re: Honest question, which women's sports are better than their male counterparts...

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but it's much closer to the mens than something like basketball

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How'd you come to this conclusion? Much like any other sport that relies on athleticism, the women would be completely destroyed by the men. It's not close at all.

The closest sports women could maybe compete with men are sports like golf.

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Honest question, which women's sports are better than their male counterparts...
...to watch.

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1. beach volleyball
2. Bikini mud wrastling
3. Figure skating

I enjoyed this womens WC. I dont think it's better quality than the men's, but when they got to the knockout rounds, the quality was pretty good and the matches were competitive and fun to watch.

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The only reason I could think anyone would list soccer is because the diving. The men's game is so much better in terms of athleticism and skill.

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It isn't close. Usually when people say this they haven't watched enough men's soccer to really appreciate how huge the gulf is between the two.

Gymnastics, that's about it.

You get comments like this about soccer from people who never played the game or watched elite men's on a regular basis. Their main exposure to the sport was from daughters or sisters or girlfriends playing. So there just isn't the easy comparison there is for a sport like basketball.

The women play in sand compared to the men, especially in the final third

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women's tennis is better because they actually break serve

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Women's holds are like men's breaks.

I got nothing.

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Women's tennis for sure. The men's game has much less rallying because of the power men have and the difficulty of returning serves.

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Can't agree there. The only time the women go to the net is to shake hands. Long points aren't great if they are just long points. I agree women's tennis is also fun to watch, but men's game has more variety of play, and there are still very good net players in the game.

Having watched some of the women's world cup, there are likeable aspects to women's soccer. One being they seem to be so bad at clearing the ball up the pitch, which means attacks tend to flow between pressure and counter rather than quick passing, hoof, rebuild from back, move breaks down, hoof - which I'm accustomed to in English soccer, and they never ever seem to break into head tennis. Practically no route one stuff at all. Their control and first touch is reasonable too, and the games seemed open as hell. The general level of play is lower overall but the matches were still watchable.