The Most Difficult Sports

Nosferatu · Sep 18, 2019

Would you not agree the three most difficult sports to be great at all involve a stick?

Baseball
Hockey
Golf

UK Cowboy · Sep 18, 2019

All are skill sports. My two boys, one is an MMA fighter and the other a college baseball player, reason we went that way is that you can work really hard and if your skill is high, you can be an average size guy and still be great. Football and basketball, you have to be given something from God, height, speed, etc to have a realistic chance to be great. So I would say it depends on the context. If you were a 5'9'' 150 pound guy like Jose Altuve, playing a sport like baseball which requires great skill still affords him a better shot than trying to make it in the NFL or NBA where everyone is huge and athletic

beardown07 · Sep 19, 2019

@Peter Gozintite, you wanna weigh in on this?

I don't know what category Skateboarding falls under, but I know it hurts when you suck at it.

Mookie · Sep 19, 2019

I'd say hockey because it requires a ton of skill, have to either be fast or strong (or both), have to be tough, you play on an alternate surface to boot. Anyone can pick up a basketball and shoot around, anyone can kick a soccer ball towards net etc. But with hockey it's like you either play, or you don't

Shanemansj13 · Sep 19, 2019

I feel like golf is the most difficult but imo it is totally different than the other two bc while it requires less skill than baseball or hockey. All sports require mental toughness but I feel golf requires a lot and a lot of patience. There is so much that could go wrong with a golf swing, I feel like this sport needs the most practice and repetition. Skill wise I would go with baseball, all these require great hand eye coordination but watching these players see a fastball 90-100 mph and then adjusting to a slow curve just seems amazing to me.

Peter Gozintite · Sep 19, 2019

Ok, first thing, you onky mentioned one sport. Baseball is a game, and golf is a hobby. When are you guys going to learn?

Shanemansj13 · Sep 19, 2019

Peter Gozintite said:
Ok, first thing, you onky mentioned one sport. Baseball is a game, and golf is a hobby. When are you guys going to learn?

I guess we should call figure skating a sport too

Peter Gozintite · Sep 19, 2019

Shanemansj13 said:
I guess we should call figure skating a sport too

No, its also a hobby.

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SJ76 · Sep 19, 2019

Shanemansj13 said:
I feel like golf is the most difficult but imo it is totally different than the other two bc while it requires less skill than baseball or hockey. All sports require mental toughness but I feel golf requires a lot and a lot of patience. There is so much that could go wrong with a golf swing, I feel like this sport needs the most practice and repetition. Skill wise I would go with baseball, all these require great hand eye coordination but watching these players see a fastball 90-100 mph and then adjusting to a slow curve just seems amazing to me.

Call golf whatever you want.. these guys can make over 1mm in 4 days.

And yeah golf is hard for many reasons.

CitySushi · Sep 19, 2019

I think Tennis is incredibly difficult at the highest levels. If you think about what they really need to do during a match it requires an incredible amount of skill.

Gatorchip · Sep 19, 2019

Going with Poker.

Myles · Sep 19, 2019

Golf, Bowling, Billiards. I guess they are all sports.

Carnzo · Sep 19, 2019

I'm good at darts.
It requires good hand eye coordination and an ability to play the game when drinking heavily on an empty stomach.

femurov · Sep 19, 2019

Cornhole... and not the kind that Shane likes.

Myles · Sep 19, 2019

Seriously though, I think I would go with being an NFL QB. Seems there are less than 30 good ones in the world.

TheRobotDevil · Sep 19, 2019

MookieMonstah50 said:
I'd say hockey because it requires a ton of skill, have to either be fast or strong (or both), have to be tough, you play on an alternate surface to boot. Anyone can pick up a basketball and shoot around, anyone can kick a soccer ball towards net etc. But with hockey it's like you either play, or you don't

Agree hockey is by far the most difficult sport.Yoir post is spot on factor in everything that goes on away from the puck, deflections, etc.... its a whole other skill set really

Nosferatu · Sep 19, 2019

TheRobotDevil said:
Agree hockey is by far the most difficult sport.Yoir post is spot on factor in everything that goes on away from the puck, deflections, etc.... its a whole other skill set really

And you are skating around on ice with knives on your feet...

TheRobotDevil · Sep 19, 2019

Nosferatu said:
And you are skating around on ice with knives on your feet...

The Malarchuck and Zednick incidents are still brutal to watch

Myles · Sep 19, 2019

TheRobotDevil said:
The Malarchuck and Zednick incidents are still brutal to watch

gob · Sep 19, 2019

Myles said:

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