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World's Toughest Sport
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| Noctone |
| Check out ESPN's bull findings . Baseball above footy? Give me a in' break. |
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| Omegasox |
| That's mostly because of the Hand-Eye category which is almost non-existent in football. I'm surprised it scored as high as it did (In HE). :conf: |
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| smokeape |
Bull Riding should rank #1 in the sport in which you are most likely to break bones...
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| BadBadNeil |
I def agree that boxing is #1. People a lot of times don't realize how hard the guys hit, but a lot of these guys could easily kill a normal guy in the ring especially in 10 rounds.
I'd say probably the single toughest sport event is probably the Tour De France though. I honestly have no clue how those guys do it. Maybe one stage, but not like 20 days of riding with only like 3 breaks at 100+ miles a pop up mountains. |
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| SpecialEd |
I kinda agree that footie might be tougher then baseball, but as an american and a former hs baseball player as well, I know why they might think it's tougher then football.
Like soccer, baseball is mostly all skill and talent. Just that by specific skill though, the skills in soccer are easier to develop then in baseball.
You can take a kid and teach him how to kick a ball in a day. It takes alot of time for kids to develop how to hit a ball coming at you at a high rate of speed. Or develop catching fundamentals.
Nothing against football thoguh. |
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| th0m |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omegasox
That's mostly because of the Hand-Eye category which is almost non-existent in football. I'm surprised it scored as high as it did (In HE). :conf: |
You do know that football is being played with your feet right?
Football is definitely not an easy sport to play really well, ballhandling n such.
| quote: | Originally posted by SpecialEd
I kinda agree that footie might be tougher then baseball, but as an american and a former hs baseball player as well, I know why they might think it's tougher then football.
Like soccer, baseball is mostly all skill and talent. Just that by specific skill though, the skills in soccer are easier to develop then in baseball.
You can take a kid and teach him how to kick a ball in a day. It takes alot of time for kids to develop how to hit a ball coming at you at a high rate of speed. Or develop catching fundamentals.
Nothing against football thoguh. |
Yes, everybody can kick a ball, just as everybody can hit a ball with a bat. But to refine both, you require training. Also, comparing hitting a ball in baseball and kicking a ball in soccer is different, since there's more to soccer than just kicking a ball. |
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| razmataz |
| Try playing cricket my friend. |
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| halexander837 |
Hockey!
Nothing harder than that. |
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| Bronze |
le classement est ben correct ...
there is nothing to say |
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| SpecialEd |
| quote: | Originally posted by th0m
You do know that football is being played with your feet right?
Football is definitely not an easy sport to play really well, ballhandling n such.
Yes, everybody can kick a ball, just as everybody can hit a ball with a bat. But to refine both, you require training. Also, comparing hitting a ball in baseball and kicking a ball in soccer is different, since there's more to soccer than just kicking a ball. |
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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| DJAntSmith |
| Decathlon? I'd be ing knackered! |
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| mp3province |
| what the happened to cricket |
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