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re: Pro athletes on Twitter debate which sport requires most mental preparation
Posted on 6/14/15 at 12:17 am to NotoriousFSU
Posted on 6/14/15 at 12:17 am to NotoriousFSU
Fighting for sure. You have to prep yourself knowing you are going against someone who has trained to kick your arse for the last 3 months or more. Then if you get into a war or you are losing you have to try to persevere through pain and try to win the fight. There is a huge amount of mental stress knowing that you are probably going to be hurt in some way by the end of the night.
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Posted on 6/14/15 at 12:56 am to Bench McElroy
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Football has 22 players on the field at once, more than any other sport
Umm...
Posted on 6/14/15 at 1:23 am to noonan
Posted on 6/14/15 at 1:25 am to Bench McElroy
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which sport requires most mental preparation
Posted on 6/14/15 at 1:30 am to lsucoonass
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Any combat sport
Posted on 6/14/15 at 2:14 am to VerlanderBEAST
Tennis and it isn't close
Posted on 6/14/15 at 3:52 am to Bench McElroy
NFL qb is probably the answer.
MLB catcher is really close.
MLB catcher is really close.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 4:01 am to KingwoodLsuFan
I think fighting is a pretty good answer. Although me personally, baseball is #1. When the best players in the world fail at their job two-thirds of the time, that shows how mentally prepared you must be.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 7:47 am to LSUzealot
Badminton would have to be up there. When a shuttlecock buzzes by your tower, you know it is GAME ON! The shuttlecock's movement is unpredictable and filled with ill intentions...plus, you get to say shuttlecock.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:01 am to Bench McElroy
Formula 1 has to be the most mentally challenging.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:28 am to NewIberiaHaircut
As a huge football fan, race car driving has to be it. I say this as someone who hates watching racing, I think it is boring as hell to watch. But you have to memorize the track to perfection any mistake and it's over. Then you have to maintain that focus for several hours in extreme heat, noise, and pay attention to everyone else. Mistakes lead to death not just losing, so it is the most mentally challenging in my opinion.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:28 am to Bench McElroy
I still say football in regards to what I think of as mental preparation but, I can appreciate the preparation it takes for almost any sport once you get to an elite level
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:32 am to lsupride87
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Tennis. Every other sport ends eventually based on the rules. Football, basketball, hockey etc the time runs out. You just have to hold on to win. The one thing about tennis I try to explain to others is that tennis doesn't end unless you win the last point. Nothing else can save you
Uhh that's baseball also. You cant run out the clock.
This post was edited on 6/14/15 at 8:33 am
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:41 am to barry
This is a tough question. Mentally preparation can mean a couple of things. An NFL QB has to do lots of studying and memorizing, plus be able to make very quick decisions so that is one aspect of mental preparation. Another would be that you have to be prepare for the mental aspect of the game itself, like golf where it's just you vs the course and the course doesn't make mistakes, it's a constant, if you make a bad shot there is zero chance the course will make a mistake. In match play its a little different as you can play the person more than the course. With any solo sport you will have some of this aspect of the stress of being all alone. I'd say any sport that isn't heavily skill based, meaning you can come in as an amateur and dominate isn't the toughest. Developing the skill is a mental grind.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 9:40 am to barry
To be successful at any major sport you have to be mentally prepared. The QB position probably requires the most preparation, but you get a week to accomplish it. Baseball players usually have the shortest turn around with games everyday.
QBs would have the most to prepare for while cathers have the toughest prep work.
QBs would have the most to prepare for while cathers have the toughest prep work.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 9:56 am to TigerintheNO
I would say that any form of auto racing is probably the most demanding sport on the mental side of it. For example I just finished watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans and while it is an "endurance" race those guys were running qualifying laps pretty much the whole event. I don't think many athletes could wheel a car across the Circuit de la Sarthe for one stint let alone running triple or even quadruple stints like some guys were running during the night. While also constantly keeping an eye on both the faster and slower cars.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 10:51 am to Bench McElroy
NASCAR? 
Posted on 6/14/15 at 11:12 am to Bench McElroy
Bowling and it's not even close.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 11:34 am to lsupride87
Football and hockey much more physically than mentally
auto racing, baseball, tennis, basketball??? mental with basketball also fitting physical.
auto racing, baseball, tennis, basketball??? mental with basketball also fitting physical.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 11:44 am to KingwoodLsuFan
Boxing
Tennis
You can rotate a sub to get a break, no one to pass to, or let someone else do the work.
Tennis
You can rotate a sub to get a break, no one to pass to, or let someone else do the work.
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