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post 1630048393 01-29-2021, 03:48 PM
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What are the hardest sports?

What do people here think are the hardest sports? Hard as in physically demanding.

My thinking is something along the lines of:

Tier 1 (hardest) - Combat sports, such as boxing and MMA. Not only do you have to be fit, strong and skilled etc., but you have to contend with being hit/fighting.

Tier 2 - Contact sports where you are likely to get injured I.e hand egg (American football) and rugby.

Tier 3 - endurance sports such as Iron Man, marathons and long distance cycling (the tours). The physical pain that these guys go through for hours, sometimes days/weeks is unreal.

Tier 4 - Individual skilled, but hard, sports - think tennis, squash etc. They are hard work and you have no team members to help you out.

Tier 5 - Non/low contact team sports. Football (soccer), basketball, volleyball.

Tier 6 - Team sports where you just sit or stand around most of the time - baseball, cricket etc.

Tier 7 - sports that aren’t sports - golf, bowling, snooker.

I’m not really sure where I’d put motor sports. There is always the danger of crashing so maybe around 3/4?
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Basketball. If you’re not like 6’8 or a one 1/100,000,000 athlete you have no shot.
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Probably chess
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Originally Posted By SmashinYoungVag⏩
Basketball. If you’re not like 6’8 or a one 1/100,000,000 athlete you have no shot.
He said "physically demanding". I'd say boxing/MMA are the hardest, followed by the NFL, followed by gymnastics (elite level gymnastics is no fuking joke), & then ultra-endurance sports.
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from the sports i've participated in i'd say wrestling hands down. running up and down a field is one thing to be in shape for. going head to head with another person for multiple minutes a round is a whole other level of endurance thats needed



ever see what a highschool state champ or d1 wrestlers training looks like? pretty grueling
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Originally Posted By Rizzo845⏩
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lol.

I don't know, seems good, buy you left out gymnastics - regardless of whether you think it's kind of ****gy or not, there's no denying the shyt they do is impressive as phuck and requires some incredible athleticism and skill.
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Real tough question. I’m thinking of it more of which sport is harder for an individual athlete.

A professional Olympic level marathon runner or professional triathlete might be the individually hardest in my opinion. The pace at which they run, the distance they have to maintain that pace, the physical toll on the body down to your organs, the mental toughness it takes, that’s a lot. It might be the hardest. But I wouldn’t say they would be the overall best athlete. But being the most athletic isn’t the question here, it’s figuring out what is the hardest.

Top tier professional fighter I think you have to be a more overall well rounded athlete. This will make the athlete Jack of all trades master of none (other than fight technique and strategy). So having to have developed and to utilize those facets while under an extreme stress makes it extremely hard.

I’m really kind of torn between marathon runner and professional fighter.
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Originally Posted By Strawng⏩
He said "physically demanding". I'd say boxing/MMA are the hardest, followed by the NFL, followed by gymnastics (elite level gymnastics is no fuking joke), & then ultra-endurance sports.
Good point I didn’t think of gymnastics. Also i forgot strongman, if you consider that a sport.
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Originally Posted By Strawng⏩
He said "physically demanding". I'd say boxing/MMA are the hardest, followed by the NFL, followed by gymnastics (elite level gymnastics is no fuking joke), & then ultra-endurance sports.
I was going to say gymnastics and also olympic weightlifting and strongman.
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post 1630051023 01-29-2021, 04:17 PM
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Snooker or darts, and it’s not even close.

They are completely unlearnable. You can either play, or you can’t. Phil Taylor demolished his pub team the first time he played, he couldn’t understand why they bothered. Same with Ronnie O’Sullivan, better at 12 than I would be after a lifetime of practise.

I’ve tried to improve at both and I’m utterly convinced it wouldn’t matter what I did, I would barely ever win a single leg off Taylor and in a million years would never win a frame of snooker against a top player. That’s true of even good amateurs in both (which I’m not). The gap to the top is totally insurmountable, there are no other sports where the gap between good and all time great is so enormous.
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Originally Posted By samsbolton⏩
Snooker or darts, and it’s not even close.

They are completely unlearnable. You can either play, or you can’t. Phil Taylor demolished his pub team the first time he played, he couldn’t understand why they bothered. Same with Ronnie O’Sullivan, better at 12 than I would be after a lifetime of practise.

I’ve tried to improve at both and I’m utterly convinced it wouldn’t matter what I did, I would barely ever win a single leg off Taylor and in a million years would never win a frame of snooker against a top player. That’s true of even good amateurs in both (which I’m not). The gap to the top is totally insurmountable, there are no other sports where the gap between good and all time great is so enormous.
He saidphysically demanding.
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Since you said physically demanding...

I think Basketball goes up to tier 2 or 3. The pace of the game is insane. Its one constant suicide drill and then you're asked to guard absolute monsters and be nice with your jumpshot. Hockey goes to tier 2.
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Skilled sports like soccer or basketball require life time dedication to the sport just to compete. Football you could just be fat and strong and make it pretty far.
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Originally Posted By AAGP14⏩
Skilled sports like soccer or basketball require life time dedication to the sport just to compete. Football you could just be fat and strong and make it pretty far.
I’d argue that makes them more skill based than physically demanding. I’m not saying they aren’t physically demanding, just not as much as the others I’ve listed above them.
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Originally Posted By CougarP01⏩
Since you said physically demanding...

I think Basketball goes up to tier 2 or 3. The pace of the game is insane. Its one constant suicide drill and then you're asked to guard absolute monsters and be nice with your jumpshot. Hockey goes to tier 2.
Not really, 90% of it is running back and forth chasing a ball. Most people could do that without training. Now for certain basketball tricks like the underleg dribble do require a degree of technical training
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Originally Posted By bov188⏩
Hockey. Every sport mentioned so far anyone can show up to a Sunday league a couple times and probably hold their own.

There is no way in hell you can just, "pick up" hockey because you're looking for a new hobby.
Hockey is literally roller skating with a stick in your hand. Most children can naturally do that without thought
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The average person would be hospitalized after an NFL caliber hit. 100% injury rate, a lifetime of pain, and half these guys will have rotting cauliflower brains by the time they hit middle age.

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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
The average person would be hospitalized after an NFL caliber hit. 100% injury rate, a lifetime of pain, and half these guys will have rotting cauliflower brains by the time they hit middle age.

It only looks like they hit hard when it’s really their armor and padding that makes it look so. Strip all of that down and their strength is maybe up to amateur powerlifting levels. I think most of their lift numbers i can easily lift no problem. That’s because I have more time to recover and no cardio
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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
The average person would be hospitalized after an NFL caliber hit. 100% injury rate, a lifetime of pain, and half these guys will have rotting cauliflower brains by the time they hit middle age.

Rugby > NFL

Real men dont wear padding.
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No mention of hockey? Gotta balance on sharpened skates you could cut someones jugular with, resulting in playes moving way faster, all on cold, unforgiving ice. And then you can stop the game and engage in a fist fight. Not to mention you play holding weapons.
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Originally Posted By CrimsonSteel⏩
No mention of hockey? Gotta balance on sharpened skates you could cut someones jugular with, resulting in playes moving way faster, all on cold, unforgiving ice. And then you can stop the game and engage in a fist fight. Not to mention you play holding weapons.
Again most people can learn that easily during childhood visiting a skating ring
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easily combat sports. where the target is the head or the round is until someone is knocked out or unable to fight anymore. one concussion or sparring itself could end your career or make you unable to continue the sport. like mike tyson said, "boxing is for people who have nothing." which is true for all combat sports. because you are gambling your entire life and well-being.
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Originally Posted By Rizzo845⏩
Rugby > NFL

Real men dont wear padding.
Ironically, the padding is what makes the NFL 350x more dangerous than the sillynannies performing soft, safe form tackles.
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Originally Posted By 2RDEYE⏩
easily combat sports. where the target is the head. one concussion or sparring itself could end your career or make you unable to continue the sport. like mike tyson said, "boxing is for people who have nothing." which is true for all combat sports. because you are gambling your entire life and well-being.
Most guys who join mma are thin with light frames hence being more prone to danger. Look at George Foreman, he was 220lbs 8% bf in his prime and nothing damaged him
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Originally Posted By JustCallMeJonny⏩
Look at George Foreman, he was220lbs 8% bf in his primeand nothing damaged him
so was muhammed ali lol

and george definitely took serious brain damage. just not as bad as muhammed with parkinsons.

concussions are concussions, it doesn't matter how heavy or fit you are.
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