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re: Tennis is the most difficult sport to master
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:33 am to gumbo2176
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:33 am to gumbo2176
I think an issue here maybe what people consider “mastering” it
They think they have tennis down because they can bump it back and forth with their podnuh
But they shoot 95 in golf and they have a reference point on how bad they suck
They think they have tennis down because they can bump it back and forth with their podnuh
But they shoot 95 in golf and they have a reference point on how bad they suck
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Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:34 am to lsupride87
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Being a great athlete
This is a ridiculous and overused phrase. What does it mean and how does it make you good at golf?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:35 am to SECSolomonGrundy
quote:Really?
This is a ridiculous and overused phrase. What does it mean and how does it make you good at golf?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:42 am to Bench McElroy
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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.
That's a good argument for tennis. There is such a small window for the physical skills needed. At the highest level quickness beats power and quickness is usually the first thing age takes from us. But that's not as much of a factor in golf. Swinging a club fast is easier to maintain than running all over the court.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 7:51 am to lsupride87
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Really?
Really. There are lots of "great athletes" that can't hit a golf ball for shite. So what does that mean and why do you think it makes someone a better golfer?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 8:03 am to MoarKilometers
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And a 17 year old male golfer has won a major... in fact 4 times straight by the time he was even 21.
Lol. Oh yea? Link me that would ya?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 8:04 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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What does it mean and how does it make you good at golf?
Hand eye coordination is usually pretty helpful if you want to be a professional athlete
Posted on 1/20/22 at 8:10 am to SECSolomonGrundy
How does strength, body control, coordination, and hand eye help someone in golf?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 8:14 am to Ed Osteen
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Hand eye coordination is usually pretty helpful if you want to be a professional athlete
Absolutely. But do guys with great hand eye coordination get to call themselves great athletes?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 8:23 am to ManBearTiger
Golf and it’s not really close.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 9:03 am to Juan Betanzos
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Harder than tennis:
Olympic wrestling
Judo
Martial Arts (Kung Fu, Tai-Chi, KravMaga, etc.)
Water Polo
Decathlon / Heptathlon
Olympic All-Around gymnastics
I could keep going
Yes, you could keep going at being an idiot, but why would you?
Posted on 1/20/22 at 9:33 am to NotoriousFSU
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Go run an ultra marathon bitch
He said sports, not exercising.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:05 am to LSUBogeyMan
I think Tennis is harder than golf in that you have to be in good cardiovascular shape. You do to have a hit a bigger ball with a racket with more square inches but the ball is often going at over 100mph and you are constantly moving when you hit it. For golf you stand still and then walk. There's no cardiovascular aspect to it.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:10 am to Ralph_Wiggum
I'm not sure about golf, but I think you can give most kids enough tennis reps and get them to about D1 level of competition. Natural physical ability is what separates those guys from pros, though. Tennis is an interesting mix of hand/eye and cardiovascular shape. I actually think old guys keep the hand/eye and might be able to play into the 40's if we had wood racquets. It's the beating on the body and endurance aspect that negates that (Djokovic, Nadal, and Fed are freaks that have been able to extend their careers unlike most anybody).
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:14 am to 504Voodoo
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Not saying it is the hardest, but I have no idea how goalies are able to stop hockey pucks screaming at them like a bat out of hell at 80-100mph.
Getting hit by a slap shot hurts a hell of a lot worse than being pegged with a fastball.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:15 am to Bunk Moreland
quote:If you think this you need to go into coaching you can make millions
but I think you can give most kids enough tennis reps and get them to about D1 level of competition.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:26 am to WhiteMandingo
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Hitting a basebsll consistently is the most difficult thing to do in sports
Depends on who is pitching. I rocked my 9 year old nephew during Thanksgiving
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:28 am to lsupride87
quote:Good points for tennis vs gold, but I wonder if these same points would favor swimming being tougher than tennis?
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
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
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:56 am to lsupride87
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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
Not even remotely close. Those guys you reference would not come close to breaking 80. There is a monumental gap in the game of golf from the top 100-250 players in the world and your average “scratch” player
But as far as toughest to master it has to be hitting a baseball
Posted on 1/20/22 at 10:57 am to shel311
quote:I think for something like swimming, that comes down to the sheer low volume of the people that even try to participate in the sport
Good points for tennis vs gold, but I wonder if these same points would favor swimming being tougher than tennis?
Just my opinion
I think if you took the average American, it’s going to be easier to make them a respectable golfer or swimmer than tennis player
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