 minute breaks between only conditioning practices. It's a grueling sport, but when you beat the fuck out of people on that mat it's a rush. Especially if your with a winning team, it's a sense of individual pride that keeps you fired up.

People who've never wrestled on any level probably don't understand how hard it is compared to any sport. It's constant movement. no rests, just digging energy deep from inside of you to push yourself to your limits. The wrestling match itself is tough, it's two compititors going at each other with all their energy, will and strength for a solid 5-6 minutes. Every second feels like an eternity.

The only thing I can compare it to is like an arm-wrestling match, but going for a few minutes. but, except it's using your whole body, not just your arm if you get what I'm saying. Most arm-wrestling matches are usually just a minute max, imagine doing that for like 5-6 minutes but with your whole body.

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im not a big baseball fan but i do know the most difficult single action in any sport is hit a baseball in the majorleagues.... its so hard to hit a ball when its speeding up to u at 90+ mph...

I also think race car driving is extremely difficult , just to be able to drive plus the conditions they put there body through the whole race...


and i would think racing the tour de france is pretty difficult as well



as for tuffest id say Mixed Martial Art competition like UFC, Pride ,ect makes boxing look medicore.

freeriding!

c'mon, i'd like to see somebody from ESPN do a 45-foot road gap or somethin like that

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that sepak tekraw game they play in the far east looks bloody hard ... im sure if espn did their homework that would definately be among the toughest sports out there

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Originally posted by SpecialEd No.. Trust me, even in cricket or baseball. Hiting the Ball with a Bat while it's going a pretty decent speed is hard for an person who's new to the sport. Why have I decided on this conclusion? The other day me and my buddies were hitting baseballs at the batting cages(for you euros, it's a cage where you practice hitting baseballs by a motorized pitcher) and a few of my friends never played baseball in their lives.. And could barely get a couple hits at over a 100 pitches. While I person like myself, who's played baseball for a decent amount of my life hit every ball. That's just based on my opinion, though. Skills in footie are more athletic then in Baseball though, requiring more foot coordination, speed, and quickness. while baseball is more strength, eye-hand coordination, with a lil mix of speed and throwing coordiation as well. That's not my point, though. The difference between hand coordination sports and foot coordination sports is that hand sports tend to be more refine indeed, takes alot more motor skills and complete movement to perform then at footie. The reason I differ that baseball is tougher then footie, is that it takes nerves for a person at bat to coop with hitting a ball coming at You at a high rate of speed. While at every pitch theres the chance that the ball can hit you, or hit your opponant (if not careful) Ever been hit by ball coming at you at 60-70 or even 80 mph? It freakin' hurts. When I was playing baseball, I never really was afraid of getting hit but that cost me a few nails(meaning my nails fell off), broke a finger and broke my nose from getting hit by a ball. In footie I know theres ankle/foot injuries, being cleated(i'm not sure what you guys call it, but whatever getting stabbed in the legs by cleats is), getting kicked by your opponant, etc. But It doesn't seem that bad compared to being hit by a baseball at 70-80 mph. It really does take nerves to hit a baseball while it's being pitched at you.. the pitcher trys his hardest to psyce you out, scare you, whatever it is to make you strike out. Opposed to football where it's all football passing and foot defense. not that football players get rough when it comes to defense, just it just doesn't happen that often due to fear of fouls or penalty cards. Even if that baseball is hated by many or all of non-americans, If you've really tried playing the game with players of talent it gets tough. I've played football, I was very involved in soccer here in the US when I was a kid. Never liked to play the sport personally, was more of a typical american athlete who stuck to our national sports - American Football, Basketball, Baseball, with a few years of high school wrestling. So my opinion may be biased, get over it.

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I played baseball whilst i was in the usa last week, very enjoyable game to play (allot better than watching it mind you).
I played with some lad who pitched (if thats what they call it?) and then my mate stood behind me with his glove. Its hard, but just a faster game of rounders (which is what we've played in England).

Comparing it to football though is hard. You see, yes anyway can play football, and not everyone can hit a ball at 90mph, as you say. But you are talking pro league. If you play sunday league football, you think you got a chance against any professional team? Of course not, their whole life is dedicated to their sport in refining the talent that they have in that sport.

Football is more about kicking a ball. The higher the league, the more technical it gets. For example, the fitness of Premier League players, i believe, will outway baseball. 90 minutes football with a 15 mins break. You ever played that long? U get fucking tired il tell you, and it aint like American Football where u get adverts and stuff in the middle so u can have a quick drink or whatnot, football is always moving (unless you have a dodgy ref who wants to stop-start the game all the time). On the technical level, you ever seen Zidane dribble past 5 players? Have you ever seen Beckham hit a 60 yard ball to land directly in the path of a winger? Have you ever seen Paulo Dicanio hit a ball in mid air with a sizzor kick? You need to watch a little more of "soccer" mate because its got more to do with technicality than you think

Sliding tackles can be dangerous, with injuried from a week to ending your career. Always remember a coventry player breaking his leg at Old Trafford, and Robertio DeMateo breaking his leg and having to retire from it, so if someone does a nasty tackle then football can be dangerous!!

Agree that tour de France is prob most demanding sport in energy, but true physical contacts sports like Boxing and Wrestling is where you got more chance of getting hurt imo.

Actualy Wrestling (like Olympic none of that WWE shit) is fuken hard.

Footie requires the most stamina (you get line changes in hockey like none other)

But really tough - World's Strongest Man comp on ESPN, i guess it's not really a sport but the shit they have to do (like pull a train and bench kegs) is def tough enuf.

boxing is by far and away the toughest sport.

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hockey is the most demanding team sport other than water polo that's why it has line changes.Just try and play a full game without a line change?not gonna happen

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Originally posted by Aristronica Footie requires the most stamina (you get line changes in hockey like none other)

which type of footie are you referring to?
I always thought the hardest position in any sport would be a loose forward in rugby. not only are you expected to be the first to every tackle, but you have to push in the ruck or maul when you get there. It's constantly either speed or strength work. and then there's the chance or getting raked or stomped as well.