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re: Tennis is the most difficult sport to master
Posted on 1/20/22 at 12:36 am to ManBearTiger
Posted on 1/20/22 at 12:36 am to ManBearTiger
It’s golf.
I’m good at tennis. I suck at golf. So golf.
I’m good at tennis. I suck at golf. So golf.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 12:36 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Michael Chang,
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won one at 17
It's crazy that would end up being his only singles trophy.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 3:02 am to ManBearTiger
Boxers seemingly put in the most hours. Maybe it’s a bit romanticized, but seems like they’re training from the moment they wake til they sleep, every single day.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 4:20 am to Celery
Figure skating seems pretty damn hard these days with all the spiny shite and the blades of death attached to your feet.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 4:27 am to PhineasFreakaZoid
Tennis is very much on the “hardest” sport thread other then smaller random sports. Mental, physical, and very very technical. Plus insane amounts of practice to even be close to being able to hold a rally. C Dudley say hello
Posted on 1/20/22 at 6:46 am to Weagle25
quote:You can go to country clubs around the country and find 35-45 year old men that can shoot scratch and can play in a pro tournament and not completely embarassing themselves. They would shoot in the mid to high 70s and not look that out of place
No. Golf.
Good luck doing that with tennis You would have the best 45 year old country clubbers looking like a monkey fricking a tennis ball if you put them on court with a pro
This post was edited on 1/20/22 at 7:00 am
Posted on 1/20/22 at 6:47 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Well Becker won Wimbledon twice by the time he was 18.
And a 17 year old male golfer has won a major... in fact 4 times straight by the time he was even 21. Granted that was an awfully long time ago
Posted on 1/20/22 at 6:48 am to MoarKilometers
A 50 year old just won a major
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:00 am to lsupride87
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You can go to country clubs around the country and find 45 year old men that can shoot scratch and can play in a pro tournament and not completely embarassing themselves
Nah man, those old dudes can probably shoot par on their home CC, but they ain't even close to tour level players. If you ever watch one of the top dogs hit a golf ball, it's not anything like the best amateurs.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:04 am to lsupride87
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A 50 year old just won a major
That's a good point, but that 50 year old has been working on mastering the game for probably 40 years. He worked his arse off to be in position to win. And the next week he probably didn't finish in the top 100.
One of my biggest gripes about pro tennis is the top players get the easy draw. It's literally set up to be easier for them than anyone else. Can you imagine if the number one seed in college football got the easiest schedule every week?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:06 am to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:No shite
If you ever watch one of the top dogs hit a golf ball, it's not anything like the best amateurs.
But the scratch amateurs can still shoot in the 70s and not look like an out of place baboon
In tennis they are going to look like a fricking a-hole trying to compete
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:06 am to ManBearTiger
To me it’s baseball. I played everything except baseball, it looks hard as heck. Pitchers are filthy.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:12 am to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:Djokovic played a top 10 player 18 times last season
One of my biggest gripes about pro tennis is the top players get the easy draw. It's literally set up to be easier for them than anyone else. Can you imagine if the number one seed in college football got the easiest schedule every week?
Yeh bro, totes easier than what college football teams play
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:16 am to lsupride87
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But the scratch amateurs can still shoot in the 70s and not look like an out of place baboon
Put them in the US open and let's see about the 70s
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:18 am to lsupride87
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But the scratch amateurs can still shoot in the 70s and not look like an out of place baboon
In tennis they are going to look like a fricking a-hole trying to compete
I don't think very many of them would make the cut at a pro tournament. If they did, it'd be pretty amazing.
If you take tennis, it's really not an old man's game. Fed isn't even 40 and he's practically ancient out there. I don't know that there are really a lot of guys playing tennis in their physical prime at any kind of high level, other than pros. You're 100% right that the average tennis players you'll find at a CC would get blown off the court by pros.
But I think the question is really how easy it is for the average person to reach pro level. Like, if you take a kid off the street or the best kid in kindergarten gym class and you try to teach them a sport, which is easiest. The thing about golf is there arent any inherent physical attributes that automatically give you an advantage. It's all skills you have to learn.
This post was edited on 1/20/22 at 7:59 am
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:19 am to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:Being a great athlete is huge in golf. It is why guys like Steph curry and Smotlz can become scratch players while being full time pro in another sport
But I think the question is really how easy it is for the average person to reach pro level. Like, if you take a kid off the street or the best kid in kindergarten gym class and you try to teach them a sport, which is easiest. The thing about golf is there spent any inherent physical attributes that automatically give you an advantage. It's all skills you have to learn.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:22 am to lsupride87
this thread is really sleeping on wrestling and water polo
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:28 am to WhiteMandingo
Tennis might be the only sport where it’s impossible to become a pro if you pick it up after turning nine years old. Golf requires tremendous skill but you have Larry Nelson who didn’t take up golf until he was 21 years old winning three majors. In baseball, you had Ron LeFlore having a very good MLB career despite not playing baseball until he went to prison at 21 years old. Tennis might be the only sport where the 10,000 hour rule is applicable in every case. If you don’t have 10,000 hours of tennis under your belt by your late teens, you have no shot at making it.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:29 am to Bench McElroy
quote:Its a big reason Americans will always struggle going forward. You have to give up your entire childhood to have even a chance
Tennis might be the only sport where it’s impossible to become a pro if you pick it up after turning nine years old. Golf requires tremendous skill but you have Larry Nelson who didn’t take up golf until he was 21 years old winning three majors. In baseball, you had Ron LeFlore having a very good MLB career despite not playing baseball until he went to prison at 21 years old. Tennis might be the only sport where the 10,000 hour rule is applicable in every case. If you don’t have 10,000 hours of tennis under your belt by your late teens, you have no shot at making it.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:31 am to ManBearTiger
No way. My vote goes to golf. You start off on a well manicured tee box and hopefully hit the ball in the fairway.
OOPS, you're now in the rough that can be 3+ inches higher grass and not manicured, or behind a damn tree. Hit the ball and hope to get close to the green, but you may find a sand trap or the ball may find water in the shape of a pond or stream.
When you finally get to the green, it is a relatively large expanse of beautifully manicured grass with undulations, slopes, soft and slow when wet and harder and faster when dry.
And you have 4 strokes on most holes to make par.
OOPS, you're now in the rough that can be 3+ inches higher grass and not manicured, or behind a damn tree. Hit the ball and hope to get close to the green, but you may find a sand trap or the ball may find water in the shape of a pond or stream.
When you finally get to the green, it is a relatively large expanse of beautifully manicured grass with undulations, slopes, soft and slow when wet and harder and faster when dry.
And you have 4 strokes on most holes to make par.
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