re: Hardest position to play out of all major sports would be?

QB, by far.


say you are a high school coach, and you get a transfer student in, 15 or 16 years old, a decent sized, athletic kid from overseas.


any spot in baseball is pretty easy too teach.

basketball comes naturally to a lot of athletic kids and is pretty easy to pick up on.


but QBs, its just different. QBs are almost "born", not made. How many kids come to college and the coach says, "hey, im going to switch you to QB!" That never happens. But players are always switching players to other positions. shite Julian Edleman was playing CB on the last drive in the AFC champ game. He is a WR


OL isnt overly difficult to play if you have the size.

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I think the hardest thing to do in the world period even outside sports is to be an elite NFL quarterback.

At any given time there are maybe 3 on the planet.

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Immense media scrutiny (only 32 starters in the WORLD)

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What the hell is up with this "world" shite? The United States produces like 99% of NFL players. American football outside of America is almost non-existent. How do we know there are only three people capable of being elite QBs in the planet when over 95% of the world is completely oblivious to the sport? I'm sure there are people from countries like Brazil and Spain that could be NFL QBs if they spent time around the sport.

LOLs at those not naming at least one hockey position in the top 3.

1.) QB
2.) Goalie
3.) Defenseman

To be fair, most on this board have not had the opportunity to play hockey, but in based upon my own experience, hockey is by far the most physically and mentally-demanding sport to play.

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Played for 11 years coached for 10.

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If you played for eleven years and coached for ten, and don't feel there's any difference in any of the positions, I REALLY feel for your teammates and those that you "coached."



"You! Run that way!" "You! Kick the ball in his direction!"

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If you played for eleven years and coached for ten, and don't feel there's any difference in any of the positions, I REALLY feel for your teammates and those that you "coached." "You! Run that way!" "You! Kick the ball in his direction!"

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No i know the differences between each position, but it is along the same lines of basketball. Not like football or baseball where there is far more specialization than in soccer.
Basically take a forward and make him a defender it is not that big of a deal, but take a running back and make him a defensive end and you have a much greater fall off in production(unless of course it is holiday). That is what I mean. Or the Same with a guard to a forward in basketball. Sure there is some fall off but it is not the incredible specialization you have in baseball or football.

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Basically take a forward and make him a defender it is not that big of a deal, but take a running back and make him a defensive end and you have a much greater fall off in production(unless of course it is holiday).

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I guess there are two Tony Mowbrays.

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Basically take a forward and make him a defender

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This could easily be the stupidest thing I've read today.

Congrats!

QB would easily be the toughest overall.

I think the toughest athletically would be CB in the NFL.

I never played catcher so I can't comment on that, but the hardesr position I ever played in baseball is 3B. If you dont have the reaction time, you arent safe. SS requires much more athleticism, but the balls you get are much easier.

fricking anything in the sport of soccer. Them guys are ridiculous.