Author Topic: "Toughest" sports to play (Read 1170 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** May 03, 2004, 09:44:27 AM »

Please note:
Soccer (European football) falls AFTER baseball and gymnastics...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills?sort=total_rank#grid

Bodhi · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2004, 09:50:00 AM »

Hell it falls after baseball... thats not right, anyone can stand around, wave a bat, and chew tobacco. Even lacrosse is ranked lower... somebody felt bad for baseball is all... maybe they are taking into account working for Steinbrenner....

Curval · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2004, 09:55:15 AM »

lol..

Hey lazs...shooting is only midly tougher than fishing and billiards.

Sandman · « **Reply #3 on:** May 03, 2004, 10:49:36 AM »

Rugby and Lacrosse are easier than baseball...

Dinger · « **Reply #4 on:** May 03, 2004, 11:12:24 AM »

Baseball's ranking is largely due to the hand-eye coordination rating. I mean how hard is soccer anyway? Just kick the ball.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 03, 2004, 11:16:52 AM »

Tennis??????????????//

gofaster · « **Reply #6 on:** May 03, 2004, 11:38:49 AM »

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Originally posted by Dinger
Baseball's ranking is largely due to the hand-eye coordination rating. I mean how hard is soccer anyway? Just kick the ball.

10-year-olds can play baseball, but how many of them can do water polo? We'd be fishing them out of the bottom of the deep-end every week! That report is completely bogus. If it were me, I'd sort it out like this:

Boxing
Hockey
WaterPolo
LaCrosse
Football
Rugby
Volleyball
Basketball
Baseball
Soccer
Triathlon
and so forth

Cabby44 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:00:27 PM »

Quote:

"Tennis??????????????// "

Try playing 3 Sets against high-level competition...

Toughest sports i've played(in no particular order)

#1 Motocross: Brutally demanding, both physically and mentally..

#2 Baseball: Takes guts, physical-strength, mental toughness, and cat-quick reflexes to face a 90mph pitched ball, or field a screaming ground-ball hit right at you...

#3 Tennis: Again, cat-quick reflexes, endurance, and mental toughness are required. "Individual" sports are always tougher than "teamsports"...

#4 Basketball: A rough, tough , "non-contact" sport requiring speed, excellent hands and feet, and physical endurance...

#5: Football: Just because of the physical beating you take in every game....

C.

midnight Target · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:05:02 PM »

Basketball should be ranked above football.

I've played basketball at a pretty competetive level, and I'd say vollyball is a little tougher. YMMV.

Replicant · « **Reply #9 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:07:44 PM »

Take it not many people have played Rugby....

BlckMgk · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:08:31 PM »

Yes but 10 year-old kids don't hit the baseball thats going more than 35 mph.

A sport thats happy if you hit the ball Only 30% of the time when you go up is a tough sport. Hitting a ball pitched at 90+ mph, and moves 2-4 feet in a direction you really don't know, and that was thrown from only less than 60 feet away. Thats a bit tough.

And catching a ball is not as hard but still difficult.

Goto the cages today, and jump into the fastest pen you can see.. mind you this is a machine throwing it straight. Come back and let me know how well ya did.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:22:25 PM »

Of the ones I've done, I'd have to say wrestling. Longest 6 minutes of your life.

Cabby44 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:28:07 PM »

^Yes, wrestling is TOUGH. But, having my nose shoved-up some guy's armpit is not for me. I'll pass...

C.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:30:32 PM »

We're talking about "tough", not fun. I only did wrestling to train for football, which was not as tough as wrestling but way more fun.

SirLoin · « **Reply #14 on:** May 03, 2004, 12:48:13 PM »

Well the 'sleaziest' sport is still figure skating.